Zelubak experiments with cultivating materials for fashion, costume design and stage production. Through controlled fermentation, bacterial cellulose forms flexible sheets that can be transformed into garments, accessories and scenographic components. The project investigates how living systems can support more responsible material production while opening new creative possibilities for performance, design and object making.
SAWA is a circular timber residential building in Rotterdam that combines sustainability, social inclusion and high-quality living. Built with biobased materials and designed for disassembly, it reduces environmental impact while enhancing biodiversity through nature-based solutions—reconnecting residents with nature in the city. With affordable homes and shared spaces, SAWA fosters a strong sense of community and offers a beautiful, scalable model for climate-neutral, inclusive urban living.
This project was the creation of an Integrated Urban Strategy that was created within the community of a unique heritage area of high deprivation. Locals, tourists, youth, community, commerce, minority marginalised and minority groups all gain confidence from the process. Sustainability,accessibility,affordabilty and inclusivity is studied for this unique island of heritage. This Innovative planning tool engaged under represented groups, with a bottom up approach to co design theie vision.
The APICLIMPACT project protects the Canary Islands’ wild pollinators and strengthens beekeeping resilience against climate change and human impacts. Operating across all seven UNESCO Biosphere Reserve islands, it engages urban and peri-urban areas through awareness, biodiversity protection, pollinator-friendly practices, and promotes women’s role in the beekeeping sector.
PAiR Residency is an international interdisciplinary art residency that provides creative professionals with time, space and other resources for research, experimenting and professional development. Located on the Baltic Sea coast in Pāvilosta, PAiR encourages residents to engage with the surrounding environment, local history and social context. Through this approach, PAiR promotes artistic research that is both locally grounded and internationally relevant.
Play Accessible Communities (PAC) understands micromobility hubs not only as nodes where different modes meet, but as carefully designed inclusive public spaces that offer pleasant connections, spatial richness, and seamless linkages between transport options. PAC addresses questions of accessibility and inclusivity within urban mobility challenges through strong collaboration between Play the City (Amsterdam–İstanbul), İzmir Planning Agency (İZPA), and Transform Transport (Milan).
The energy renovation of the Bjelovar City Museum transformed a historic public building into a sustainable cultural space. Improved energy efficiency, accessibility and museum infrastructure created new conditions for cultural participation. The renewed museum hosts the exhibition “Vojin Bakić – Principle of Hope”, connecting modernist artistic heritage with ideas of optimism, collective memory and sustainable futures.
As a spin-off of the prefigurative strategy-developed by Politecnico di Milano-to revitalize the medieval district of Polaggia and counteract its depopulation, the construction of social housing for young couples, a community hall, and the creation of shared spaces aim to outline a possible inclusive and innovative path.This approach was developed through a participatory process attentive to environmental and social sustainability, inspired by the principle of “caring for others beyond oneself”.
“Time is Foraging, Let’s Play” is an eco-artistic project bringing together people experiencing homelessness to explore overlooked urban green spaces as shared places of learning and expression. Through botanical walks, workshops and a public performance, participants engaged with spontaneous vegetation and sensory qualities of these landscapes. Marginal spaces became places of attention and creativity, shifting perceptions of homelessness from invisibility to presence and cultural agency.
Reti Blu is a signage project designed for public and private spaces used collectively, catering to neurodivergent individuals, particularly those with autism, cognitive impairments, and sensory deficits. Focusing on the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), we used icons as the primary visual tool, to ensure inclusive access to social spaces, such as schools, cafés, local supermarkets, swimming pools, gyms, a ranch, municipal offices, and specialized services like Spazio Autismo.
