... EVOCATION GO! 2025 VILLAGE. Can architecture influence emotions? Can emotions influence architecture?

Pamphlet 01. GO2025! Village accompanies the exhibition that illustrates the results of the mid-term workshop of the Integrated Design Laboratory – RRR Lab for the New District of the European Capital of Culture 2025. The exhibition's setup project and the design contents constitute a unique project corpus. The space set up for the exhibition reflects the common goal of all the projects and underlines the contribution of the individual areas to the systemic vision of cross-border urban development. The overall vision was obtained by selective sum of four possible prefigurations of what the urban village that will host the activities for the 2025 Event will be. These four urban prefigurations, developed in the form of a masterplan and located on the big maquette of the two cities, propose architectural Redevelopments, Reuses, and Regenerations (RRR Lab) for 21 specific sites divided into three themes: hospitality, entertainment, and performance. The 21 proposals develop, at this stage, the design in terms of spatial and functional pre-sizing, location, and most importantly, the evocation of architectural themes. The design results on the urban and architectural scale, as well as the infrastructural and landscape implications for the reuse and valorization of the heritage, were discussed during the vernissage with the teachers of the UNITS Laboratory, the teachers of the Polytechnic University of Milan, the teachers of the University of Naples Federico II, and representatives from various local and territorial Public Authority directly involved in the organization of the European Capital of Culture 2025 event (Gorizia Municipality, Gorizia Engineers Association, Gorizia Architects Association, and EZTS - GECT).