MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2025

From May 6 to June 13, 2025, the 12th edition of MANTOVARCHITETTURA will take place, whose theme, “Architecture and Conflict,” will address the problem of armed conflict, forced migration, and climate change in contexts such as-among others-Gaza, Ukraine, Syria, Myanmar, Sudan, and Yemen. Within this framework, MANTOVARCHITETTURA 2025 investigates the connection between architecture and conflict by analyzing the complexity of this binomial according to different cultural and disciplinary perspectives, and through the dialogue between multiple historical-critical narratives, in a contemporary perspective.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA invites students, professionals and citizens to an open discussion on the implications of architecture in these scenarios, stimulating a deep and multidisciplinary dialogue. The event investigates four different perspectives of conflict: architecture and armed conflict, conflicting memories, conflicts of interest and inner conflict. These paths offer alternative and complementary viewpoints to analyze architecture’s contribution to understanding and managing conflict.

MANTOVARCHITETTURA is an event launched in 2014 within the UNESCO Chair in Architectural Preservation and Planning in Heritage Cities, favored by the international dimension in which Mantova and the Politecnico di Milano are placed. The main protagonists have always been the students, who have the opportunity to listen to and meet architects from all over the world who develop the new architecture starting from the knowledge of the ancient roots of this art, thus making the confrontation between masters and students lively, in a perspective founded on the value of history as a ground on which to cultivate the design of living spaces.

Discover the full program on the website mantovarchitettura.polimi.it