Abstract

[Urban Creativity and public space: the case of Leoncavallo] According to the formulation developed by INWARD National Observatory on Urban Creativity, the expression “urban creativity” tends to bring together the distinct visual cultures of graffiti writing, street art, and new muralism, based on similar traits and specific characteristics. Each of the three cultures was born, matured, and continues its regeneration related to public urban space. Therefore, the complex set of urban creativity generates diversified contents and affects the communities that inhabit, frequent, and pass through urban space. All this is within a capacious and varied legal framework, which is nowadays pushed to question itself about the many particularities phenomenon expresses and requires. The article wishes to exemplify the particular case of Leoncavallo - Self-Managed Public Space in Milan, one of the most important social centers in the country which preserves in its underground area, the Dauntaun, a precious stratification of the first Italian street art.