NBS — June 6, 2023 [Barcelona 🇪🇸] Lecture on IAAC’s URBiNAT Technological NBS URBiNAT partner IAAC lectured on URBINAT NBS projects to international students of a cross-boundary top-tier student network.
NBS, PUBLICATIONS — May 30, 2023 [Research Paper] Green Walls and Health: An Umbrella Review Current societal challenges like climate change led to a general agreement that our cities need to become greener and our lifestyles more sustainable. Read the exciting findings from a recent study on the health benefits of green walls as a promising nature-based solution for dense urban areas and street canyons specifically.
NBS — May 22, 2023 [In the News 🇩🇪] URBiNAT presented to the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany URBiNAT partner Marcel Cardinali invited by the Chamber of Architects of North Rhine-Westphalia to present URBiNAT to the 200 architects participating in a an high-level event organized on 10 May 2023.
NBS — May 17, 2023 [European Award 🇪🇺] SuperBarrio among the finalists of the New European Bauhaus Awards 2023 SuperBarrio, co-developed by IAAC as part of URBiNAT, is one of 61 shortlisted finalists of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) Awards 2023.
NBS, Nantes — April 18, 2023 [Nantes 🇫🇷] “48 hours of urban agriculture” celebrated with the visit of the URBiNAT Healthy Corridor in Nantes Nord “48 hours of urban agriculture” celebrated in Nantes with a visit of the URBiNAT Healthy Corridor in the Nantes Nord district.
NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Høje-Taastrup — March 2, 2023 [Høje-Taastrup 🇩🇰] Cards & Reflection Method for Citizen Involvement A Design Thinking Method for easy and effective involvement of citizens in city planning processes developed and tested with Høje Taastrup Municipality in Denmark.
NBS, PUBLICATIONS, Nantes — March 1, 2023 [Research Paper 🇫🇷] Nature-based solutions in a neighbourhood of large social housing estates In the context of the renovation of large housing estates, NBS are proposed to transform open spaces. Philippe Bodénan and Béatrice Béchet have studied these new methods of spatial design in the Nantes Nord district.
NBS, Porto — January 30, 2023 [Portugal 🇵🇹] Launch of the NBS HUB Portugal Together with the City of Portimão and NetworkNature, URBiNAT launched a nature-based solutions (NBS) hub in Portugal. The launch event took place on January 26th to 28th, 2023 at the Museu de Portimão, Portugal.
NBS, Nova Gorica — January 6, 2023 [Nova Gorica 🇸🇮] Workshops with local children and a guided walkthrough along the Koren river As part of the co-implementation of the URBiNAT project, the Municipality of Nova Gorica together with the Centre of Architecture of Slovenia, held a series of workshops at the Nova Gorica Nursery School and Fran Erjavec Primary School.
