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Stories of collaborative urban development processes across Europe
Kazán Energy Community Budapest: Community Energy Rooted in Solidarity and Co-Ownership - Cooperative City
Kazán Energy Community Budapest: Community Energy Rooted in Solidarity and Co-Ownership - Cooperative City
In a post-industrial area of Budapest’s 8th district, Kazán Community House operates from the former offices of a heavy-machine factory, now transformed into a collectively owned hub for urban solidarity. This multi-layered “social engine” is home to a community daycare, an independent radio station, and various civil society organisations. Anchored by Gólya Cooperative, the worker-owned […]
Repair culture: a socio-ecological strategy to lower mass consumption and production - Cooperative City
Repair culture: a socio-ecological strategy to lower mass consumption and production - Cooperative City
Over the course of the 20th century, with the gradual emergence of the “throw-away” culture, especially in the wealthier regions of the world, people began to attach less and less importance to the concept of repair. It often became cheaper to purchase new products than to refurbish or maintain existing ones. Consequently, the necessity for […]
Cohabit: Sweden’s Circular Student Furnishing Startup - Cooperative City
Cohabit: Sweden’s Circular Student Furnishing Startup - Cooperative City
In Malmö, Sweden, Cohabit is tackling a perennial issue faced by hundreds, if not thousands, of students: how to furnish empty, temporary student accommodation. Cohabit’s solution is furniture that is accessible, affordable, and sustainable. Functioning as a circular business, Cohabit offers “pre-loved” furniture for a fair monthly rental fee, allowing students to move into and […]
Towards energy literacy: Getafe's right to energy concept - Cooperative City
Towards energy literacy: Getafe's right to energy concept - Cooperative City
Energy is among the most abstract elements of modern life. Despite being at the core of public debate at least since the latest cost of living crises and current efforts to implement a green transition, general knowledge about energy tends to be very low, with few people confidently knowing where the energy they use was […]
A Hotel in the Local Social Ecosystem: How Ravenna’s Albergo del Cuore Redefines Responsible Tourism - Cooperative City
A Hotel in the Local Social Ecosystem: How Ravenna’s Albergo del Cuore Redefines Responsible Tourism - Cooperative City
Adjacent to Ravenna’s central railway station, in a neighbourhood where high-volume transit meets the city’s more precarious residential fringes, Albergo del Cuore is rethinking the role of the urban hotel. By renovating a former hotel into the city’s first accessible and inclusive stay, the Cooperativa Sociale San Vitale has created a neighbourhood hub that prioritizes an experiential […]
The Wiener Tafel: Building bridges between abundance and need - Cooperative City
The Wiener Tafel: Building bridges between abundance and need - Cooperative City
About one-third of the food produced worldwide gets thrown away[1]. Since its foundation in 1999, the Wiener Tafel has been providing social institutions such as women’s shelters, homeless care facilities and refugee homes with food and other goods that would otherwise have ended up in the waste bin. It is Austria’s oldest food bank and […]
Cultural heritage and adaptive reuse - EUTROPIAN
Cultural heritage and adaptive reuse - EUTROPIAN
EUTROPIAN - Cultural heritage and adaptive reuse -
Nature and the city: How Văcărești Urban Park supports biodiversity with urban life in Bucharest - Cooperative City
Nature and the city: How Văcărești Urban Park supports biodiversity with urban life in Bucharest - Cooperative City
In the heart of Bucharest, Văcărești Nature Park tells a story of transformation, resilience, and renewal. What was once a neighbourhood razed for a Communist-era water reservoir project in 1988, only to be abandoned after the Romanian Revolution, has now blossomed into a vibrant urban wetland. Rediscovered after 2010, the park became the focus of […]
Nature and the city: How Văcărești Urban Park supports biodiversity with urban life in Bucharest - Cooperative City
Nature and the city: How Văcărești Urban Park supports biodiversity with urban life in Bucharest - Cooperative City
In the heart of Bucharest, Văcărești Nature Park tells a story of transformation, resilience, and renewal. What was once a neighbourhood razed for a Communist-era water reservoir project in 1988, only to be abandoned after the Romanian Revolution, has now blossomed into a vibrant urban wetland. Rediscovered after 2010, the park became the focus of […]
Budapest100: Showcasing history by Cooperative City
Budapest100: Showcasing history by Cooperative City
Overcoming isolation: Multigenerational and multicultural co-housing in Sweden - Cooperative City
Overcoming isolation: Multigenerational and multicultural co-housing in Sweden - Cooperative City
Collaborative housing: innovation in community engagement, social inclusion and participatory design - Cooperative City
Collaborative housing: innovation in community engagement, social inclusion and participatory design - Cooperative City
Collaborative housing can be conceived as an approach to complement state- or municipality-led public housing schemes with bottom-up, self-organised housing projects. It has been the object of a great diversity of experiments throughout Europe, turning housing into a field of innovation when it comes to community engagement, social inclusion, solidarity economy, ethical finance and participatory […]
Social housing with self-determination: Wiener Wohnen’s quest to involve tenants in decision-making - Cooperative City
Social housing with self-determination: Wiener Wohnen’s quest to involve tenants in decision-making - Cooperative City
Vienna is the largest municipal housing owner in Europe. About half of the city’s population lives in subsidised housing, while only around 30% of the Viennese apartments are privately owned. The public ownership of such a large housing stock gives the Vienna municipality an important leverage over housing affordability and other aspects of urban development. […]
Celebrating Eutropian's 10 year anniversary!
Celebrating Eutropian's 10 year anniversary!
Atelier 21: The Citizen Ecolab Making the Energy Transition Tangible - Cooperative City
Atelier 21: The Citizen Ecolab Making the Energy Transition Tangible - Cooperative City
Atelier 21 is a Paris-based ecological laboratory that explores new ways of engaging with energy, making it visible and accessible through hands-on learning, cultural projects, and inventive tools. Based in the Jardin des Traverses community garden in the city’s 18th district, its Ecolab offers a collaborative space where students, residents, and visitors can experiment with […]
Budapest’s Community Gardens: Living Labs of Care and Connection - Cooperative City
Budapest’s Community Gardens: Living Labs of Care and Connection - Cooperative City
How Miutcánk Turns Sharing into Stronger Neighbourly Connections - Cooperative City
How Miutcánk Turns Sharing into Stronger Neighbourly Connections - Cooperative City
Miutcánk, or “Our Street” in English, is a Hungarian digital platform designed to help urban residents share tools, resources, and local services. The idea was born when the founders, after moving into new rental apartments, realized they didn’t know their neighbours—something they had taken for granted in more connected communities. Starting with tool-sharing, Miutcánk has […]
Inside the Library of Things UK: The UK’s Fast-Growing Sharing Network
Inside the Library of Things UK: The UK’s Fast-Growing Sharing Network
When one borrower lost his wedding ring in a local park, he turned to an unlikely hero: a metal detector rented from his neighbourhood Library of Things. Incredibly, he found it. It’s just one of many small but powerful examples of how this growing social enterprise is helping people do more with less. Founded in […]
The fight for hope: How Quarticciolo’s boxing gym is empowering youth - Cooperative City
The fight for hope: How Quarticciolo’s boxing gym is empowering youth - Cooperative City
Reviving the Donaukanal: Transforming Public Space Through Urban Swimming - Cooperative City
Reviving the Donaukanal: Transforming Public Space Through Urban Swimming - Cooperative City
The Schwimmverein Donaukanal (SVDK) exemplifies how social design can transform urban environments through community engagement. The initiative began as a small social design research project at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Its goal was to explore the potential of “urban swimming culture” and to challenge perceptions of Vienna’s Danube Canal, a neglected waterway running […]
Shaping spaces of sociability: Social infrastructure and the gentle transformation of Budapest’s Népszínház Street - Cooperative City
Shaping spaces of sociability: Social infrastructure and the gentle transformation of Budapest’s Népszínház Street - Cooperative City
Urban Lab Torino: making sense of urban processes
Urban Lab Torino: making sense of urban processes
Inclusion as urban strategy: The innovation trajectory of Gdansk
Inclusion as urban strategy: The innovation trajectory of Gdansk
SPORES HOSpores Home - self sustaining co-living space that is a second home
SPORES HOSpores Home - self sustaining co-living space that is a second home
Szeszgyár: An ecofeminist, queer community garden in the centre of Budapest - Cooperative City
Szeszgyár: An ecofeminist, queer community garden in the centre of Budapest - Cooperative City
Overcoming isolation: Multigenerational and multicultural co-housing in Sweden - Cooperative City
Overcoming isolation: Multigenerational and multicultural co-housing in Sweden - Cooperative City
Toplocentrala: from vacant industrial space to arts laboratory
Toplocentrala: from vacant industrial space to arts laboratory
The art of traveling light: tourism with a positive impact
The art of traveling light: tourism with a positive impact
So Stay: Poland's first socially responsible hotel - Cooperative City
So Stay: Poland's first socially responsible hotel - Cooperative City
Climate adaptation through participation: urban approaches from Vienna
Climate adaptation through participation: urban approaches from Vienna
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