Høje-Taastrup, Khorramabad, Nantes, Nova Gorica, Porto — April 3, 2022 Zoom on URBiNAT Cities As always there is a tremendous amount going on in our partner cities right now. This zoom on Nantes, Porto, Høje-Taastrup, Nova Gorica, and Khorramabad is just a brief overview of what the cities have been working on and what is to come!
PUBLICATIONS, Brussels — March 29, 2022 [Research Paper] Automotive urban landscapes: Exploring public programmes for adaptive reuse of underground car parks Public underground car parks could be interpreted as capsular infrastructure landscapes, attracting cars to the heart of the city and sweeping them under the proverbial carpet.
PUBLICATIONS — March 14, 2022 [Research Paper] URBiNAT referenced in new academic paper in Sustainability journal Precisely because they participate in the patchwork of terrains vagues and open spaces of the urban fabric, archaeological areas contribute to the making of green corridors that are now highly regarded for citizens’ wellbeing.
NEWS COVERAGE, Nantes — March 10, 2022 [In the News 🇫🇷] At the heart of a huge “nature in the city” project in the Nantes Nord district Interview with IRSTV's researchers Béatrice Bechet, researcher and director of IRSTV, and Philippe Bodenan, researcher, Nantes University Campus, Ecole Centrale.
HUMAN RIGHTS & GENDER — March 8, 2022 An URBiNAT Agenda for Women An URBiNAT agenda for women - On the occasion of International Women’s Day, we invite you to reflect with us on how to advance Equality and Equity!
PUBLICATIONS, Brussels, Høje-Taastrup, Nantes, Nova Gorica, Porto, Siena, Sofia — March 8, 2022 [Research Paper] Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP Peer-review publication: Inclusive Urban Regeneration with Citizens and Stakeholders: From Living Labs to the URBiNAT CoP
CONFERENCE — March 7, 2022 URBiNAT Conference Call for Abstracts: DEADLINE EXTENSION ‼️ URBiNAT Conference, 16 & 17 June 2022. Deadline extension for call for abstracts extended to 14 March
NEWS COVERAGE, Sofia — March 1, 2022 [In the News 🇧🇬] A school in the capital’s Nadezhda district with a greenhouse and a green classroom A green classroom and a greenhouse will be built in the courtyard of 15 Adam Mickiewicz Secondary School in the Nadezhda district of the capital. The project was created by the University of Architecture in Barcelona, the district administration said.
NEWS COVERAGE, Siena — March 1, 2022 [In the News 🇮🇹] Legambiente: ‘The sale of the Ovile spring field risks compromising the cycle/pedestrian path’. The Siena branch of Legambiente intervenes on the subject of the football field at the Ovile springs: "In recent days, with the private purchase proposal, the story of the former sports facilities outside Porta Ovile seems to have come to an end. For many years they were a place of play and recreation for many young people, and a meeting place for many citizens who went to watch football matches between the various districts; then years of silence and prolonged neglect and disinterest on the part of the administration.