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Promising upcoming Webinar on "How to make renovation more inclusive and beautiful" > registration is open!! CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

As part of Realdania’s 25th-anniversary initiative, Vores Sted (Our Place), 60 local associations across Denmark have now been allocated a meeting place to strengthen their local community. Out of a total of 150 meeting places, these 60 pavilions, crafted from recycled and biogenic materials, are scheduled for construction in 2025. The project is a collaboration between Realdania, six design offices, including Cobe, ReVærk, pihlmann architects, Archival Studies, Rumgehør and Studio XYZ, along with technical advisors. We can't wait to see the meeting places come to life and foster community across Denmark. Learn more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/dE6VVkkA

Urban areas are the engines of our world, and creativity is what keeps cities thriving. 🌍✨ The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) brings together over 350 cities across seven creative fields — Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music — to harness culture and innovation for sustainable urban development. Looking ahead to 2025, Querétaro, Mexico, a Creative City of Design, will host the Annual UCCN Conference under the theme “Sharing Cities.” This event will foster global collaboration to address modern urban challenges and highlight the power of creativity in shaping a brighter future. Explore more: https://lnkd.in/ebwNeRhY

LET’S GRO, The Future of Groningen- Tonight, Michiel Van Driessche and Ben van der Meer will explore future scenarios for Groningen at Let's Gro, the festival focused on the city’s future. Joining them is Jeroen de Willigen, former City Architect and current contributor to the Bold City, Brave Decisions exhibition, which showcases the transformative choices of the past that shaped today’s Groningen. In their session, Bravely Forward: Groningen 2040, they’ll discuss Groningen’s bold path toward a climate-neutral future as it grows to 300,000 residents. Guided by journalist Arnoud Bodde, this promises to be an engaging dialogue on urban growth, sustainability, and the exciting potential of a greener city. Don’t miss this chance to join the conversation and help shape Groningen’s future! For more information, please check the link: https://lnkd.in/e-x9fP-U #letsgro2024 #futureofgroningen #groningen2040 #sustainablegrowth #climateneutral #urbanfuture #boldcitybravedecisions #greencity #smartcity #cityofthefuture #sustainabilityinaction #urbaninnovation #groningenfestival #climateaction #bravelyforward #urbansustainability

The Meath County Council successfully hosted the first Regional Seminar with Stakeholders for the SEALabHaus project, focusing on the co-design of the New Bauhaus Laboratory of the Atlantic Area. This event brought together key stakeholders to collaborate on promoting sustainable blue tourism and the cultural and creative industries linked to the sea. ⚓ 🔎 Event Objective: To identify regional challenges and opportunities through local action groups and transnational dialogues. These collaborative spaces are vital for developing innovative solutions that balance sustainability, inclusion, and beauty, in line with the New European Bauhaus values. The event was a great success – and this is just the beginning! 🌟 Together, we are building a more resilient and sustainable future for the Atlantic coastal communities. 🐚 📽️ Watch the highlights of the event in the aftermovie attached! #SEALabHaus #BlueTourism #NewEuropeanBauhaus #SustainableTourism #AtlanticArea #MaritimeHeritage #SocialInnovation Interreg Atlantic Area

Today Valtteri Nurminen and I presented on the Transformative Cities project to the Espoon kaupunki - Esbo stad - City of Espoo. We discussed how active sensing (e.g., participatory mapping) and passive sensing (e.g., geo-tracking using mobiles) can be used to inform urban sustainability transformations. Find out more about our compass for sustainability transformation at https://lnkd.in/g9VMy58g

REPORT FROM THE 60TH INTERNATIONAL MAKING CITIES LIVABLE (IMCL): The conference assessed the challenges ahead, but also the progress made, and the encouraging opportunities and inspiring examples to celebrate. I'm delighted to report that the conference received an overall attendee score of 4.75 out of 5 stars, with comments including "This is the best conference I've ever attended,“ "Arguably one of the more interesting--and memorable--conferences I've ever attended," "I left the conference encouraged - there are many challenges ahead of us, but I am so invigorated by the tenacity of those stepping up to face them. My mind is reeling with possibilities," "it was brilliantly organized!” and “A fantastic conference!” Please consider joining us for the followup in beautiful and instructive Cortona, Italy, October 29-November 1, 2024! We will discuss regional challenges, food quality and security, markets, public spaces, beautiful architecture, and much more. The theme is "The Ecology of Place: Learning from Nature, Culture and History." Please join us! https://lnkd.in/gDwSAmtR

1️⃣ Day 1 of the Urban Future. #Rotterdam conference: a great Placemaking Western Balkans Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje session, and wonderful speakers Monika Tominšek Małgorzata Ćwikła, PhD ICLEI Europe and Alexandru Stan @IN2 🔥 The discussion between the speakers and the audience was built around several “burning questions” bringing new insights to the surface:  ❓ What does it mean to be urban planner working for municipality on the heritage renewal projects and is it attractive for young architecture and design professionals to work for the city rather than working in a private practice on heritage-inspired projects ?  ❓ Why is it still difficult to motivate bottom up heritage projects and what makes those cities who got it right successful?  ❓ Can citizens determine what is heritage from their point of view and make city officials listen to them, or is definition of heritage exclusive right of cultural institutions only?  ❓ Are digital tools making heritage closer to everyone, what is their role in sustainable, regenerative tourism as opposite to “extractive” tourism? ➡ Full overview of the "Cool Answers to Burning Questions on Redoing Heritage" will be available at our Placemaking Western Balkans BLOG dedicated to the Redoing Heritage interactive session, starting from 10th of June. Stay tuned, mark the day for a good read! #placemaking #publicspace #built #nontangible #heritage #regeneration #digitaltools

1️⃣ Day 1 of the Urban Future. #Rotterdam conference: a great Placemaking Western Balkans Municipality of Celje / Mestna Občina Celje session, and wonderful speakers Monika Tominšek Małgorzata Ćwikła, PhD ICLEI Europe and Alexandru Stan @IN2 🔥 The discussion between the speakers and the audience was built around several “burning questions” bringing new insights to the surface:  ❓ What does it mean to be urban planner working for municipality on the heritage renewal projects and is it attractive for young architecture and design professionals to work for the city rather than working in a private practice on heritage-inspired projects ?  ❓ Why is it still difficult to motivate bottom up heritage projects and what makes those cities who got it right successful?  ❓ Can citizens determine what is heritage from their point of view and make city officials listen to them, or is definition of heritage exclusive right of cultural institutions only?  ❓ Are digital tools making heritage closer to everyone, what is their role in sustainable, regenerative tourism as opposite to “extractive” tourism? ➡ Full overview of the "Cool Answers to Burning Questions on Redoing Heritage" will be available at our Placemaking Western Balkans BLOG dedicated to the Redoing Heritage interactive session, starting from 10th of June. Stay tuned, mark the day for a good read! #placemaking #publicspace #built #nontangible #heritage #regeneration #digitaltools

📢 The 2nd New European Bauhaus festival is currently held in Brussels this week and we are proud to have contributed to the movement in our project work. 🌍 Together with Henning Larsen, we successfully coordinated the incubation of 20 place-based projects across 15 EU countries for the DG REGIO of the European Commission last year, focusing on small and mid-sized communities striving for a greener tomorrow. The New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative, which Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President, has dubbed the ‘soul of the EU Green Deal,’ focuses on transforming urban landscapes into beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive masterpieces. 🔍 Take a glimpse at how we helped European towns and cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants align their projects to the NEB approach and thus enhance their impacts in the slides below. 👇 For further information on the tools we used, check out our NEB Toolbox: https://lnkd.in/dSngFUVm #neweuropeanbauhaus #neb #sustainabilityconsulting #sustainablechange