Nobody’s Village
OTHER ECOLOGIES: PICNIC

Knuddeln Knödel is a space where tenderness, touch and communication outside of romantic and sexual relationships can be explored consciously – aka. Chiara Baccanelli, trained sex therapist, took this idea that started to bloom in 2023 further, through organizing and guiding open sessions in a space in Bolzano.

A Place to B(z) is a transformative citizens initiative dedicated to reimagining spaces, nurturing creativity, and strengthening our local community. Our mission is to advocate for the opening of unused areas as innovative laboratories for ideas and independent culture. We envision these spaces as a dynamic hub for citizen-driven projects and an incubator for groundbreaking ideas. We want to ensure equal access, support residents to actively participate in crafting a city narrative, and empower citizens to influence their neighbourhood’s development.

Hotel Amazonas, conceived as an artist residency and cultural program on a mountain farm in South Tyrol and active since 2012, it is currently in a phase between pause and new beginnings. Since its inception, the art and farm project, founded and organized by Margareth Kaserer, has been challenging and redefining the relationships between culture, nature, and agriculture.t

Stüa develops cutting-edge modular structures to re-imagine contemporary public spaces. Founded in South Tyrol, Italy, its flagship offering transforms abandoned urban areas into vibrant communal hubs anchored around a signature central oven. Built using ancient rammed earth techniques under an expert-led collaborative process, these distinctive cultural landmarks spark social cohesion through accessible, engaging multi-use social infrastructure.

Stüa is one of the winning projects of the New European Bauhaus Ignite-Grow Program 2024, supported by EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology, New European Bauhaus, and BASIS Vinschgau Venosta.