RePLAY is an urban installation made from recycled materials that transforms parking places into lively and inventive meeting places. This is a creative and participatory project that involves youth from the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities. Through the engagement of youth in the production of visible and tangible creative forms, RePLAY brings temporary artistic expression of revival …
Our most ambitious project to date, Green Urban Lab acts as a tool in regenerating urban public spaces in Cyprus, and reclaiming public spaces in four main cities across the island. The project introduces public space as a vital part of everyday urban life: the streets we transverse for our daily routines, the piazzas where …
Part of our work as urban enthusiasts involves voicing our concerns when urban landmarks are at risk. In the Turkish Cypriot mahallae [neighbourhood / quarter] of Larnaca there is the outdoor cinema that has been abandoned for decades. Now it faces destruction at the price of creating a parking lot for the neighbourhood. An iconic building and …
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OPEN CALL Green Urban Lab | Life in(side_outside) a Bubble As part of the Green Urban Lab initiative to regenerate public spaces in our cities, Urban Gorillas NGO will be offering a temporary inside_outside space to be used for activities, artistic works and projects. Are you an artist or creative collective with …
Piccole Utopie / Small Utopias : Italian Architecture of the Third Millennium – Between History, Research and Innovation In the framework of the Italian Presidency of the EU, the Embassy of Italy in Cyprus, and the European Commission, in collaboration with the Urban Gorillas NGO, and with the support of Tenaris Dalmine, present the exhibition …
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Following the successful workshop Inflating the Public_2 led by Marco Canvacci, architect and founder of Plastique Fantastique (Berlin), Urban Gorillas inflated City Plaza in downtown Nicosia with one of their temporary structures for a couple of hours during the Pop-Up Festival on 23 November 2014. Inflatable structures such as the one briefly installed at City Plaza …
10-16 November 2014 Architecture Research Centre of the University of Nicosia Led by Marco Canevacci, architect and founder of Plastique Fantastique, Berlin Urban Gorillas NGO in collaboration with the Architecture Department of the University of Nicosia hosted a second specialised workshop all about inflatable (pneumatic) architecture in November 2014. The workshop was led by Berlin-based architect Marco Canevacci, founder of …
In May 2014 we took a disused bus from the scrap yard and converted it into a temporary urban installation that transformed a pavement area at Ayios Antonios Park, along Stasinou Avenue outside the old walls of Nicosia, into a shaded green space for social interaction among city dwellers. With this project we were able to …
