Summer Workshop of the Cyprus Architects Association 01–12.09.2025 ‘Designing Mobile Cultural Activators’ was organised as part of the annual summer workshop of the Cyprus Architects Association, implemented in 2025 by the Department of Architecture at the University of Nicosia in collaboration with Urban Gorillas. Based on a proposal developed by Urban Gorillas (Mobile Creative Capsules …
“ΜΑΖi” was a participatory cultural action organised within the framework of Larnaka 2030, bringing people together around a shared table as a space of encounter, exchange, and celebration. The action took place in Kamares, at a pedestrian pathway temporarily reclaimed as a public gathering space. Through participatory activities, performances, and food, the pathway was transformed …
Το πρασίνισμα των Κάθετων Κήπων ολοκληρώθηκε με επιτυχία με τη βοήθεια των εκπληκτικών μαθητών του Δημοτικού Σχολείου Β’ Καϊμακλίου και του Λυκείου Παλλουριώτισσας, καθώς και εθελοντών! Ευχαριστούμε όλους όσους παρευρέθηκαν και πρόσφεραν τις γλάστρες και τα φυτά τους! Θα μοιραζόμαστε μαζί σας φωτογραφίες από την ανάπτυξη και εξέλιξη των Κάθετων Κήπων. Με την υποστήριξη του …
It was a total blast: This incredible action happened at AfroBanana Festival. We brought 150 kilos of fabric donated by Sipone Textiles, George Kyrou, Georgia Moditi and Monica Hadjivasileiou where a production space was created within our Agora Structure where a huge patchwork was created in an ongoing process throughout the three days of the …
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Can games impact climate change? Urban Gorillas, and Frederick University have teamed up to co-design and implement a Cypriot case study on urban rooftop utilization for climate change. The case study is part of the co-funded program GREAT (Games Realizing Effective and Affective Transformation) by the European Union under the Horizon Programme – Culture, Creativity …
Kaimakli neighbours were invited to get together at the Kafeneio i Plateia (Yiannos coffee shop), in the square of Ayia Varvara church, to reimagine our neighborhood together through the upcoming Πάμε Καϊμακλί / Let’s Go Kaimakli 2024 Festival. Important progress to discuss matters of public space and needs of young people and residents in Kaimakli …
A workshop was organised within the temporary spatial structure “Agora” that was located on the rooftop of the National State Gallery’s SPEL building. The workshop was open to the public and invited residents to reimagine the space as an urban garden while creatively expressing themselves on the themes of sustainability, social innovation, and artistic innovation. The …
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This workshop series was a dynamic collaboration between Urban Gorillas and The Architecture Research Centre of Nicosia University. Under the approach of ‘living classes’ of the Arch 101 – Introduction to Architectural Design, first-year architecture students participated in enriching workshops at the State Gallery of Contemporary Art- SPEL in Nicosia, as part of the SESSIONS …
