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The guiding idea of the “Croatian Coral Centre Zlarin” is an innovative centre that encompasses the challenges of a small island community focusing on maritime protection and preserving a certain habitat. Specifically, the project focuses on the importance of coral preservation in order to sustain the biodiversity of the Šibenik archipelago and communicating the peculiarities of the island lifestyle, so closely connected to nature and the sea, compared to life on mainland.

DOMANI is the name of an experimental housing model, a simple architecture based by circular economy principles. A house with a design by layers, that can be assembled and disassembled, and with a structure that enhances the effectiveness of the compositional choices thanks to the efficiency of the technological choices.

Dealing with a housing crisis, the Lisbon City Council does not give up fulfilling a right of the Portuguese constitution: the right to housing. Sometimes located in neighbourhoods highly demanded by the market, several workers’ villas form a bubble where time and the effects of urbanisation stopped being in a fast decay process. To renovate these, the housing and construction departments unite efforts guaranteeing that the residents (a vulnerable population) stay in place during the works.

"Trees to the Skies" is a land art project that transforms an urban forest into a place of wonder and hope. Many mature ash, birch, and maple trees are wrapped from the base to the fork in colorful fabric and become giant wishing trees. Visitors are invited to hug the colorful trees, make a wish, and wander around the magical art trail to explore the forest and reconnect with nature.

The MuseOpen project is a real path of investigation aimed at deepening our knowledge of the environment and to propose new ways to relate to it. The activities are organized in the internal and external spaces of the Natural Science Museum, with a series of multidisciplinary initiatives which involved a multiplicity of
public and private entities. An entomological exhibition curated by the Faenza speleological group, scientific insights, talks, projections films, educational workshops ecc.

At the wild side of Belgrade’s Danube waterfront, lies a magnificent former Old Granary, a concrete and steel landmark of another era. The complex is situated in a derelict industrial area, and embraced by local multicultural community of citizens, artists and entrepreneurs as an urban living lab. The Water Staircase Mural project uses street art and placemaking to turn an old riverbank staircase into a tiny shared space to touch the river and celebrate Old Granary’s beauty.

A experimental view on resources of our natural environment in urban surroundings. A city map far away from economic informations and a link to the power of the great cultural heritages of natural dyes of textiles.The body of work is an experimental silk city map that reflects the colors of my everyday paths through my student city Halle an der Saale. Extracted plant colors dyed in textiles collected next to supermarkets, bus stops, park benches a bicycle wheels.

The purpose of this project is to bring awareness and knowledge to themes such as permaculture and ecology with hands-on practice and understanding. Students have been physically involved and have benefited from a pleasant and healthy educational space.

We conquer gray neighborhoods and transform them into colorful and biodivers oases by empowering the people living there. Ten years after the start of our foundation, we now have a movement with troops of guerrilla gardeners throughout the whole of the Netherlands. We inspire and help thousands of people to take to the streets, organize, and work together to improve their own environment and in the meantime boost biodiversity. The result: flower-rich streets, happy and connected people.

This is the success story of how we have turned a place around in the area that need it the most in Helsingborg. We have struggled with residents feeling unsafe in their neighbourhoods, affecting the most vulnerable groups whom are the least heard in planning processes. As Eneborgsplatsen also is burdened with heavy traffic, we took extra measures and added sound reduction innovations. We have also had an inclusive process to turn the park into a beautiful safe green haven the residents deserve.