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.

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Building homes without making places

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Ramon Marrades

Placemaking Networks

All across Europe, fantastic placemaking networks are emerging and flourishing, each shaped by their own communities, contexts, and ways of working. These networks are doing inspiring work that reflects the rich diversity of placemaking practice across the continent.

Place Collective UK

London, United Kingdom

Place Governance & Systems Change, Place-led Development, Regenerative Placemaking

Placemaking Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan

Community Development, Designing places for all, Mobility & Accessibility

Placemaking Finland

Helsinki, Finland

Designing places for all, Place Governance & Systems Change

Placemaking France

France : Paris, Rennes, Nantes, Chambéry

Creative Placemaking, Designing places for all, Place Governance & Systems Change

Placemaking Germany

Berlin/Munich/Hamburg, Germany

Creative Placemaking, Mobility & Accessibility, Urban Nature & Green Spaces

Placemaking Norway

Oslo, Norway

Child-friendly Cities, Community Development, Urban Commons & Right to the City

Placemaking Poland

Poland

Child-friendly Cities, Community Development, Mobility & Accessibility

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Placemakers in Residence

June 16, 2026

Inclusive City

Rosaria Battista

Rooted in Place: What a Symposium on Belonging Taught Us About Cities, Culture, and Walls

June 10, 2026

2026, Placemaking Week Europe

Placemaking Europe

Rooted in Resilience — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes

June 4, 2026

Featured, Opinion

Ramon Marrades

Building homes without making places

June 4, 2026

Cities in Placemaking

Placemaking Europe

Welcoming Turku to the Cities in Placemaking programme!

June 2, 2026

2026, Placemaking Week Europe

Placemaking Europe

Something Big is Coming, and Here’s a Sneak Peek…

May 28, 2026

“Healing and decolonisation are not quick fixes—they’re processes of remembering, grieving, and repairing relationships with ourselves, our communities, and the land. By resisting assimilation, reclaiming ancestral wisdom, and practicing relational care, we move closer to truth and collective liberation.”

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Podcasts

Ryan Smolar about Food Placemaking

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

Ryan Smolar about Utilising Improv for Placemaking

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

Mustafa Sherif: child-friendly cities

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

🎧 Interested? Go to our podcast library to find more interviews and case-studies from the Placemaking community →

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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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

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Cities in Placemaking: Daniel Rádai interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking: Dan Boyle interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

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Cities in Placemaking

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Placemakers in Residence

Placemaking Week Europe

Wrocław 2026

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Placemakers in Residence

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!

Building homes without making places

Placemaking Networks

Place Collective UK

London, United Kingdom

Place Governance & Systems Change, Place-led Development, Regenerative Placemaking

Placemaking Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan

Community Development, Designing places for all, Mobility & Accessibility

Placemaking Finland

Helsinki, Finland

Designing places for all, Place Governance & Systems Change

Placemaking France

France : Paris, Rennes, Nantes, Chambéry

Creative Placemaking, Designing places for all, Place Governance & Systems Change

Placemaking Germany

Berlin/Munich/Hamburg, Germany

Creative Placemaking, Mobility & Accessibility, Urban Nature & Green Spaces

Placemaking Norway

Oslo, Norway

Child-friendly Cities, Community Development, Urban Commons & Right to the City

Placemaking Poland

Poland

Child-friendly Cities, Community Development, Mobility & Accessibility

Lastest articles

Placemakers in Residence

Rooted in Place: What a Symposium on Belonging Taught Us About Cities, Culture, and Walls

Rooted in Resilience — PWE26 Wrocław’s Themes

Building homes without making places

Welcoming Turku to the Cities in Placemaking programme!

Something Big is Coming, and Here’s a Sneak Peek…

Watch full video

Join over 4000+ Placemakers

Podcasts

Ryan Smolar about Food Placemaking

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

Ryan Smolar about Utilising Improv for Placemaking

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

Mustafa Sherif: child-friendly cities

Sandra Poelman

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

Hopeless to Hotspot Podcast

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

Mayors in Placemaking

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

With Robin Cox

Cities in Placemaking: Richard Rybniček interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

Cities in Placemaking: Fredrik Lindstål interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

Cities in Placemaking: Chantal Zeegers interview by the Good Place

With Robin Cox

Creating better
cities together