Critical Placemaking for Inclusive Cities

InclusiveCity aims at rethinking placemaking and the 15-minute city concept through the lens of social inclusion, diversity and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Building on the results of the JPI Urban Europe project PlaceCity and using an integrated approach that takes into account the aspects of social, economic and environmental impact, the project will develop a set of tools, methods and policies to support the multi-generational and gender-inclusive use of public spaces and granting access to natural assets (urban waterfronts), while protecting vulnerable groups and activities from the adverse effects, for example gentrification, touristification, commercialisation of public space renewal and design. To support the toolbox development and test methods with concrete field experiences, five pilot projects (Urban Living Labs) will be established in five European cities: Budapest, Oslo, Rome, Rotterdam and Vienna. These pilots, established with the involvement of local stakeholders, communities, and specific target groups, will address various SDGs corresponding to local challenges. Based on the approach of critical placemaking and local development, the pilots will be connected by a shared methodological framework informed by the tools and methods developed by the partnership, thus creating a circular research & innovation logic that connects research, policy design and toolbox development with Urban Living Labs.

InclusiveCity aims at rethinking placemaking and the 15-minute city concept through the lens of social inclusion, diversity and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Building on the results of the JPI Urban Europe project PlaceCity and using an integrated approach that takes into account the aspects of social, economic and environmental impact, the project will develop a set of tools, methods and policies to support the multi-generational and gender-inclusive use of public spaces and granting access to natural assets (urban waterfronts), while protecting vulnerable groups and activities from the adverse effects, for example gentrification, touristification, commercialisation of public space renewal and design. To support the toolbox development and test methods with concrete field experiences, five pilot projects (Urban Living Labs) will be established in five European cities: Budapest, Oslo, Rome, Rotterdam and Vienna. These pilots, established with the involvement of local stakeholders, communities, and specific target groups, will address various SDGs corresponding to local challenges. Based on the approach of critical placemaking and local development, the pilots will be connected by a shared methodological framework informed by the tools and methods developed by the partnership, thus creating a circular research & innovation logic that connects research, policy design and toolbox development with Urban Living Labs.