PlaceMaking for Cities

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Edited on 28/07/2025

01/12/2013 31/03/2015

Closed
  • Transfer Network
  • Urban planning
  • Participative governance
  • Participation
  • Urban renewal
Placemaking is a concept that emerged to describe the intentional process of activating new or existing public spaces to create that emotional connection.

Summary

Partners

Lead Partner : Dún Laoghaire Rathdown - Ireland
  • Albacete - Spain
  • Eger - Hungary
  • Pori - Finland

Timeline

Project launch
Project completed

Introduction

Our pilot network intends to test and further develop the Placemaking method with different target groups and in different target areas as an open living lab process in order to produce attractive, high quality, sustainable places in partner cities in which people want to work, live and relax.

 

The main driving factor of the partnership to establish such a project is the preparation for the new programming period, especially for the Community-Led Local Development approach. By transferring and adapting successfully the Placemaking method as a living lab process (where end-users can co-create any public place), partners intend to be flagships of developing urban renewal projects with efficient participatory techniques.

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