Which agency for urban experimentalism? Tactical urbanism at Grand Voisins in Paris and Corviale’s Mitreo in Rome

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Marco Cremaschi, Silvia Lucciarini
Publishing Year 2022 Issue 2022/128 Language Italian
Pages 14 P. 95-108 File size 174 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2022-128009
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Since 2000’ in urbanism’s ideas repertoire, transitory and tatcical urbanism has been stepped in. In other words, it refers to local initiatives of temporary (re)use of vacant spaces, where local communities play a central role. In these instituzionalized experiences of public policy, the costruction of the actor’s arena and their agency power leads to collaborative or competitive behaviours. The paper briefly examines the agency dynamics and processes in two local contexts, le Grand Voisins in Paris and the Corviale’s Mitreo in Rome.

Keywords: tactical urbanism, coproduction, agency, urban regeneration, collective action, regulation

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Marco Cremaschi, Silvia Lucciarini, Quale agency per gli esperimenti urbani? Sperimentalismo e tattiche nel Grands Voisins a Parigi e al Mitreo di Corviale a Roma in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" 128/2022, pp 95-108, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2022-128009