Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori, "The Architecture of Public Space"

Published on October 21, 2026

Harvard Graduate School of Design
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall
48 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Wed., Oct. 21, 2026, 6:30 – 8 p.m.

A waterfront complex of historic brick buildings is joined by a contemporary black steel pavilion and covered terrace. A canal runs alongside the buildings, where a small motorboat passes in the foreground.

Labics is an architecture and urban design practice, founded in Rome in 2002 by Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori. Drawing on the reflections in The Architecture of Public Space (Park Books, 2023), this lecture will illustrate several examples from Labics’s recent architectural work, where the connection between architecture, the city, and public space is most evident.

Gazette Classification: Art/Design, Community, Humanities, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Speaker(s): Maria Claudia Clemente, Francesco Isidori, Founders of Labics
Cost: Free
Ticket Web Link: www.gsd.harvard.edu…
Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
More info: www.gsd.harvard.edu…

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