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 …
The residency of OrangCosong in Nicosia, Cyprus from 4th-25th July was a significant collaboration and cultural exchange visible in the city’s dynamic cultural landscape. Over the course of three weeks, the principal members of the Japanese artistic collective, Chikara Fujiwara and Minori Sumiyoshiyama, engaged daily with the local community through a series of interactive workshops, …
• Each participant decides and defines a unique character that will use the city. • A second participant proposes a Haiku poem for the character. • A third participant creates a sketch based on the character and haiku. • A team of 3-4 participants writes a manifesto in relation to one or more characters. • The …
A series of workshops on collaborative design for schoolyards were held in conjunction with the 5th grade of the 3rd Primary School of Palouriotissa and the Department of Architecture at the University of Cyprus. The workshops resulted in a series of innovative, colourful and creative proposals. Following a comprehensive survey conducted by our partner Despo …
