On the 27th of February 2026, the LaSTcity had the honour of hosting the ‘FUORI’ workshop, the official study trip of the Master of Science in Architecture – Urban Planning at Roma Tre University. Organised by Professors Marco Ranzato, Francesco Careri, Federica Fava, in collaboration with researcher Valeria Volpe, ‘FUORI’ is a structured pedagogical activity comprising preparatory studies, travel, and on-site residency. Its primary objective is the direct exploration of urban and territorial geographies, with a particular focus on European and Mediterranean contexts. Now in its third edition, the program recently engaged first and second-year graduate students in an intensive analysis of the Athenian urban landscape.
The session held at the Institute constituted a pivotal component of the residency phase, providing students with an examination of the local context through a presentation by Stavros Spyrellis and Thomas Maloutas, titled ” Socioeconomic differentiations and vertical segregation at the micro-scale in Athens”. Employing a multidimensional mapping of the city, the lecture showed the complex historical-urban and social transformations that have shaped the Greek capital. This scholarly intervention served as the foundation for a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue, aimed at contextualizing the students’ direct observations within a broader comparative framework encompassing the Southern Mediterranean region. The exchange was thus fully aligned with the scientific and didactic objectives of the ‘FUORI’ laboratory.