APT Architecture - Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani - Palazzo Mora -

Shaping Public Space (SPS)
Our studio operates in the culturally diverse city of New York and abroad.
Our projects are transformative public structures and spaces, often in underserved neighborhoods.
We believe that innovative design enhances everyday life and nurtures a future generation of citizens.
We are sensitive to the environment our design will inhabit.
We formulate a concept in conversation with our clients, immersing our- selves in their culture, history, and geography, while taking into conside- ration their needs and desires.
As architects, we weave abstraction with reality, imagination with practi- cality, and intuition with problem solving.
Time, Space, Existence are interpreted abstractly and pragmatically in our work.
While the design process is a negotiation between clients, communities, site, cultures, climate, program, and budget, the architectural object evolves and is continuously adjusted, reinvented, and reevaluated.
Our goal is to achieve poetic, innovative, and inspirational buildings and spaces that will become catalysts in the communities. Our effort is to maintain our design integrity throughout the process.
The SPS installation will offer a spatial and temporal glimpse into our design process, highlighting research, concept, and synthesis. As with our archi- tectural design, this installation intends to be a space for public advance- ment that ultimately transcends its prescribed purpose. The common
thread of our projects is bringing people together, inciting education, com- munication, and exchange towards a better understanding of each other.
We imagine our SPS installation as a launch pad where the role and future of public architecture can be openly discussed, concerns can be raised, and ultimately, where new ideas will come to fruition.
The installation will have an interactive component: via the short video, the visitor will be asked: What is public space? What makes space public?
Is this public space? Which public space has had the greatest impact on you?
Responses will be submitted and tallied via “hashtags” on “Twitter”, and displayed via a social media feed on the screen.