Logbook 8. Urban Thresholds

Laboratorio A402 is a research unit engaged in the investigation of architectural design teaching – from its conception to its transmission – within the ever-changing cultural and physical context. Founded in 2019 at the Department of Architecture of the University of Naples Federico II, Laboratorio A402 examines methodological approaches to critically interpret the complexity of material and immaterial phenomena influencing design processes. The architectural project serves as the primary instrument for studying the built environment and understanding its necessary transformations, defining a field of work through a grammar of making intrinsic to architectural practice. Logbook 8 is about the design of new spatial devices and urban thresholds on the north-eastern edge of the ancient city of Naples.