What if urban planning and design were to prioritize rather than merely accommodate the unbuilt
environment? Territorial Urbanism Now! calls for a paradigm shift in the conception of
urban transformation. It urges us to favor sustainable systems in order to collectively tackle
the challenges of climate change. Until now urban planning and design professionals have
integrated green and active mobility systems in the residual spaces available. In the reverse
approach envisioned here these systems become structuring elements of the territory supported
by a much more frugal built environment. The contributions by urbanists artists
architects and landscape architects in this publication come from research practice and
teaching. Paola Viganò Eric Luiten Sandra Guinand-in conversation with Ali Madanipour Chris
Younès Christian Schmid Eric Wieërs and Maarten Van Acker-Stefan Rettich Tommaso
Pietropolli Elena Andonova Julio de la Fuente Natalia Gutiérrez Ward Verbakel Claudia Bode
Philipp Misselwitz Davide Curatola Soprana Beatrice Galimberti Lilli Licka Hannes
Gröblacher Johannes Bernsteiner Stefan Devoldere Anselm Wagner Susanne Eliasson Eva
Pfannes Jesse Honsa and Stefan Bendiks not only introduce a much-needed paradigm shift but
also show us the premises for its realization.
