On Platforming. Notes for Navigating Contemporary Hyper-Urbanscapes

Terraforming (literally, ‘Earth-shaping’) is a process of modifying a planetary surface to reconfigure its topography or ecology, affecting the entire biosphere. Forming is not (only) about shaping and configuring, but also producing and creating, or making something begin to exist. We are currently confronted with the hypothesis that Mars is the most likely candidate for terraforming. …

Platform Austria

Into the Black Box collaborated togheter with other several expert on platform urbanism to the exhibition of Austrian Pavillion at 17th International Architecture Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia. The curators Peter Mörtenböck and Helge Mooshammer focused on platform urbanism, its consequences on our lives and the resistances this phenomenon produced. All the materials are accessible on the …

Into the Amazon Box

Big tech has been using the Covid-19 pandemic to take over various regions in the world, including Northern Italy. Amazon, for instance, one of the biggest profiteers of the crisis, has been turning its logistical empire into ‘critical infrastructure.’ Meanwhile, workers are being romanticized as an ‘essential’ labor force in order to suppress their bargaining …