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Placemaking Week Europe

Challenge #2: Unlocking the Ex-Gasometro

August 21, 2025
Placemaking Week Europe

Challenge #1: Reimagining the Station Area of Reggio Emilia

August 13, 2025
Placemaking Week Europe

Reggio Emilia: A mid-sized city tackling defining urban challenges

August 7, 2025
Opinion

Unrooted economies: How digital nomads reshape cities without settling in

July 31, 2025
Community, Inclusive City

Inclusive Placemaking in Practice: An Inspirational Cookbook of Tools for Inclusion

July 17, 2025
Opinion

Don’t shoot the gringo: On the recent protests against gentrification

July 10, 2025
Placemaking Week Europe

Why Reggio Emilia? Placemaking Week Europe 2025

July 3, 2025
Opinion

Why cultural institutions are meant to take a central role in the housing crisis

June 26, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Cork: Placemaking as a Tool for Transforming Fragmented Efforts into a Cohesive Urban Policy

May 14, 2025
Case Study

The Place Game: A Citizen-Led Revival of Bucharest’s Historic Square

May 8, 2025
Case Study, Community

Creative placemaking als economische motor: Flint, Verenigde Staten (🇳🇱 Dutch)

April 25, 2025
Opinion, Placemaking Week Europe

Why we keep organising Placemaking Week Europe

April 25, 2025
News

Innovation for recovery: a place-led initiative for reconstruction after flooding in Valencia

April 24, 2025
Opinion

Placemaking the ‘Smart City’: Can We Humanize Technology the Same Way We Humanize Cities?

April 4, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Bradford: Placemaking as a Bridge Between Culture, Community, and Change

April 3, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Helsingborg’s Placemaking Journey: How Can a Giant Lamp Be More Than Just Public Lighting?

March 27, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Vinnytsia: Placemaking as Resilience and Transformation

March 20, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Józsefváros, the 8th district of Budapest: A City-Wide Transformation Rooted in Local Action

March 13, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Wrocław: Placemaking as a tool to promote social inclusion, environmental sustainability and active citizenship

March 6, 2025
Opinion

Time Machine Tidal Park: Place Futures and Libraries 

March 6, 2025
Cities in Placemaking

Trenčín: Placemaking as a compass for city-wide cultural activation

February 27, 2025
Opinion

What if recovery after a climate disaster comes from people and place?

February 27, 2025
Cities in Placemaking, Opinion

12 European Cities Embracing Placemaking to Tackle Urban Challenges

February 25, 2025
Opinion

Power of Place: An Introduction to Designing Places For Life

February 25, 2025

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