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ArgumentThe theme of the first Study Day focuses on utopia, a core theme for Bernardo Secchi. The choice is also related to the 500th anniversary of the publication of Utopia by Thomas More in Leuven.Utopia is for Bernardo Secchi a specific mode, elaborated by the western culture, to imagine the future, with the city at its centre and a necessary component of design elaboration.Beyond the corrective scope, urbanism reflects on the best of possible worlds, not in an abstract way but, in Bernardo Secchi&#8217;s words, through the immersion in&#160;a wide number&#160;of practices, those of the confuse and conscious modification of the city and territory. The importance of representation, its mediation-reconstruction in its various forms and the attention paid to images and collective unconscious have deeply characterized Bernardo Secchi&#8217;s research.The point today is that&#160;society is radically changing again: the profound European crisis which European democracy, economy and society are experiencing, the need to accommodate new populations guided by different utopias and values will design a new city. The project of the city should reaffirm the role of a critical tool amongst actors, persons and places, a ground for representation and confrontation to finally contribute to a new &#8220;extreme effort in imagination&#8221;.Submission guidelinesThe Bernardo Secchi&#8217;s Study Day considers a specific session dedicated to the presentation and the discussion of unpublished work&#160;papers dealing with experiences, case studies&#160;and research.Young researchers and academics are encouraged&#160;to join the invited guests by submitting&#160;paper proposals to the scientific committee. Please write to:gdsbernardosecchi@gmail.com&#160;&#160;(object: call_for_papers_2016_Surname)The abstract should be of approximately 500 words, in &#160;both&#160; word and pdf format. It has to&#160;be sent by September 15th, 2016, and an acceptance confirmation will be given&#160;by September 25th. 2016.The selected abstract will be required to be expanded into a final paper of approx. 2500 words&#160; by November, 7th and according to the suggestions proposed&#160;by the Scientific Committee.&#160;Abstracts and papers can be in English or Italian.Deadlines summarySeptember 15th, 2016: abstract submission;September&#160;25th, 2016: selection of the submitted abstract;November 7th, 2016: final&#160;paper submission.November 17th-18th: Study DayAbstract guidelinesEach abstract should include the following information (font Times New Roman):full name (10pt)affiliation (10pt)email address (10pt, italic)title of the abstract (12pt, bold)abstract (around 500 words, 11pt)main bibliographic references &#173; (using Harvard reference system, 10pt)PromotersPromoted byUniversit&#224; Iuav di VeneziaDoctoral Programme in Architecture, City and DesignTrack:&#160;UrbanismBoardCristina Bianchetti,Lorenzo Fabian,Stefano Munarin,Maria Chiara Tosi,Paola Vigan&#242;&#160;Scientific coordinatorPaola Vigan&#242;&#160;Organized byDoctoral Programme in Architecture, City and DesignTrack:&#160;Urbanism&#160;First edition curated byFabio Capra,Michele Cerruti But,Ludovico Centis,Marta De Marchi,Hessam Khorasani Zadeh,Michela Pace,Quirino Spinelli,Luca Velo