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Painting across the divide- Nicosia Rooftop Artwork Project- A Colorful Connection

by urbangorillasActivating the |Public_Scape| October 9, 2023April 16, 2024No Comments

In a remarkable display of art, community spirit, and a vision for unity, Nicosia became the canvas for an innovative artistic project that spanned the divided city! Urban Gorillas invited the Belgian artist Larsen Bervoets for an exciting residency to collaborate with young citizens from both sides of the island! Together, they unveiled a stunning …

Nicosia Focus Groups

by urbangorillasWorkshops June 9, 2022September 30, 2022No Comments

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!

by urbangorillasWorkshops June 8, 2022June 8, 2022No Comments

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 …

PAME KAIMAKLI 2022: OPEN CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

by urbangorillasNews May 20, 2022June 7, 2022No Comments

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 …

What about the publicscape? A new outlook for creative cities

by urbangorillasResearch & Publications May 10, 2022June 8, 2022No Comments

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 …

Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship – Opportunities in times of uncertainty

by urbangorillasWorkshops July 15, 2021June 9, 2022No Comments

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 …