The idea basing the 4th edition
What stories can rivers and waterways tell? How are they intertwined with the fate of cities? What role will they play in shaping the future of our communities?
The fourth edition of the BOit! contest aims to explore the deep, visceral bond between water and the city -between water and civilization, and humanity itself.
Participants were invited to explore this connection through the lens of the urban landscape, drawing inspiration from their own city, an imagined one, or Bologna itself. But the perspective is broad, open to embracing the entire world – both real and imagined.
The visual identity of this edition takes inspiration from the Finestrella on Via Piella in Bologna, a small window overlooking the Moline Canal. This square frame invites us to focus our gaze and reflect on the relationship between city and water: water as a source of life, energy, and connection. A threshold between what we are, what we see, and what we imagine.
