ONE ON ONE with Tatiana Bilbao, architect
An urban planner’s sustainability
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Presented by Diana Lopez Caramazana, UNDP
is necessary to create different social relationships aimed at caring for oneself and for others. In rural areas, for example, productive work is instrumental to the growth and well-being of the community and the logic is that of cooperation. Being part of the “care process” and being included in a sustainable ecosystem allows us to take care of what surrounds us, first of all the environment, and trigger virtuous processes.
“Venice City Solutions 2030 is designed to support local governments in achieving the Goals of the 2030 Agenda and we know that to facilitate this process we need everyone: the private sector, civil society and the technicians and professionals who deal with urban planning. This edition is very special because we can count on experts in urban issues who will help us visualize the SDGs in the city. We asked Tatiana Bilbao, an experienced architect, to share with us some reflections on how to make the Agenda visible in the context of the city, since the city is the perfect place for innovation and the level of governance closest to the citizens. It was a long time that we wanted to involve that an architect, so that he could accompany us in this journey of rethinking the SDGs at the local level, because the point of view of those who plan and build is a fundamental piece of the great mosaic that here at Venice City Solutions 2030 we contribute to make.” Pandemic and domestic space Tatiana Bilbao, The city as a place of opportunities and contrasts The city is the place where individuals can achieve fulfilment and opportunities for growth, but at the same time it is the dimension in which the greatest contrasts and inequalities occur. It is a hyper-popular apparatus that, while attracting people with the prospect of improved living conditions, very often tends to crush them under the weight of an economic and political system that puts production at the centre and the individual in the background. In order to break out of this dynamic, it 94
In these eight months of pandemic we have realized the importance of domestic space. Not so much in terms of the form of the home but with respect to the physical and social configuration of the concept of dwelling. In cities, the home has become the place where acts of discrimination are perpetrated, especially against women, imposing divisions even in terms of social status. This is where architecture comes into play, as it can promote a social transformation of the ways in which the city is designed and used, starting with our bodies and their needs. The pandemic has shown us how some governments have put the economy above
