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
Inclusion Potentials of Co-Housing – A look at OASE.inklusiv
wohnbund:consult is an independent office working in the field of social and sustainable urban developments with a focus on housing. Its interdisciplinary team focuses on urban and social housing issues
Vibrant streets make cities better: nine stories from Thriving Street
Eutropian collaborated with the URBACT III network focusing on sustainable mobility as engine for social and economic cohesion of local communities. An overview on the integrated plans and pilot actions
The Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava: The Slovak capital’s urban think-and-do-tank
The Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (MIB) is a new urban centre that aims to bring fresh, dynamic, participatory and data driven urban developments to the city. It can be described
Thriving Streets: a journey through the cities innovating mobility and public spaces for all
Eutropian collaborated with the URBACT III network focusing on sustainable mobility as engine for social and economic cohesion of local communities. This article is an overview of the knowledge produced
Planning a new cultural venue: Connecting to Újbuda’s existing institutional tissue
How to conceive a new cultural institution in an area already known for its strong cultural scene? How can a new venue integrate into an existing institutional network, complementing and
Solidarity Everyday – A space for social initiatives inside the European Solidarity Centre
Solidarity Everyday Space is a co-governed space inside the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. The aim of the Solidarity Everyday Space builds on the mission of the European Solidarity Centre,
Learning from each other: the possibilities of transferability
In the last decade, cities across Europe have seen an increasing number of innovative actions taking place on different scales: from the district, to the municipal level and from here
Turin’s Tavolo Tecnico: Inter-departmental cooperation for the commons
A Pact of collaboration is a negotiation between the city administration and civil subjects through which the regeneration, care and co–management of urban commons is defined and carried out. Since
Participatory governance mechanisms of a social-cultural centre in Dubrovnik
In 2018, the Croatian Ministry of Culture announced a project tender for the development of social-cultural centres in Croatia, based on participatory governance and public-civil partnership. The announcement, opening a
Asset of Community Value legislation on paper vs. reality: A community perspective from Brighton & Hove
The right to bid for Assets of Community Value was defined in the Localism Act, introduced as an act of UK Parliament in 2011 by the Coalition Government of the
Hallo: Going beyond real estate speculation to create community spaces in Hamburg
The HALLO: collective aims to reactivate publicly inaccessible spaces in the city of Hamburg. The collective organises a yearly festival, HALLO: Festspiele, and it is working on a strategy to
Planning a new cultural venue: Exploring the needs of the local cultural ecosystem
How to plan a new cultural venue in a district already rich in cultural life? How can a new cultural institution help to connect existing spaces and organisations, instead of