Placemaking Events
A Visionary Place in Bologna
What we have learned from our Parklet in Bologna
In 2020 City Space Architecture implemented a parklet in front of its operational headquarters in the Porto-Saragozza neighbourhood, in order to promote community engagement and create cross-disciplin
Posted on 22/01/17
A Visionary Place in Bologna
Exhibition at the Parklet from a local art collective
On May 29-30, 2021 the parklet hosted, in the late afternoon, the temporary art exhibition U R R U N, promoted by the Mezcla collective, a group of young performers from the Porto-Saragozza neighbourh
Posted on 21/07/25
A Seedling Place
Guided Walk
Urban Gorillas and Students of the Summer course: Urban Entrepreneurship - Opportunities in times of uncertainty took part in two guided visits in relation to Greening strategies in the city and
Posted on 21/07/03
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Pick your favourite!
The proposals or A-pla(y)ce interventions were now presented by students to the local community representatives and exhibited in the neighbourhood community place. The event was followed by a lively d
Posted on 21/05/30
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Students' proposals • discussions
In the last segment of the workshop course students collected and synthesised all the knowledge and information gained in previous sessions – from theoretical knowledge and references to actual
Posted on 21/05/29
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture and consultations: Playscapes • Creativity and Safety
The workshop process has now gradually reached the design phase. Students insight into the alleys structure, children’s behaviour and parents or teachers’ opinions have progressively matur
Posted on 21/05/25
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Playing with kids & challenging wits!
Students were now invited to pilot the knowledge gained and the observation techniques acquired in the previous lectures. We organised several ventures where students were able to meet the kids from a
Posted on 21/05/19
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture: Children in the playground - observation techniques • psychological account
After getting more familiar with the location and thematic focus of the workshop, students were invited to the second guest lecture delivered by prof. dr. Matija Svetina, a professor at the Department
Posted on 21/05/14
A-Pla(y)ce in Ljubljana
Guest lecture: Planning of Play Space • from strategic to implementation level
After the first introductory session of the workshop with students and mentors, we dug into the “playmaking” challenges with a guest lecturer, dr. Maja Simoneti, a licensed landscape archi
Posted on 21/05/13
A Seedling Place
Urban Playground, Toyo University, Japan
Urban Playground was a design thinking workshop led by Urban Gorillas for the CreaToyo event of Toyo University. The Workshop was part of a series of learning events in the context of the current Euro
Posted on 21/02/05
A Hidden Place in Ljubljana
AHiddenPlace goes on show – student exhibition opening
The work and results of the student workshop are exhibited at the UL FA official annual student works exhibition. This year it took place in an exceptional circumstances – the exhibition has for
Posted on 20/07/10
A Hidden Place in Ljubljana
AHiddenPlace goes tangible – student competition for a symbolic on-site intervention
In order to compensate for the cancelled on-site construction of the proposed plans and events by students groups in the previous workshop sessions, we organised a competition for a provisional
Posted on 20/06/09