Luoghi che apprendono/Luoghi per apprendere. Progettare spazi per una cittadinanza consapevole.

Recently, the link between education and ecological transition has assumed a growing centrality in the public debate. The design disciplines were asked to have a key role proposing ideas and good practices to contribute to the formation of a new social and civic culture of living, featured by sustainability, inclusion, beauty. The basic idea is that if world young generation would not change approach and behaviours, an efficient and just ecological transition would not be achieved. In recent years, at the national level, the need to rethink the educational environments and the pedagogical approaches has been a priority of political and cultural reflection, also in light of what happened during the pandemic and the consequent need to review tools and ways of educating.The hope is that precisely from schools will start a process of rebirth for the entire urban and social fabric of cities, capable of achieving the goal of quality education for all, in line with the objectives of Goal 4 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.Therefore, many opportunities are growing for a radical rethinking of the link between learning environments and educational spaces, understood in a broad and extensive meaning, which goes beyond the physical boundaries of school buildings to open up to nearby places and the surrounding community, with the aim of building an “educating city”.