New Next Nature takes root in precise places and flourishes by exploiting the conditions of the “suspended” and “waiting” areas. OC OPEN CITY International Summer School has always had, since its first edition in 2010, a recognizable identity: to develop projects with global themes, experimenting and testing them locally, in the complementary landscapes that the particular urban and territorial condition of Piacenza gives us. The preparatory phase for OC2017 has further strengthened this double register by developing a rich and integrated background where the dense and stable parts of city is continuously compared with large areas (highlighted in yellow and black in the diagram alongside) available for transformation. The will of the OC direction and coordination is precise to the condition that no categories are proposed: empty areas and abandoned areas, internal areas and external areas, private areas and public areas, areas with precise functional destination and areas without definition.