Underused areas - Envisioning

The former harbour area, next to the city centre, is to be redeveloped. To discuss its future with the citizens the city “rehabilitated” a vacant building on-site as public forum to engage the citizens in the reactivation (...)

The City of Ghent has been experimenting with the temporary use of brown field sites and empty buildings for over a decade - often in the context of urban planning. These usually take very long to get from the development to the implementation (...)

Living Streets is an experiment that allows citizens to temporarily transform their street into a sustainable place they’ve always dreamed of.

Envisioning: relating to public interest

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Municipal recreational spaces fill the lack of open spaces in the city dedicated to different age and interest groups.

Envisioning and promoting: relating to public interest & promoting

Plaza Miejska start in (...)

Since 2015, “somes delivery” has been a yearly reoccurrence. The event draws visitors to the river and gives it a new and more central role in the city. At the same time, the initiative offers a well-framed response to the (...)

The Arts District of Soho in Málaga (ES) has become the city's new art and urban culture reference area. A 2010 citizens' initiative was the starting point to this urban regeneration process. The Arts District is located between (...)

The KDAG Cable and Wire Factory is a 6.3-hectare site in the transition zone between the densely inhabited core of the city and the suburbs: the fringe of Vienna. It is very well connected to the public transport system by two metro stations. In (...)

According to general prognoses, the city of Antwerp is expecting a large increase in population (+ 20% in 15 years). We observed the first effects of an unmonitored population increase on children, who were unable to find a place in (...)