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Atelier Tou is a design house that makes sensitive tableware and contemporary objects for the home and interior, revisiting ancestral ceramic techniques. Each piece is designed and handcrafted in Brussels, respecting traditional know-how. Driven by timeless design, our approach strikes a balance between elegance and functionality. From tableware to ornamentals,each piece reveals material and gesture. A true celebration of the expressive potential of clay and the enduring value of craftsmanship.

In Ravenna, a next-generation cybernetic organ breathes with the city, training inhabitants in a rare form of interaction: becoming sensitive to the well-being of the air.

78 homeless women and children found shelter. 71 social projects found affordable space. In Forest (Brussels), Communa transformed 6,000 m² of vacant offices into a hybrid third place: shared housing (Casa Vesta, with the New SamuSocial), sports, cultural, social economy spaces, and shared offices. From 2020 to 2025, Maxima brought together 256 occupants around shared governance and a pay-what-you-can model rooted in the Saint-Antoine neighbourhood.

SmartCommUnity transformed challenges from Alpine Arc into sustainable, bottom-up transitions to build a greener, more connected region. We successfully co-created tangible, smart solutions across diverse test areas. To scale these impacts, we launched a comprehensive web-based innovation platform, equipping rural communities with digital tools and AI insights; and by integrating the Smart Alps Network enhanced participatory policy that strengthens local resiliency and democracy.

SchloR is a Viennese group of friends who has found a plot of land in Simmering with existing buildings they refurbished, reconstructed, renewed and enlarged with the goal to collectively manage the site and live there. In contrast to capitalist competition, however, their goal is not to maximise profits, but rather the prospect of self-determination and fair rent without an expiry date.

Defensive Pedal turns fear into confidence for everyday cycling. Using our cyclist risk map and safer route guidance, we help people choose calmer, lower-risk streets and help cities understand where cycling feels unsafe. Already piloted and applied with World Bank collaboration in Romanian cities, the project supports healthier, lower-carbon, more human urban mobility.

Born as a beacon of creativity and culture, the Villa Portela Arts Centre core is dedicated to contemporary art and opened its doors to the public on September 14, 2025, the Villa hosts its first exhibition with the Portuguese State's Contemporary Art collection, inviting visitors to embark on a journey of discovery. It aims to show nation and local artists to the world.

In Zeitz — a post-industrial town in Eastern Germany where 46% of residents vote for far-right parties and with almost no cultural life for children — children from local families and children with refugee experience created a circus carnival together. For months they trained, made costumes and prepared their own statements — about the city, about dreams, about what matters to them. The carnival became a point of dialogue between communities that live in separate language bubbles.

The new Punto Luce in Milan transforms a long-abandoned site into a vibrant socio-educational hub for children and teenagers. Designed through a participatory process with local schools, families and organisations, the timber building and its garden create an open, welcoming environment for learning, creativity and play. More than a building, it is a civic space that strengthens inclusion, belonging and opportunities for the neighbourhood’s youth.

1 Kilometer of Art is a meeting point between tourism and culture that culminates each year in a permanent artistic intervention. It is an open-air museum connected with the Camino de Santiago, offering a cultural reason to enter the village center and explore the municipality through contemporary art. The project aims to strengthen collective identity and contribute to the revitalization of the local economy through coexistence among residents, artists, and pilgrims.