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

Grădina Revoluției has yielded valuable lessons for other placemaking initiatives, particularly those focused on reclaiming historically significant urban spaces....

Tudor Chira

Together, we’re shaping the future of public spaces and creating lasting change. Explore, contribute, and grow with us!

Reflections

If everything is privatized we have less opportunities to come together to exchange and be part of the bigger story, which is the story of making your city.

Charles Landry

Placemaking Week Europe '25

We have met a multitude of people from the cooperative sector, private companies and public managers that want to make Reggio Emilia a better city for all.

Ramon Marrades

Good Place Bench

Placemaking is a fuzzy word, and that's the beauty of it.

Ethan Kent

Good Place Bench

It is critical to build bridges, foster conversation, and activate and animate the city, going beyond just the physical architecture.

Stella Gwee

Good Place Bench

I am keenly interested in the ways that Public space is the venue for us to be thinking about the issues of environment, thinking about solving issues of social integration, empathy, transportation, mobility.

Robin Abad Ocubillo

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“Placemaking helps create vibrant, inclusive public spaces, even if citizens don’t always recognize it by name. “

Robert van Asten

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Podcasts

Hans Karssenberg about Placemaking as a Force for change

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Glowing Places Podcast

The City at Eye Level: Reimagining Urban Spaces

Rotem Carmi

Place To Be

Place To Be Podcast

Musical expressions and urban spaces

Mustafa Sherif

Urbanistica Podcast

Placemaking Week Europe '24

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Mayors in Placemaking

A joint between Placemaking Europe and the Good Place Podcast

Cities in Placemaking: Robert van Asten interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Richard Rybniček interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Fredrik Lindstål interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Chantal Zeegers interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Jakub Mazur interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Daniel Rádai interview by the Good Place

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Cities in Placemaking: Dan Boyle interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Lastest articles

Through this journey, Cork has embraced its unique character - its ‘Corkness’ - as a guiding principle for placemaking. What makes Cork, Cork?

Marta Popiolek

Cities in Placemaking, Uncategorized

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

May 14, 2025

Case Study, Featured

Tudor Chira

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

May 8, 2025

Case Study, Community

Rinske Brand

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

April 25, 2025

Opinion, Placemking Week Europe

Ramon Marrades

Why we keep organising Placemaking Week Europe

April 25, 2025

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Learn more about placemaking, Placemaking Europe, and our network.

The Team

The core group that keeps Placemaking Europe running and the organisation board.

What is Placemaking

Placemaking is an approach to urban planning and design that focuses on the people who live and use spaces.

About Placemaking Europe

Together we aim to accelerate placemaking as a way to create healthy, inclusive, and beloved communities.

Partners

Cities, regions, and entities that support our work.

Contact

Get in touch, join the network or learn how to collaborate with us.

Projects

Learn about the different projects that Placemaking Europe promotes or is involved in.

Cities in Placemaking

A city-to-city learning programme with and for European cities

Inclusive City

InclusiveCity aims at rethinking placemaking and the 15-minute city concept through the lens of social inclusion, diversity and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals

Regreeneration

Regreeneration aims to operationalize greening and renaturing solutions across Europe

Community

Together, we’re shaping the future of public spaces and creating lasting change. Explore, contribute, and grow with us!

Blog

All things placemaking: News, updates, guest articles, opinions, and recommendations.

Podcasts

Dive into the dynamic world of placemaking and urbanism through engaging conversations with thought leaders, architects, city planners, and community innovators.

In-Depth

A curated selection of in-depth interviews, case studies and other media about placemaking and related topics.

Shorts

A collection of videos exploring the current state of the placemaking community. Dive into the latest news and insights and join the conversation!

Events

An agenda about all events, activities, workshops, webinars placemaking-related.

Working Groups

The participants of our network are working on varied specialised themes to make better cities using placemaking as a vehicle.

Placemaking Week Europe

Placemaking Week Europe is Europe's largest placemaking festival with over 500 practitioners reunited to share knowledge, learn and network.

Reggio Emilia 2025

Reggio Emilia stands as a dynamic intersection of history, innovation, and inclusivity, where the historical legacy of resistance continues to shape today’s strong culture of social cooperatives, community engagement and civic activism.

🎟️ Tickets

Get your tickets for Placemaking Week Europe 2025 Reggio Emilia.

Plan Your Journey

From trains to tips—here’s how to get to Reggio Emilia with ease and make the most of your festival trip.

Welcome to Placemaking Europe’s Community Page—a space built to carry the momentum of Placemaking Week Europe into everyday collaboration. Here, stories come to life, ideas take root, and connections thrive year-round.

Welcome to Placemaking Europe’s Community Page—a space built to carry the momentum of Placemaking Week Europe into everyday collaboration. Here, stories come to life, ideas take root, and connections thrive year-round.

Last in!

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

Together, we’re shaping the future of public spaces and creating lasting change. Explore, contribute, and grow with us!

Reflections

If everything is privatized we have less opportunities to come together to exchange and be part of the bigger story, which is the story of making your city.

Charles Landry

Placemaking Week Europe '25

We have met a multitude of people from the cooperative sector, private companies and public managers that want to make Reggio Emilia a better city for all.

Ramon Marrades

Good Place Bench

Placemaking is a fuzzy word, and that's the beauty of it.

Ethan Kent

Good Place Bench

It is critical to build bridges, foster conversation, and activate and animate the city, going beyond just the physical architecture.

Stella Gwee

Good Place Bench

I am keenly interested in the ways that Public space is the venue for us to be thinking about the issues of environment, thinking about solving issues of social integration, empathy, transportation, mobility.

Robin Abad Ocubillo

Robert van Asten

Watch full video

Join over 4000+ Placemakers

Podcasts

Hans Karssenberg about Placemaking as a Force for change

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Glowing Places Podcast

The City at Eye Level: Reimagining Urban Spaces

Rotem Carmi

Place To Be

Place To Be Podcast

Musical expressions and urban spaces

Mustafa Sherif

Urbanistica Podcast

Placemaking Week Europe '24

Mayors in Placemaking

Cities in Placemaking: Robert van Asten interview by the Good Place

Creating better
cities together