Reclaiming public space through tactical urbanism: Milan’s Piazze Aperte programme
In the past years, Milan has become a model city in public space regeneration. The Piazze Aperte (“Open Squares”) programme, launched in 2018 has become
Fragnebenan – empowering neighbourhood life with a local social network.
By working at a small scale, a digital platform helps neighbourhoods to strengthen social cohesion at many different levels: promoting local businesses, cooperation between neighbours and thus enhancing citizen participation.
Digital media for relational urban governance
With today’s European cities hosting most of the continent’s population and urban areas being the stage for many of contemporary conflicts such as social inequality, environmental threats or economic crisis,
There’s more to Digital Democracy than just a tweet
The US presidential election results came as a surprise to many of us especially because we hadn’t encountered any testament of sweeping support towards the current president in any of
How to strengthen the position of cities in the digital domain? Amsterdam’s ecosystem of cooperation
Recent newspaper articles highlighted the controversial position of large ICT companies in terms of taxation, data management, political leverage and spreading of fake news. With Google and Facebook becoming one
NORDBAHNHALLE – Promoting mixed-use affordable spaces in Vienna
A former warehouse has become a living lab where the spatial and economical needs of small entrepreneurs are studied in order to promote mixed-use spaces in the future Nordbahnhof district.
NEST Ghent – Creating a momentum through temporary use
NEST is a temporary use project in the former City Library of Ghent awaiting refurbishment and a new use. The 7,000 m2 building, was given to an alliance of organisations
De Pastory: Community services built on temporary use
De Pastory was created in 2015 in an old presbytery building and the garden on Ghent’s Heilig Hartplein. Born from a movement of local residents and organisations to protect the
Il mercato è un incubatore di imprese giovanili – YOUNG MARKET LAB
Il Young Market Lab ha riattivato gli spazi inutilizzati del mercato coperto di Carbonara di Bari tramite il coinvolgimento di giovani che hanno avviato le loro idee di micro-imprenditorialità. In
Il Mercato Lorenteggio – Accompagnamento culturale dal basso nel quartiere
Il Mercato Lorenteggio si insedia nel quartiere Giambellino-Lorenteggio nella periferia sud-ovest di Milano. L’esperienza nasce per accompagnare e valorizzare le risorse sociali e culturali di un quartiere comunemente definito ‘critico’,
Cycling for alternative systems – The Cargonomia experiment in Budapest
In Budapest, a group of enthusiastic and passionate young people came together to mix their own ingredients, in the form of independent initiatives: an organic and biodynamic farm, Zsámboki Biokert
La Food Policy di Milano – Come le politiche pubbliche incidono sul sistema alimentare della città
Nel 2014 il Comune di Milano e Fondazione Cariplo hanno siglato un accordo per la definizione e l’adozione della Food Policy: la strategia alimentare di Milano. L’adozione è avvenuta nel
WASTED – How to create local welfare from waste management
Based in Amsterdam since 2008, CITIES Foundation has been working to address global urban development problems by implementing solutions at the local level. CITIES first research project, Farming the City, has