Background

This tool was developed in the framework of the PlaceCity Vienna project which aims to activate and strengthen the central area of Floridsdorf, a peripheral district in Vienna, through placemaking interventions and, thus, to show the local potentials of public space within this area. Ba- sed on a profound research and analysis phase, as well as co-creation workshops with the local community, public squares, streets and vacant plinths have been defined that have a particularly high potential to be activated by the local community and, on the longer term, to con- tribute to the strengthening of the centre. In order to demonstrate different possibilities of how to use these (semi-)public spaces, an Open Call was organised to support local actors who want to implement their own ideas on these “enabling spots”.