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, CONFERENCE, 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.
BEST PRACTICES, NBS, Porto — October 30, 2021 [PORTO 🇵🇹] NBS Co-Design Workshops held in schools across Frontrunner City Porto 30 October 2021. 4th graders from Corujeira's primary school participated in a workshop organized as part of the URBiNAT project.
NEWS COVERAGE, Porto — October 26, 2021 [In the News 🇵🇹] URBiNAT combines urban regeneration with nature for the wellbeing of local residents // URBiNAT combina a regeneração urban com a natures em proc do bee-estar. Cerco do Porto, Lagarteiro e Falcão são bairros sociais situados na periferia da cidade. Desde 2018, estes bairros do Porto têm sido o local de intervenção de um projeto que visa a construção dos chamados “corredores saudáveis” no âmbito do Urban Innovative and Inclusive Nature – URBiNAT
NEWS COVERAGE, Porto — October 1, 2021 [In the News 🇵🇹] The Challenges of Urbanism. An interview with URBiNAT project coordinator, Gonçalo Canto Moniz Architect and URBiNAT project coordinator was interviewed on Portuguese national radio TSF Radio Noticias as part of a series of programmes on the opportunities and challenges in 2021 for new territorial planning.
NEWS COVERAGE, Porto — July 30, 2021 [In the News 🇵🇹] Projeto do futuro Parque da Alameda de Cartes apresentado em Reunião de Executivo The green area to be created in the eastern part of the city is based on the consolidation of people's needs, both in terms of pedestrian mobility and in terms of intervention in the green infrastructure, giving priority to Nature-Based Solutions.
NEWS COVERAGE, Porto — July 9, 2021 [In the News 🇵🇹] Como combater o estigma nos bairros sociais O modelo tradicional dos bairros sociais está ultrapassado, e há muito que se percebeu que não favorece a integração das pessoas mais vulneráveis. Muitos países já abandonaram a velha fórmula. Mas em Portugal ainda é essa a solução dominante. Há, no entanto, uma nova lógica para a habitação pública, que passa pelo maior envolvimento dos moradores nas decisões e em programas específicos para essas populações.
BLOG, Porto — June 10, 2021 [PORTO 🇵🇹] Exhibition: Cities in the city From 14 May to 27 June 2021 The Ci.CLO Gallery in Porto will be showing a series of photos by Carlos Barradas who has been documenting the local implementation of the URBiNAT project in the district of Campanhá, Porto., since the summer of 2020.
BLOG, COVID-19, Porto — May 11, 2021 [COVID-19 🇵🇹] Challenges, responses and solidarity in Porto The seven URBiNAT cities share their impressions of the repercussions, challenges, responses and alternatives that emerged with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this series of seven posts, we share the main measures implemented by local municipalities, and some stories to inspire alternative and cooperative ways to live together (in) the city. The full set of article will be available in URBiNAT’s deliverable related to the compilation and analysis of human rights and gender issues to be released in 2021.