Francesca Gotti is an architect and researcher, investigating practices of empowerment through spatial intervetions. She is currently Ph.D. candidate at Politecnico di Milano. Between 2019-2021 she has been research fellow at DASTU for the European project “En/counter/points”, on participatory reactivations of neglected urban spaces. Since 2021 she is assistant professor at USI Academy of Mendrisio for the design studio NEOTOPIA lead by Leopold Banchini. Since 2015, she mediates projects of reuse of urban commons in Bergamo, through shared management, and she is part of the coordination team of the national network Lo Stato dei Luoghi. Since 2016, she is part of the editorial board of ARK magazine (Bergamo), curating a column on the re-appropriation of the neglected landscape of Lombardia.