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BEST PRACTICES, NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Sofia — December 8, 2021

[Academic Paper 🇧🇬] Re-claiming space for public life: messages from the northwestern periphery of Sofia

A case-study based qualitative research on public space and public life in four housing estates in the north-western periphery of Sofia provides the basis for re-thinking urban legacy and the Modernist concept of public interest, once placed in the core of urban planning.

BEST PRACTICES, PUBLICATIONS — December 4, 2021

[Academic Paper] Guidelines for Citizen Engagement and the Co-Creation of Nature-Based Solutions: Living Knowledge in the URBiNAT Project

Participation and citizen engagement are fundamental elements in urban regeneration and in the deployment of nature-based solutions (NBS) to advance sustainable urban development. Various limitations inherent to participatory processes concerning NBS for inclusive urban regeneration have been addressed, and lessons have been learnt.

DIGITAL ENABLERS, Nantes, Porto, Sofia — December 1, 2021

[Digital Enablers] Super Barrio: A video game to boost participatory design, available on Google Play

Developed as part of the URBiNAT project, SuperBARRIO is a video game that boosts participatory design processes. Designed as an open source video game for smartphones and tablets, it is a digital tool for architects and public entities to engage the citizens in the design of public space, to educate in sustainability and inclusiveness, and to collect data about the citizen’s needs, desires and proposals.

BEST PRACTICES, NBS — November 26, 2021

[NBS] URBiNAT NBS featured at Poble Nou Open Night, Barcelona

Barcelona, 26 & 27 November 2021. URBiNAT partner IAAC (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia) was present at this year's Poble Nou Open Night to showcase URBiNAT NBS currently under development.

PUBLICATIONS — November 24, 2021

[Conference Proceedings 🎓] An inclusive urban project for healthy cities

With the advent and rapid dissemination of the COVID 19 corona virus the world has found itself living in a new reality, one which has, to a great extent, revealed a different face of globalization, in which we are all connected by a network that goes far beyond that of the virtual world.

Porto — November 15, 2021

[PORTO 🇵🇹] “Caring for Campanhã”, motto for special URBiNAT event that brought together associations, projects and local residents

"Caring for Campanhã" was the motto for the special URBiNAT event that brought together associations, projects and residents of the neighborhood.

November 11, 2021

[Healthy Corridor] Healthy Corridor Concept: Porto

The Healthy Corridor concept for Frontrunner City Porto

NBS, PUBLICATIONS — November 8, 2021

[Academic Paper 🇮🇹🇪🇸] Enhancing the integration of Nature-Based Solutions in cities through digital technologies

Paper exploring pathways towards a progressive knowledge construction to shape a future in which NBS are largely integrated in our buildings and public space thanks to the use of digital technologies and design, transforming our cities into healthy, productive and collaborative environments.

NBS — November 5, 2021

[NBS] Urban Mushroom Farm, NBS developed as part of URBiNAT, featured at Biennale di Architettura 2021

Urban Mushroom Farm, one of the Nature-Based Solutions developed as part of the URBiNAT project, was featured at the Biennale di Architettura 2021 in Venice.

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