Hybrid Spaces for a New Dimension of Care

ABSTRACT

During the past few years, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the contemporary definition andinterpretation of "care” has been updated and has also acquired new meanings for those who livein urban contexts.The paper explores how today design can codify tools to design systems of spaces-products-servicesthat promote a new way of living in which the concept of care, understood in its broadmeaning, of individuals in the contemporary urban context is central. In particular hybrid spacesfor living, working and travelling are investigated as an opportunity to increase processes ofattention and care that are not limited to the private sphere, but that contaminate theneighborhoods. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.