Veronika Antoniou
Founding Member and Board Director
PAME KAIMAKLI FESTIVAL 2022 : URBAN PLAYGROUND
Urban Gorillas announces Urban Playground”, this years thematic of Pame Kaimakli festival which is a celebration of play, discovery and human interactions in public spaces. As the current global pandemic persists to transform the way we live, this years’ thematic highlights the importance of public spaces to enable human connections as well as the need …
A collective European effort to maximise creative use of rooftops | Nicosia joins the network dedicated to utilising the space right above our heads
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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R-EU-FTOP project / Kick-off meeting
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 …
