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What happens if you take a space in between. were people only pass by to catch their train or buses, and you place in there a structure to seat, read and chat? It happens that the passerby becomes users, the place becomes alive, the space in between becomes a public square. This is what happened in the Movicentro of Ivrea, the place that hosts the train and bus station and that is home to Zac, an organization that works on education and empowerment of young adults.

NO-GAP is a game exhibition created with the goal of transmitting awareness-raising content about pathological gambling through playful and interactive methods, with the final aim of prevention. It is based on the concept of 'gamification': we use elements taken from the gaming experience itself and apply them in non-gamified contexts to convey a message. The concept, already known in Europe, is not so widespread in Italy, making the NO-GAP exhibition an absolute novelty on the local scene.

"Santander, Habitat Futuro" is based on a thorough analysis of the conditions of the territory, its needs and opportunities, which is articulated through four strategies to improve the city, six cross-cutting projects and 32 neighborhood plans. It is an open model, based on regenerative urbanism, which, based on innovation and citizen participation, prepares and adapts the territory and its ecological, economic and social conditions for the different scenarios to come.

The extension was designed continuing the dialog between flat and pitched roofs of the existing kindergarten with a two-story gable roofed building and a flat roofed structure. The primary aim of the extension was a holistic ecological construction method. Another significant stipulation was the spatial integration of the open learning landscape shared by German and Italian speaking groups. The focus of the extension are the encounter zones offering the possibility of multilingual togetherness.

The Marmorgarten is an interreligious and intercultural urban gardening project in the middle of Hamburg St. Georg.

The garden is based on the principles of agroecology, and sustainability.

A dynamic agroforestry has been growing here on 850 square meters since 2020, in which ecological biodiversity and the development of soil fertility are promoted.

Recharge Nature is a marketing campaign for the revitalization of the Dolomiti Bellunesi region, aiming to raise awareness on sustainable tourism and to make the destination a promoter of a necessary rethinking of tourism in terms of sustainability. It does so by celebrating a return to nature and increased environmental awareness.

In some countries, rivers have been granted legal status to protect them. Can we also use myths to support and preserve our water resources?
The aim of «Tombolo» is to use local crafts and technological skills to preserve the heritage, the water flows, and the ecosystem of the Ploumanac'h Heath, a natural protected site in Brittany. This innovative approach not only fosters environmental conservation but also promotes cultural appreciation and imagination through several mediation methods.

Created as a place of debate between humans, this garden works as an optical illusion : from one side it looks all yellow, from the other it looks purple. Two megaphones allow for the visitors to argue/debate about the color of the garden. The message is clear: humans spend their time & energy arguing instead of acting... because at the end of the day, yellow or purple, pollinators don't care. The whole garden is built for fauna: a meadow of colored local blossoms & biobased insect habitats.

An international cultural project uniting artists from Ukraine and Latvia, involving politicians and journalists to emphasize the theme of Freedom in society, supporting war victims through art and culture.
Freedom is the main value we (Ukrainians) are fighting for. We want to break stereotypes of art perception and synchronize modern artists in their work during this important historical period.
The opened residency format engages the audience to be a part of the creating art process.

Dolomiti Hub is a multipurpose space born from the urban regeneration of a commercial building in an industrial area in a depopulating territory. There is a coworking space, a bistrot, a theater/cinema, smaller rooms for activities, private offices, a guesthouse. Managed by a social enterprise established in 2019, it offers events and services for all generations, aiming to promote aggregation, personal and collective growth, local welfare, valorization of the territory and its human resources.