Retrofitting 20th century buildings in a UNESCO site in Italy
Dealing with the issue of thermal improvement in modern heritage buildings, while preserving the typical architecture and encouraging inclus…
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Interaction schemes for artists and local communities
20 examples on how citizens, artists and local organisations can collectively address complex environmental issues
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Rock the Block : Integrated action plans for aesthetic, circular and inclusive housing
A participatory regeneration initiative demonstrating that successful retrofit begins with people as much as buildings.
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SHARE: Community revitalisation to improve life in central Fuenlabrada
An intergenerational housing model demonstrating how homes, care and community life can be planned together to reduce isolation and strength…
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Grand Parc – Bordeaux : post-war social housing renovation
A pioneering retrofit programme demonstrating how post-war social housing can be renewed without demolition while significantly improving qu…
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Tour Bois-le-Prêtre: exemplary renovation of a social housing building
A landmark Paris housing retrofit demonstrating how existing buildings can be transformed into affordable, high-quality homes without demoli…
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A collaborative garden that grows community
Ulia Garden is a place led by women, dedicated to citizens, and born from a voluntary work, willing to encourage a more liveable, social and…
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Play Accessible Communities: Co designing mobility hubs in İzmir
Data, a tabletop game, and three months of collaboration: how İzmir co designed a mobility hub with its most overlooked users.
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Funding freshwater and nature restoration: twelve Off-the-Shelf Instruments
EU-funded project MERLIN created a portfolio of replicable financing solutions to help restoration teams identify and apply innovative finan…
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PAC Playbook: Data + game for mobility hubs
A replicable methodology using spatial data and co-design games to turn micro-mobility hubs into inclusive, healthy public spaces.
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Barcelona Xifré’s Rooftop: A Wild Garden above the City
A wild garden on a 19th-century rooftop, bringing neighbours together while cutting energy use and respecting heritage
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Turning urban waste into circular soap
A regenerative soap made from human activity wastes, reducing urban waste while challenging our notions of disgust and value.
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Gotland Garbage Glows: Turning Plastic Waste into Jewellery
One woman's response to climate anxiety: turning plastic waste into one-of-a-kind luxury jewellery pieces
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Erden PURE Walls: 100% earth, 0% concrete
Prefabricated rammed earth walls. 100% natural, fully recyclable, zero cement. A circular alternative to concrete.
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URBiNAT Catalogue of Nature-Based Solutions
A digital catalogue helping cities co-create Healthy Corridors through material and immaterial nature-based solutions.
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UP/DOWN: Reconnecting communities along the Osam River
A youth-led residency upstream, a river cleanup downstream, and a festival that reunited a Bulgarian village and town
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Laguna nel Bicchiere: Reviving Venice’s forgotten vineyards
Restoring hidden vineyards, gardens, and orchards to give Venetians a sense of belonging while preserving heritage and facing climate challe…
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Superbarrio - DesignYourHeritage
Superbarrio - DesignYourHeritage is a gamified digital tool developed by the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia to empower cit…
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Escape Room KLIMA
An innovative participatory activity to raise awareness about energy, sustainability, and collective energy management
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De Korenbloem: A care campus that blends into the neighbourhood
Home-like housing and community facilities for vulnerable people with dementia, stroke-related disabilities and somatic disorders, integrate…
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Geodesic Dome Housing: Sustainable Modular Living
Prefabricated dome houses driven by a deep-tech platform for low-carbon circular living
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NEST Façade: Biodiversity-Integrating Building Skin
An innovative façade solution that transforms buildings into living habitats, improving biodiversity and climate resilience
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drOp Integrated Methodology for Neighbourhood’s Renovation (IRM)
IRM aims to transform social housing districts into inclusive smart neighbourhoods in a phased process to support the cities in their proces…
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EkiElkar- drOp’s energy community in Santa Ana, Ermua
A citizen-led energy community in Ermua’s Santa Ana district combines solar generation, digital tools, and social innovation to drive an inc…
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Solar power shading structure
The shading structure developed by NEBourhoods is a prototype made of bamboo and wood providing a multifunctional urban space and delivering…
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Animal-Aided Design Toolbox
Methodology to integrate wildlife considerations into the architectural and urban development process from the very beginning, rather than a…
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