No single recipe to revive markets
Over the past decade, market halls and open air food markets have become an important arena for urban regeneration. Although many of today’s European cities
Welcommon Hostel: sustainable tourism and social-cultural activities for the promotion of social innovation
The Welcommon Hostel is a responsible hostel using tourism revenues to invest in social activities. First converted from a hospital into a refugee shelter, the building located in Exarchia is
Tackling urban poverty in Bari
The City of Bari joined the Com.Unity.Lab Urbact network to be inspired by the Bip/Zip program to improve its local strategy. In this interview Vitandrea Marzano from the City of
HALLO: going beyond real estate speculation to create community spaces in Hamburg
The HALLO: collective aims to reactivate not publicly accessible spaces in the city of Hamburg. The collective organizes a yearly summer festival, HALLO: Festspiele, and it is developing a strategy
Masia Can Calopa: Cooperative Vineyard Plantation in Catalonia
The cooperative L’Olivera manages agriculture projects with social impact in the countryside outside Barcelona. Last autumn we visited Masia Can Calopa, where L’Olivera has cultivated a vineyard plantation and which
Social Solidarity Economy in Barcelona: The Ecos Cooperative
Ecos is a cooperative of cooperatives which works to support the growth of single cooperatives and to promote inter-cooperatives projects in Barcelona. In this article, we share what we learned
Fusolab Roma: Regenerating the periphery through education
Fusolab is a non-profit community hub in Rome’s Eastern periphery, offering educational activities within the arts, communication, technology, new media, sports and a variety of other fields. With a strong
Ecomuseo Casilino: an open-air museum in the Eastern periphery of Rome
Ecomuseo Casilino is a museum that operates beyond the standard walls of a museum. The Associazione Culturale Ecomuseo Casilino Ad Duas Lauros is committed to collect cultural resources, based on
Gólya: cooperative management in Budapest
Gólya is a community house in Budapest. It has been working for six years on Bókay János utca in the 8th District, and currently it is relocating to a new
Fostering community cooperation through a multifunctional private space: the case of Via Baltea in Torino
Via Baltea is a multifunctional space initiated and run by Sumisura, a cooperative of architects and social workers who operate in the field of urban regeneration and local development. Via
Variante Bunker: temporary use of a land in between vacancy and master-planning in Torino
The Bunker is a cultural project launched by The Cultural Association URBE – Urban Regeneration and the Torino Quittengo Srl, owner of the area. Bunker is located near the Vanchiglia
Mindspace: A consultancy for urban regeneration in Budapest
Mindspace is a non-profit organization based in Budapest and founded in 2011. It manages cultural urban projects with a focus on smart and livable neighbourhoods and sustainability, using participatory methods
A Város Mindenkié: resisting homelessness and housing crisis in Hungary
A Város Mindenkié, in English The City is for All, was established in 2009 to advocate for housing rights in Hungary. Homeless people, those experiencing housing poverty and their allies,