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Like the butterfly's metamorphosis, the renovation of the canteen and the school-yard transform this site beautiful, biodiversity friendly, healthy for human, healthy for nature. We take care to reuse materials, to use natural materials like wood, to include green roof, solar heating, outdoor greenery theatre, biodiversity area. The users - pupils, teachers, public agents, elected representatives are involved during the decision-making process. The main purpose is making a global healthy area

Puusauna (Tree Sauna or Wooden Sauna in English) is a single-fired, wood-burning loft sauna crafted from hand-hewn solid logs and organic shaped Scots pine round wood columns—with branches left intact. It is the built outcome of Torvinen’s doctoral research on “misfit wood” in architecture, advancing the sustainable and wider use of wood in long-lived structures and bringing whole wood’s organic beauty back into contemporary design together with local craft people.

Obuse’s 40-year townscape restoration is the story of how a small rural town reinvented itself through beauty, culture, and community collaboration. Over four decades, residents, local businesses, and public institutions worked together to restore traditional streetscapes, create welcoming pedestrian spaces like the Chestnut Path, and turn private gardens into shared cultural assets. This effort transformed Obuse into a vibrant cultural landscape where heritage and contemporary life coexist.

Bringing together older people and young adults, the Intergenerational Project is a restored palazzo in the heart of Valletta, Malta’s capital. It provides residents with an innovative mix of private studios and shared spaces that encourage everyday conversation, care, and friendship. By reusing a heritage building to create a vibrant, supportive home, it empowers individuals, strengthens social bonds, and offers an exciting blueprint for inclusive housing models across Malta and Europe.

Into the Miracles transforms a rural landscape in southern Slovakia into a temporary open-air gallery. Over four days, participants walk a 80 km route between villages, encountering site-specific artworks, performances and sound works by 60+ artists from six European countries. People join as pilgrims (full journey), walkers (selected sections) or visitors (single events), reconnecting art, place and community. It is a slow, shared experience of landscape, heritage and imagination.

The Lyon Opera House wants to reach out to all audiences and seeks to use artistic mobility to break down the barriers that separate residents of rural and suburban cities from urban cultural offerings. The Opera has created a mobile and agile form of opera along with an original work which makes awareness on a key topical issue : the global warming. Thanks to an opera truck, residents of rural cities from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region attend a performance in their own village.

A two‑year community art project transforming public spaces in Les Planes–Blocs Florida, the most densely populated neighbourhood in Europe. Through mosaic trencadís co‑creation with young people, older adults, migrants, women’s groups, mental‑health users and people with functional diversity, the project strengthens social cohesion, local democracy and shared ownership while revitalising neglected urban areas. A collective act of reclaiming dignity, identity and hope in shared public space.

Curated by KNOTTO, “Artisanal Intelligence” is a textile research residency programme between Europe and Japan, developed for the EU Pavilion at Osaka Expo 25. For one month five selected European textile & fashion designers and art historians collaborated with Japanese artisans on joint research projects. The results showed how the artisanal heritage crosses culture to inspire a more human-centered, nature-rooted future where sustainable solutions meet contemporary challenges.

The Just Transition Culture project emerged from cooperation between activists and artists from regions in Romania, Greece and Poland transitioning away from coal. By showcasing cultural expression, it explored issues of identity within the context of an ongoing transformation through concerts, dance & theatre performances, exhibitions, study visits, workshops, murals and installations, creating a blend of artistic forms in a shifting cultural landscape.

This project explores how textile waste generated during production can become the foundation for a new aesthetic. Using traditional tailoring techniques and patchwork principles, waste fragments are transformed into contemporary, high-quality garments. The project connects sustainability, heritage and modern design, creating a subtle aesthetic that moves beyond common stereotypes. Each piece is unique and reflects a vision of a more sustainable future for fashion.