 
Pictures from the first MaPS event in Rome, Italy (2015), at the Biennial of Public Space (left) and at MAXXI B.A.S.E. (right).
Credit: Elettra Giulia Bastoni.
City Space Architecture and Genius Saeculi are actively engaged in promoting public space culture, through a series of projects and initiatives such as:
- The Journal of Public Space, the first, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space, developed in partnership with UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements programme;
- Public Space Academy, the first educational programme entirely dedicated to public space, a transformative learning experience aimed at establishing a new approach to urban complexity built around public space, developed in cooperation with the Ove Arup Foundation. The Public Space Academy has been included in the Local Project Challenge (LPC), a project promoted by the Earth Institute, Center for Sustainable Urban Development at Columbia University in New York;
- Museo Spazio Pubblico / Public Space Museum, the first Italian-based research centre dedicated to collaborative and transdisciplinary approach to public space practice, merging art, architecture and technology into a complex new discipline;
- Mastering Public Space, a web-magazine hosting a collection of public space news in open access format from influential and reliable sources, curated by a cross-disciplinary team of public space researchers and experts committed to spread awareness on the importance of public space in cities.
In addition, we organize international events and participate in global events organized by our partners. Read more about our events on our community website.
Our flagship academic event is the Past Present and Future of Public Space international conference series taking place in Italy. The first conference took place in Bologna (2014), the second and the third conferences took place at the Venice  International Architecture Exhibition (2016 and 2018), the fourth conference took place at the Venice International Architecture Exhibition, Italian Pavillion, in hybrid format (2021). The fifth conference took place in Bologna in 2024, 10 years after the first successful one, assigning for the first time Public Space Research Awards for Master’s and PhD theses. The sixth conference took place in Bologna and online in a hybrid format in 2026, engaging around 150 participants from 48 countries and six continents. 
Pictures from the first MaPS event in Rome, Italy (2015), at the Biennial of Public Space (top) and at MAXXI B.A.S.E. (bottom).
Credit: Elettra Giulia Bastoni.
