Lorenza Manfredi - Universit?t Regensburg_百利宫

Research assistant
at the Professorship for Sociological Dimensions of Space (Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann)

Lorenza Manfredi joined DIMAS as part of Prof. Anna Steigemann’s team, working as a researcher for Fairville, a Horizon Europe project that brings together eight labs testing urban co-production in diverse locations across Europe and Africa. Experimentation with new alliances, conflict management, and productive interaction among diverse actors in urban spaces has been central to Lorenza’s work in recent years. In 2022, she completed her PhD in Urbanism between TU Berlin and IUAV Venice, focusing on the disruptions created by autonomous spaces in contemporary neoliberal Berlin. In the following years, she collaborated with urbanes.land and Hochschule Biberach, activating cooperative processes through spaces for encounter, exchange, and production in both urban and rural settings in Germany and Italy. She has experience in experimental teaching, the management of shared spaces, and the coordination of cultural and artistic programs. Her writings have been published in journals and edited volumes by Springer, Jovis, Transcript, Quodlibet, and others.

E-Mail:?Lorenza.Manfredi@geschichte.uni-regensburg.de
Phone: +49 1639403738

CV

Academic Positions

since 2025	Researcher and lecturer at DIMAS, Department for Interdisciplinary and Multiscalar Area Studies, University of Regensburg
since 2025	Lecturer at CUD, Chair for urban design and urbanization, TU Berlin
2023 - 2024	Researcher and lecturer at IAS Institut für Architektur und St?dtebau, Hochschule Biberach. Drittmittel Forschungsprojekt BWIM (Project Leader)

Academic Education

2022	PhD Project, TU University Berlin (Habitat Unit) and IUAV University of Venice (Curriculum in Urbanism), Joint Project. Title: Disruptions. Spreeraum Ost, Berlin 1990 - 2020.?
	STIBET Degree-Completion Scholarship?
	DAAD Scolarship
	Master Graduation in Architecture, Politecnico di Milano
	Bachelor Graduation in Environmental Architecture, Politecnico di Milano

Research

Fairville www.fairville-eu.org
Interests:
Interscalarity: urban production as an overarching result of everyday practices and global flows.
Interdisciplinarity: understanding urban and landscape planning also through sociological and economic theories, as well as artistic positions and practical experimentations.?
Topics: Public space, plurality and multipublics, bodies and spaces, spatial practices, appropriations and temporary uses, autonomous and self-managed spaces, forms of participation and inclusion, neoliberal processes, radicality, urban as well as marginal contemporary territories.

Publications

(Selection)

“Disruptions. Self-managed Spaces under Reconfiguration in Berlin’s Spreeraum Ost in the Years 1990 - 2020.” In: Radical Plurality and Design - special issue for the Journal of Urbanism, foreseen 2025. double peer reviewed.

“Autonomous spaces in Berlin. Cynical resistance tactics in the neoliberal city.” In: Boano, Bianchetti (eds.), Lifelines. Politics, Ethics, and the Affective Economy of Inhabiting. Jovis 2022.

With Schiefer and Veronese, “Through Berlin: urban natures.” In: Boschiero, Folkerts, Latini (eds.), Natur Park Sch?neberger Südgel?nde and Berlin’s Urban Nature – International Carlo Scarpa Prize for Gardens 2022. Fondazione Benetton Studi Ricerche with Antiga, 2022.

With Kvitkova, Limongi and Marfella, “Back to the microscale.” In: Scopacasa (ed.), The social city. Urban development and housing projects in Berlin and Naples in the post-war era - a comparison. Universit?tsverlag der TU Berlin 2021.

With Kvitkova, “Reconfiguring the Neoliberal City: Three Stories of Urban Pioneers in Berlin.” In: Vassallo & others (eds.), Spatial Tensions in urban design. Understanding Contemporary Urban Phenomena. Springer 2021.

?Azioni immediate.“ In: Llevat Soy and Martin (eds.), Mass Production makes a better World! Che fine ha fatto l’utopia fordista nella Torino contemporanea? Lettera Ventidue 2020.

With Martin, “Produzione addomesticata.” In: Bianchetti (ed.), Territorio e Produzione. Quodlibet Studio 2019.

With Colombo, “Where context meets content(s).” In: Mameli & others (eds.), Urban Appropriation Strategies. Exploring Space-making Practices in Contemporary European Cityscapes. Transcript Verlag 2018.

Teaching and Science Communication

Teaching (selection)

??? ?"Terra Mare. Urban Design Studio” at CUD / TU Berlin SoSe 2025 – with Jeanne Lacour and Veljko Markovi?
??? ?“Walklab. Ein Ansatz für ein interskalares und interdisziplin?res Entwerfen, unterwegs.” at IAS / Hochschule Biberach ?WiSe 2024
??? ?“Die Emanzipation des Stadtmobiliars” at IAS / Hochschule Biberach SoSe 2024
??? ?“We are fucked, and now? Aquatic construction sites”, WAVES / IUAV Venice SoSe 2023 – with raumlabor and latitude
??? ?“Mapping workshop” at the Design Studio Spaces of Solidarity. Practices and Infrastructures for a solidary Berlin / TU Berlin WiSe 2022 - with Mari Paz Agundez?

Projects and Networking

Co-founder, project manager and curator of Officina Neuk?lln project space 2016 - 2022
Architect at 100Landschaftsarchitektur - Thilo Folkerts, Berlin 2014 - 2021
PhD shortlisted for the Ferraro Award 2023
Schinkel competition recognition price with the project “Stadt Ouverture” - with Grünewald and Schiefer 2021