Sandbox City: the Courage to Experiment — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes
City-making is rarely a straight line. It is shaped by uncertainty, iteration, and the willingness to try something before knowing exactly how it will unfold.
Rethinking Montolivet: The Build of a “We”
Recently, a neighbor from the Montolivet neighborhood in Olot (a small city in northern Catalonia) reached out to us again. The neighborhood, also known by its original name, Sant Pere […]
Dismantling gendered cities, one city at a time. This is how we started.
Cities are never neutral. They are socio-spatial constructs shaped by power relations, policy decisions, and institutional priorities, which in turn structure differential access to mobility, resources, care, participation, and safety […]
Innovation for Recovery 2026
Towards a citizen observatory of recovery in Paiporta
It Takes a Village to Shape a City — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes
Cities are shaped by many hands – planners, architects, policymakers, organisations, and, most importantly, residents. The most vibrant, resilient, and meaningful urban environments do not emerge from top-down decisions alone, […]
Building Belonging — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes
When facing rapid changes across Europe and beyond, cities are confronted with a shared question: how do we create places where people not only live, but genuinely feel they belong? […]
Finding Warmth in Winter: What Fenix Plein Taught Me About Public Space
As we venture into spring, I can’t help but feel grateful for one place I sought comfort in during Rotterdam’s cold and wet winters, a season that often discourages me […]
The metrics and the place: lessons from Mexico City
Every time I return to Mexico City, I leave with the same renewed question: the city for whom? It is an old debate, but in CDMX it feels urgent and […]
A Quiet Rebellion – Berlin’s Kiezblocks
In neighbourhoods across Berlin, a quiet rebellion is unfolding in the form of Kiezblocks (or “neighbourhood blocks”). What began as a grassroots response to political inertia and rat-running cars has […]
Trenčín: The City as a Stage
Glimpses from the Trenčín 2026 opening weekend Last weekend, I had the pleasure of taking part in the opening week celebrating Trenčín as the European Capital of Culture for 2026. […]
