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Seed Perugia
Seed 2026 | Performance Build / Un-build
Registration will begin at 5.30 pm
Raffaele Salvoldi
Artist and performer
Live
Seed Perugia
Seed 2026 | Opening
Presented by:
Maria Soave
RAI Journalist
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Institutions, Sponsors, Partners, Supporters, Co-funders
Live
Mauro Magatti Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
EVENING
Seed Perugia
Concert | Earthphonia
Max Casacci
Musician, producer, songwriter, sound engineer
Max Casacci
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
MORNING
Hosted by:
Chiara Buratti
RAI Scuola
Seed Perugia
Francis according to Giotto: A journey through beauty and truth
Roberto Filippetti
Iconologist and iconographer
Roberto Filippetti
Live
Seed Perugia
Space as a common good
Patrizia Caraveo
Astrophysicist, President of the Italian Astronomical SocietyAstrophysicist,
President of the Italian Astronomical Society
Patrizia Caraveo
Live
Seed Perugia
Thinking as an ecological issue
Luca De Biase
Journalist and writer
Marco Tortoioli Ricci
Graphic designer, lecturer at ABA
Luca De Biase
Marco Tortoioli Ricci
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
AFTERNOON
Seed Perugia
Design for Disassembly. Rebuilding with the community
Alessandro Scandurra
Founder Scandurra Studio
Alessandro Scandurra
Live
Alessandro Aresu Live
Seed Perugia
Living Elsewhere
Annalisa Dominoni
Designer and architect
Benedetto Quaquaro
Architect, designer and PhD
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Presented by:
Antonio Lo Campo
Freelance science journalist
Annalisa Dominoni
Benedetto Quaquaro
Live
Seed Perugia
Living with what already exists. Architecture as therapy
Søren Pihlmann
Founder of Pihlmann Architects
Introduction by:
Laura Ragazzola
Journalist
Søren Pihlmann
Laura Ragazzola
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
EVENING
Seed Perugia
Lectio | The cities of the future. Building with nature
Oskar Norelius
Architect, CEO White Arkitekter, Stockholm
Oskar Norelius
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | TRANSETTO
10:00 > 20:00
Build un-build
Raffaele Salvoldi
Installation
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | FOYER
10:00 > 20:00
Seed Bookshop
EDICOLA 518
Booskshop
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | CAPPELLA DEGLI ODDI
10:00 > 20:00
Thesis section, research projects, courses and workshops
Thesis – Living in Times of War
ReL(V)ive. Architectural Solutions for the Long-Term Stay of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Lviv, Politecnico di Milano
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ANNOZERO. Architecture for Return. Gaza Strip, Politecnico di Milano
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Research and Projects
International First- and Second-Level Master’s Programs, Design for Development, Politecnico di Milano
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First-Level Master’s Program in Urban and Territorial Regeneration and Resilience, University for Foreigners of Perugia
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Bachelor’s Degree Program in Interior Design, NABA Milan / Projects to raise awareness
of social issues and solidarity
_
Workshops and Courses
Presentation of the results of the “Playground Perugia” workshop, for the drafting of guidelines for the development and regeneration of urban space based on the “Common–Play–Ground” concept – Municipality of Perugia, Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, UNIPG, and Temporiuso.
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Presentation of the research and visual identity project “La bucata”: the washerwomen’s trail – developed by second-year master’s students in Brand Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia
Installation
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
MORNING
Hosted by:
Chiara Buratti
RAI Scuola
Seed Perugia
San Francesco al Prato – Digital Twin
Valentina Borgnini
Art historian
Gianluca Falcinelli
Architect
Introduction by:
Andrea Margaritelli
President of the Guglielmo Giordano Foundation
Valentina Borgnini
Gianluca Falcinelli
Andrea Margaritelli
Live
Seed Perugia
Being human. The digital Self
Vittorio Gallese
Neuroscientist and professor
Ugo Morelli
Professor of psychology and Director of the School for the Governance
of Territory and Landscape, Trento
Introducing and moderating:
Barbara Binelli
Gestalt counsellor
Vittorio Gallese
Ugo Morelli
Barbara Binelli
Live
Seed Perugia
Soft Robotic. Human-robot interaction
Matteo Cianchetti
Associate Professor at the BioRobotics Institute
Matteo Ciachetti
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
AFTERNOON
Seed Perugia
Living with our differences. Designing sustainable human-robot ecosystems
Luisa Damiano
Philosopher of science and expert in social robotics
Introduction and moderation:
Barbara Cadeddu
Scientific coordinator
Luisa Damiano
Barbara Cadeddu
Live
Seed Perugia
“Are you a human architect?” – Master IUAV Architecture CO2=0
Raffaella Laezza
Scientific director, IUAV
Michele Brunello
Founder of Dontstop Architettura and lecturer at IUAV
Maurizio Teora
Managing Director of Arup Italia and lecturer on the IUAV Master’s programme
Raffaella Laezza
Michele Brunello
Maurizio Teora
Live
Seed Perugia
Extreme Leaving – performative dialogue
Raul Pantaleo
Architect, founder of TAMassociati, lecturer
Nicola Campogrande
Composer, artistic director, music critic and radio and television presenter
Raul Pantaleo
Nicola Campogrande
Live
Anupama Kundoo Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | TRANSETTO
10:00 > 20:00
Build un-build
Raffaele Salvoldi
Installation
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | FOYER
10:00 > 20:00
Seed Bookshop
EDICOLA 518
Booskshop
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | CAPPELLA DEGLI ODDI
10:00 > 20:00
Thesis section, research projects, courses
and workshops
Thesis – Living in Times of War
ReL(V)ive. Architectural Solutions for the Long-Term Stay of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Lviv, Politecnico di Milano
_
ANNOZERO. Architecture for Return. Gaza Strip, Politecnico di Milano
_
Research and Projects
International First- and Second-Level Master’s Programs, Design for Development, Politecnico di Milano
_
First-Level Master’s Program in Urban and Territorial Regeneration and Resilience, University for Foreigners of Perugia
_
Bachelor’s Degree Program in Interior Design, NABA Milan / Projects to raise awareness
of social issues and solidarity
_
Workshops and Courses
Presentation of the results of the “Playground Perugia” workshop, for the drafting of guidelines for the development and regeneration of urban space based on the “Common–Play–Ground” concept – Municipality of Perugia, Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, UNIPG, and Temporiuso.
_
Presentation of the research and visual identity project “La bucata”: the washerwomen’s trail – developed by second-year master’s students in Brand Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia
Installation
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
MORNING
Seed Perugia
Edicola 518. Regeneration, imagination and cultural challenges arising from the reimagining of a symbolic place
Antonio Brizioli
Founder Edicola 518
Edicola 518
Live
Seed Perugia
The right to stay. Internet-connected areas: demographic crisis and isolation
Mario Tartaglia
PhD – Head of the Research Centre at the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Group,
former member of the Board of Directors of the National Centre for Sustainable Mobility (MOST)
Lorenzo Bellicini
Architect specialising in the economics of construction and urban
and territorial regeneration, Director of CRESME
Cristiana Corritoro
Head of the General and Negotiated Planning Service for the Umbria Region
(TBC)
Luciano De Bonis
Deputy Director of the Scientific Council of the “Research Centre for Inland Areas and the Apennines”, University of Molise
Moderated by
Francesco Orofino
IN/ARCH secretary general
Francesco Orofino
Live
Seed Perugia
Who decides on the city: Policies and practices for a new Urban Agenda
Nicola Irto
Senator and lead sponsor of the draft bill on general provisions and fundamental principles for territorial governance and planning
Silvia Viviani
Councillor for Urban Planning at Livorno City Council, former president of the National Institute of Urban Planning
Andrea Bartoli
Creative Director, Farm Cultural Park – Favara
Speakers:
Alfio Barabani
Architect, consultant for the development of the PSUS (Strategic Plan for Sustainable Urban Development) as part of the City of Perugia’s Urban Agenda 2021–27
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Maurizio Serafini
Engineer, ‘Urban Agenda’ Programme, Città di Castello
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Moderator:
Giovanni Di Leo
Architect
Giovanni Di Leo
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM
AFTERNOON
Seed Perugia
Section: Theses and Research Projects in Architecture (self-nominations)
Living in Times of War: REL(V)IVE.
Architectural Solutions for the Long-Term Stay of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Lviv
Architects Samuele Raspadori, Giulio Bongiorno, and Riccardo Valla – School
of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Construction Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin
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Living in Times of War: ANNOZERO.
Architectural Solutions for Return. Gaza Strip
Architects Guglielmo Vitelli and Francesco Zarotti – School of Architecture,
Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin
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Presentation of the COMMON-PLAY-GROUND Guidelines
Architects Samuele Raspadori, Giulio Bongiorno, and Riccardo Valla – School
of Architecture, Urban Planning, and Civil Engineering, Polytechnic University of Turin
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Presentation of Projects
Master’s Program in Design for Development, Polytechnic University of Milan
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Presentation of the research project and visual identity “La bucata”: the washerwomen’s path
– developed by second-year master’s students in Brand Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia
Live
Seed Perugia
The building site as a school. Project and community
Luca Astorri
Founder of AOUMM and lecturer
Luca Astorri
Live
Seed Perugia
Opening and waiver. The limits of coexistence
Lucio Nardi
Architect and lecturer
Lucio Nardi
Live
Seed Perugia
Views and Perspectives on Interspecies Coexistence
Roberto Marchesini
Ethologist, zooanthropologist and essayist
Annalisa Metta
Landscape architect and lecturer
Roberto Marchesini
Annalisa Metta
Live
Seed Perugia
Urban Social Design
Belinda Tato
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University
Introduction by:
Alessandra Battisti
Architect, PhD, Lecturer
Belinda Tato
Alessandra Battisti
Live
Walter Mariotti Live
Raffaele Salvoldi Live
Seed Perugia
EVENING
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | TRANSETTO
10:00 > 20:00
Build Un-build
Installation
Seed Perugia
The Woman Behind the Atomic Bomb
Gabriella Greison
Physicist, writer, actress and science communicator
Gabriella Greison
Live
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | FOYER
10:00 > 20:00
Seed Bookshop
EDICOLA 518
Booskshop
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | CAPPELLA DEGLI ODDI
10:00 > 20:00
Thesis section, research projects, courses
and workshops
Thesis – Living in Times of War
ReL(V)ive. Architectural Solutions for the Long-Term Stay of Ukrainian Displaced Persons in Lviv, Politecnico di Milano
_
ANNOZERO. Architecture for Return. Gaza Strip, Politecnico di Milano
_
Research and Projects
International First- and Second-Level Master’s Programs, Design for Development, Politecnico di Milano
_
First-Level Master’s Program in Urban and Territorial Regeneration and Resilience, University for Foreigners of Perugia
_
Bachelor’s Degree Program in Interior Design, NABA Milan / Projects to raise awareness
of social issues and solidarity
_
Workshops and Courses
Presentation of the results of the “Playground Perugia” workshop, for the drafting of guidelines for the development and regeneration of urban space based on the “Common–Play–Ground” concept – Municipality of Perugia, Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, UNIPG, and Temporiuso.
_
Presentation of the research and visual identity project “La bucata”: the washerwomen’s trail – developed by second-year master’s students in Brand Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Perugia
Installation
Seed Perugia | SAN FRANCESCO AL PRATO | AUDITORIUM