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United Colors of Rooftops

urbangorillas — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:28:10 +0000

In a remarkable display of art, community spirit, and a vision for unity, Nicosia became the canvas for an innovative artistic project across our divided city! Urban Gorillas invited the Belgian artist Larsen Bervoets for a residency where he collaborated with young citizens from both sides of the island. Together, they unveiled a stunning rooftop …

Nicosia Focus Groups

urbangorillas — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 12:07:44 +0000

Urban Gorillas organised and moderated three focus groups for the U-SOLVE program in collaboration with the programs partners – The Cyprus Institute and the University of Cyprus. The U-SOLVE program is a European Mediterranean basin program focused on supporting innovative entrepreneurship, while addressing sustainable development challenges, and job creation in emerging social and environmental markets. …

Co-design workshop with 5th grade students!

urbangorillas — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 10:56:21 +0000

Οn June 3rd 2022, members of the Urban Gorillas team run a short co-design workshop with 30 animated, 5th grade students! The scope of the workshop was to explore, along with the students potential elements which could convert their school yard into a more ‘vibrant’, ‘colourful’, ‘freer’, ‘happier’, and ‘greener’ place! As a final result …

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PAME KAIMAKLI 2022: OPEN CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

urbangorillas — Fri, 20 May 2022 08:17:00 +0000

July 8th – 12th, 2022 & Selected days for workshops in June Πάμε Καϊμακλί / Let’s Go Kaimakli is a neighbourhood festival launched in 2013 by the residents of the Kaimakli district and since 2015 in collaboration with Urban Gorillas. From a series of ad-hoc informal events taking place in the private houses of the …

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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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Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty

urbangorillas — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 07:32:24 +0000

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 …

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