About

Check-in Architecture is a participative research project. We invite artists, architects, designers and sociologists, studying in the most prestigious universities in Europe, to tell stories about our cities in the form of 3 minute-long documentaries.

The project is a challenge to a generation that’s changing the way we move around Europe and the way we interact with media, a generation living low-cost. We’re verifying their presence as it redefines the geography of our imaginaries.

A curator and researcher team coordinated by Mario Benini, Andrea Lissoni, Luca Molinari and Luca Martinazzoli designs missions to explore flashes of cultural significance all over the continent that students will be able to apply online for on a day-by-day basis. A writing and editorial staff consisting of Fabio Falzone, Nicola Bozzi, and American critic Andrew Berardini develop the background materials and essays that accompany the students on their missions.

Check-in Architecture is a cross-media platform born on the internet. The project interacts with its participants through a website, collecting and managing the documentaries via YouTube and GoogleMaps. It will also publish daily reflections on a blog. Check-in Architecture is also a free-press publication, a part of the Urban Screen programming and an exhibition taking place during the Architects’ Congress in Turin and the Venice Biennale.