Korça Heritage Network transforms hospitality into a cultural movement. Starting from Domus Hotel, it connects local artisans, traditions, architecture, and stories into a living network that revitalizes the region. By blending heritage with contemporary design and community engagement, the project reimagines Korça as a vibrant, sustainable destination where culture is experienced, shared, and lived every day.
Prosfygika is a 16-year-old community of 400+ residents -refugees, migrants, and locals- living together in Athens through collective self-governance and mutual aid. Born from occupation of vacant buildings, it has transformed into a thriving neighbourhood model that proves another way of living is possible.
Starting from the absence of women in design history, this project reclaims the legacy of the designer Helena Cardoso and repositions design as a tool for social and territorial change. Through a book, exhibitions, talks and pedagogical exercises, it celebrates local crafts and knowledge, while fostering inclusion, sustainability and cultural diversity. her body of work as a reference for empowering communities and supporting rural economies.
FURKAN Gdynia helps local communities build a more resilient food system - from diagnosis to education, cooperation and public action. Working across Gdynia and its surrounding municipalities, the project connects producers, residents, institutions and local ambassadors to strengthen plant-based food production, share practical knowledge and create tools that can support long-term transformation in other places as well.
Functional rehabilitation of a historic building in Barcelona reactivates an obsolete mezzanine for the first time through the precise elevation of 239 m² of historic slab. Executed manually without damage, the successful pilot project preserves embodied carbon, avoids demolition, and extends the building’s lifespan. A pioneering circular methodology reimagining existing structures, creating a replicable approach for sustainable transformation of historic urban centers in Spain and across Europe
Red House is a flexible domestic model that combines housing, cultural activity, and micro-economy. Organised around a shared courtyard, it brings together living, hosting, and creative life, welcoming artists, visitors, and everyday use. Built with low-tech,low cost, climate-responsive strategies rooted in local knowledge, it supports care, connection, and income for the family, while offering a replicable model for resilient, inclusive living.
BugControl reimagines pest management through the lens of the New European Bauhaus: combining sustainability, aesthetics, and health. We replace toxic insecticides with a bio-inspired nanoemulsion of lemongrass and eucalyptus oils in a neem carrier. By using bio-based surfactants instead of synthetic ones, this transparent, biodegradable "green shield" protects both crops and modern living spaces, proving that advanced chemistry can be beautiful, safe, and sustainable.
“Natal na Aldeia – Espinheiro” is a community-led cultural initiative that transforms local heritage into collective action. Through an inclusive Christmas programme, it activates and strengthens social bonds while promoting the integration of different generations, families and migrants into community life. By combining local tradition and migrant knowledge, the project reinforces belonging, encourages participation and contributes towards the vitality, cohesion and resilience of the territory.
Casa Palau transforms an existing single-family home through an energy rehabilitation and extension that reinforces the relationship with the landscape. Through passive strategies such as solar capture, natural ventilation and adaptable intermediate spaces, the project creates an efficient, healthy and flexible home that improves interior comfort and reduces energy consumption.
MEDS Rijeka: City of Textures is an international, participatory project organised by MEDS (Meeting of design students) Croatia, a young creative collective based in Croatia. It brought together 180 participants from more than 40 countries, during a two week period, gathered in the city Rijeka to co-create cultural events and small-scale design, art and architecture interventions rooted in the local context across overlooked urban areas. Through the Meeting of design students workshop initiative
