Research & Publications Archives - Urban Gorillas

Commoning in a Hyperdiverse Neighbourhood: Insights From a Community Festival in Nicosia

urbangorillas — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:11:59 +0000

We are thrilled to share that Urban Gorillas work and the Pame Kaimakli Festival are the focus of a new peer-reviewed research article by Veronika Antoniou and René Carraz, titled “Commoning in a Hyperdiverse Neighbourhood: Insights From a Community Festival in Nicosia.” The article has been officially published in the International Journal of the Commons. This study examines how …

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RE-IMAGINE CITY SPACES- A Community’s Guide to Activating Public Spaces

urbangorillas — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:58:55 +0000

This handbook is designed to serve as a comprehensive guide to the activation of public spaces in Cyprus. It draws on the findings of an extensive community survey and presents practical examples of spatial interventions, with a particular focus on the “Agora” -a transformative spatial installation at the heart of the MAPS (Mobile Agora for …

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Bridge to Kyoto

urbangorillas — Sun, 30 Oct 2022 07:55:00 +0000

Veronika Antoniou from Urban Gorillas presented the work of Urban Gorillas in Kyoto, Japan to a creative and diverse ground in the cultural space Bridge to Kyoto. The presentation focused on case studies from Urban Gorillas of ephemeral urban practises that contribute to sustainable living and instigate change in city spaces and communities. The Discussion that followed …

SA-EU Dialogue Democracy in Culture II Conference

urbangorillas — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 08:09:00 +0000

Veronika Antoniou and Yiorgos Hadjichristou presented their ongoing research on Urban gorillas at the 5th Shukuma Mzansi! SA-EU Dialogue Democracy in Culture II Conference hosted by theSibikwa Arts Centre in partnership with the SA-EU Strategic Partnership – and other African associations. The presentation and discussion was in the panel Cultural Policy and Practise Case studies, from an all-society perspective presenting case …

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‘Activating Neighbourhoods through Ephemeral Actions’ at the 5th ARPU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Conference, University of Hawaii

urbangorillas — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 07:59:00 +0000

Veronika Antoniou has presented her ongoing research based on the work of Urban Gorillas entitled “Activating Neighborhoods through Ephemeral Actions” at the APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Hub 5th Conference/ University of Hawai’i at Manoa held in September 7-9, 2002. The work was placed under the working group Civic Engagement and Community Design led by Jeffrey Hou. …

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‘Designing Public Spaces with Communities’ at the Seminar ‘Redes de Pandemia’, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

urbangorillas — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 08:25:00 +0000

Veronika Antoniou presented a research case study at the seminar PANDEMIC NETWORKS entitled Designing public spaces with communities. The case study was the Vertical Gardens project realized by Urban Gorillas and funded by the Creative Europe project A-Place. The seminar examined how pandemic and post-pandemicaffects different agents, generating new links and events in space in its social scope. It …

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What about the publicscape? A new outlook for creative cities

urbangorillas — Tue, 10 May 2022 13:16:00 +0000

A new research paper written by our team members Rene Carraz, Veronika Antoniou and Yiorgos Hadjichristou is published at the Journal of Regional Development Studies of Toyo University. ‘What about the publicscape? A new outlook for creative cities’ examines different notions of public space with an examination of case studies from Urban Gorillas, Cyprus and …

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‘Vertical Gardens’ Presentation at the ParticiparoryLab conference, Athens

urbangorillas — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 08:49:00 +0000

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.

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

urbangorillas — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:28:00 +0000

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 …

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Kaimakli Gardens

urbangorillas — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 13:43:04 +0000

A Delicious Place is a placemaking activity composed of a series of actions that were hosted at the Pame Kaimakli 2020 festival in Nicosia. The festival’s main theme revolved around the topic of food as a socio-cultural, artistic and placemaking activity. Overall the festival*, initiated two, two-month long workshops, three theatrical performances, two film screenings, …