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A collective European effort to maximise creative use of rooftops | Nicosia joins the network dedicated to utilising the space right above our heads

by urbangorillasNews December 13, 2021December 13, 2021No Comments

In densely populated areas in Europe, thousands of square kilometres of potential (public) space lie under-utilised and unrecognised as a great urban resource. This realisation joins organisations from nine different cities in a collective effort to unlock the potential of the European ‘roofscape’ (i.e. the combined area of flat rooftops in cities). The European Creative …

A WISH-full Place

by urbangorillasActivating the |Public_Scape|, News, Our Work December 10, 2021September 7, 2022No Comments

A WISH-full Place is a spatial installation in the abandoned shopping centre City Plaza, located in the once thriving commercial centre of Nicosia. In the 90s’ the City Plaza was once the biggest department store in Cyprus, the first one of its kind and the place to be. It has been in operation since 1989 …

ASeedlingPlace* Digital Repository

by urbangorillasNews November 30, 2021June 7, 2022No Comments

Urban Gorillas have launched, a Digital Planting Repository called ASeedlingPlace*! ASeedlingPlace* inspires to create a digital community of urban visionaries that aim to positively transform their (urban and rural) environment starting from the simple act of planting a seed and tendering a garden. The platform acts as a connection of the global network of people …

‘Vertical Gardens’ Presentation at the ParticiparoryLab conference, Athens

by urbangorillasResearch & Publications November 30, 2021November 30, 2022No Comments

On November 20, 2021 members of the Urban Gorillas Veronika Antoniou and Rene Carraz presented the project Vertical Gardens at the ParticipatoryLab conference which was held in Athens, Greece. More info: https://www.participatorylab.org The project was funded by the Creative Europe Program A-Place.

ASeedlingPlace* Initiative – in Venice Biennale

by urbangorillasActivating the |Public_Scape| October 31, 2021June 1, 2022No Comments

The SeedlingPlace* collaborative activity connects the A-Place partnership to the Urban Gorillas installation in the Cyprus Pavilion – la Biennale di Venezia 2021 . Partners from four A-Place partner cities – Alive Architecture , City Space Architecture , Prostorož and Urban Gorillas met up in Venice and created 140 packets of mixed seeds from their …

‘Green Urban Lab’ is a case study in the Journal of Urban Design published by Taylor & Francis Group

by urbangorillasOur Work, Research & Publications September 9, 2021June 9, 2022No Comments

Our project “Green Urban Lab” and more precisely the installation at the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, a collaboration with Plastique Fantastique, is a case study in the Journal of Urban Design published by Taylor & Francis Group The paper is part of a research by René Carraz and Anna Merry Economou collaborators of Urban Gorillas. In brief, the …

Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty

by urbangorillasWorkshops July 15, 2021June 9, 2022No Comments

Within the framework of the Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty, organised by the Centre for Entrepreneurship – C4E, University of Cyprus and the Urban Gorillas and powered by PwC Cyprus – 1st and 2nd year students of different disciplines from the University of Cyprus came together in order to tackle …

R-EU-FTOP project / Kick-off meeting

by urbangorillasNews June 29, 2021June 29, 2021No Comments

We are happy to announce the launch of our new project which will explore cities on a higher level! Urban Gorillas is part of the Creative Rooftop Network / R-EU-FTOP project which is funded by the Creative Europe program and involves 9 partners from 9 countries. In June 2021 Urban Gorillas participated in the 2nd …

Virtual Potluck

by urbangorillasActivating the |Public_Scape|, News June 4, 2021July 27, 2023No Comments

Virtual Potluck was a presentation and online workshop and run by Urban Gorillas as Part of the Anna Lindh Virtual Marathon. The Anna Lindh Foundation Virtual Marathon for Dialogue in the EuroMed region has a duration of 42 days and a total of 63 online events.; the initiative was designed to promote the Intercultural Dialogue as the …

Urban Entrepreneurship: Opportunities in times of uncertainty

by urbangorillasNews May 31, 2021November 23, 2021No Comments

The Centre for Entrepreneurship of the University of Cyprus and Urban Gorillas with the support of PwC Cyprus present the summer semester course: Urban Entrepreneurship: Opportunities in times of uncertainty, a design thinking workshop that will take place from the 2nd to the 9th of July, and is open to University of Cyprus students of all disciplines. In order to respond …