The University as a Third Space for Collective Reading and Design Intermediate Territories

Abstract

At a time when the disparities in our country have multiplied, eroding territories generally considered strong, the University is called upon to redefine its role by building new synergies in and for the territory. The contribution reflects on the role of the University of Bologna, Department of Architecture in Cesena (FC) Campus and in particular of the CARTA Laboratory - Città Ambiente Reti Territorio Azioni with respect to the desire to turn Universities into local nodes in the global knowledge network and capable of activating innovative policies in the territory. This is what the Laboratory has been doing for some years now in the Forlì-Cesena area, involving students, administrators and actors in the area in the construction of shared innovative policies and practices.