BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:placemakingweekeurope2026 X-WR-CALDESC:Event Calendar METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//Sched.com Placemaking Week Europe 2026//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T150000Z SUMMARY:CityBoats - A Unique Wrocław Cruise Departing from Dunikowski Boulevard DESCRIPTION:This tour has space for 12 people and they will be given on first come first served basis.\n\nJoin CityBoats for a dynamic 60-minute sightseeing cruise that perfectly combines relaxation with an exciting exploration of Wrocław from the river. The cruise departs from Dunikowski Boulevard and follows a route showcasing the city's historic landmarks and modern architecture.\n \nDuring the cruise\, participants will see the picturesque Piasek Island\, the Market Hall\, Wrocław's iconic bridges - including Piaskowy Bridge\, Tumski Bridge\, the University Bridges\, Pomorski Bridge and the monumental Grunwaldzki Bridge - as well as the main building of the University of Wrocław. \nThe route also takes passengers around Wrocław's islands\, including Piasek\, Tamka\, Słodowa\, Młyńska and Daliowa Island\, home to Oskar Zięta's "Nawa" sculpture. The cruise continues past the atmospheric Cathedral Island and its cathedral\, before reaching the modern Wrocław University of Science and Technology waterfront\, the Polinka cable car and the area surrounding Wrocław Zoo. \nThe cruise is operated by professional English-speaking skippers. For the comfort and convenience of participants\, audio guides are also available on board\, offering insights into the history of the landmarks along the route. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Xawery Dunikowski Boulevard\, bulwar Xawerego Dunikowskiego\, 52-007 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2cd42e30cd3c3afc430767204133e4c3 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2cd42e30cd3c3afc430767204133e4c3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260922T140000Z DTEND:20260922T150000Z SUMMARY:Wrocław Old Town - A Walking Tour for Connoisseurs DESCRIPTION:This tour has space for 90 people and they will be given on first come first served basis.\n\nThe tour starts outside Barbara at Świdnicka Street. From there\, participants will explore the hidden corners of the Market Square and its surrounding streets\, continue to Cathedral Island\, and finish at the bakery located at 3 Św. Witolda Street. \n\n \;During this guided walking tour with Wrocmania\, you will have the opportunity to discover two of Wrocław's most important tourist areas from the outside: the magical Market Square and its surrounding streets\, as well as the oldest part of the city - Cathedral Island. \nYou will explore the charming corners of the Market Square\, uncover the secrets of Cathedral Island\, and learn about the legends and stories connected with our city. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Barbara\, Świdnicka 8B\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:9ffa4475fc634c84eec04012c9040a02 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/9ffa4475fc634c84eec04012c9040a02 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z SUMMARY:Opening Event DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES:OPENING EVENT LOCATION:Piekarnia Żywa Kultura / PIEKARNIA Living Culture\, Księcia Witolda 62\, 50-203 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:a8519ffb1956da8ce4f465b77e6260c8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/a8519ffb1956da8ce4f465b77e6260c8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260922T170000Z DTEND:20260922T190000Z SUMMARY:Exhibition: Joey Holder - The Woosphere DESCRIPTION:Joey Holder\, The Woosphere\ncurator: Małgorzata Miśniakiewicz\n24.09-21.11.2026\n\nThought is a standing wave\, an ephemeral lattice of probability\, collapsing only when meaning is made necessary\, claims Cerebral. Lam insists that every interaction\, every movement\, every thought is reducible to a function\, an equation of a probabilistic state transition. Golem\, however\, is a thought inscribed in matter\, an echo of a command. And Jean knows that meaning has already collapsed into an operationalised simulation of itself. They all inhabit The Woosphere\, a nonsensical constellation of parallel perspectives\, each valid within its own universe and rhetoric. Created by Joey Holder\, The Woosphere is characterized by an overload of information where truth is continuously contested and reality is a variable manipulated by algorithms\, social platforms and 'Sacred Nonsense'.\n\nAbout a hundred years ago a Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and a biogeochemist Vladimir Vernadsky conceptualised a new\, evolutionary state of the biosphere: a planetary sphere of reason. Known as the noosphere\, this highest stage of biospheric development would signify merging of human consciousness into a unified global intellect. The noosphere envisioned a harmonious convergence of minds\, a transformative collective intelligence uniting humanity morally\, metaphysically\, and technologically. Theorised in the beginning of the twentieth century it was an utopian idea of a planet-wide cognitive network. In Holder’s practice the noosphere becomes a flexible metaphor for the internet\, collective consciousness\, digital transcendence\, and spiritual evolution.\n\nThe Woosphere reflects what remained from the dream of a decentralized\, egalitarian network facilitating free knowledge exchange and the seamless connection of minds\, ideas\, and information. Set in the contemporary digital reality characterized by algorithmic echo chambers\, epistemic fragmentation\, and weaponized misinformation\, The Woosphere is an artwork which deploys a satirical reinterpretation to interrogate contemporary techno-magical and techno- ecological imaginaries. The themes of simulated worlds\, magic\, memes\, fractured realities\, and 'the internet as chaos engine' permeate The Woosphere becoming its affective scaffold.\n\nThe artist approaches the degeneration of the utopian ideal through technical imaginaries to its contemporary degradation into new-digital-age nonsense. This "satirical worlding"emerges through the absurd\, the memetic\, and the deliberately "Woo Woo." Holder employs satirical worldbuilding to cultivate a polyphonic environment where ideas and narratives collide. Each of the characters – Cerebral\, Golem\, Jean\, Lam and Pierre – is built using programmed language models and has a distinct set of features\, back story\, cognitive patterns\, references and memetic expressions resulting in their different conceptions of reality. The characters speak of the themes of the world they inhabit: simulation theory\, quantum mechanics\, and disembodied intelligence\, while employing the vernacular of digital discourse through memes and accessible language. Rather than dictating certain beliefs\, by constructing the personas Holder has wanted to modulate the conditions under which belief feels plausible.\n\nThe Woosphere tests whether proliferating belief systems\, each claiming epistemic authority\, might reach a saturation point where they collapse into recursive meaninglessness\, reflecting nonsensical contemporary digital discourse. The artwork explores the territory of competing ideological frameworks establishing a space of productive dissonance\, where meaning emerges through tension. The Woosphere recognises disorder as a necessary substrate for new modes of agency in the world where "the chaos of ideas" is not just noise\, but a medium of being. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Piekarnia Żywa Kultura / PIEKARNIA Living Culture\, Księcia Witolda 62\, 50-203 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:6645762eaa29f2b0e47c8f6832c31e6e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/6645762eaa29f2b0e47c8f6832c31e6e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T080000Z DTEND:20260923T091500Z SUMMARY:Wednesday Morning Plenary DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES:PLENARY LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:605f0fb6615bb51e3d65f84d2f812a10 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/605f0fb6615bb51e3d65f84d2f812a10 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Beyond the Building: Can Developers Build Community? DESCRIPTION:What makes a neighbourhood more than a collection of buildings? Can developers help create places where people feel connected\, engaged and at home?\n\n\nThese are the questions we will explore together with representatives of member companies of the Wrocław Branch of Polish Association of Developer Companies (PZFD) and Otodom\, one of Poland’s leading real estate platforms.\n\n\nThis session explores how residential development can go beyond the building to create happy neighbourhoods and a genuine sense of belonging. Through examples from Wrocław\, we will look at different approaches – from green and shared spaces to community-focused design\, revitalisation and long-term engagement with residents.\nThe discussion will ask: Can community be designed? What makes people feel connected to the place they live? And where does the developer’s responsibility end?\n\n\nParticipants will explore real-life examples from Wrocław\, exchange experiences and perspectives\, and discuss how developers can contribute to creating stronger\, more connected neighbourhoods. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d91f513894ff2ca094c52cc6bb2ecaf8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d91f513894ff2ca094c52cc6bb2ecaf8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Informal exchange: Meet the Place Led Development Working Group and the ULI European Placemaking Council! DESCRIPTION:The Place Led Development Working Group has 100+ listed participants and is open to include more. We have regular meetings online throughout the year\, with webinars about best practices for an open audience and internal "kitchen table sessions" to discuss each other's work. This session during the Placemaking Week Europe is the one time a year that we meet live and talk more deeply.\n\n\nThis year\, we co-organised with the freshly initiated Placemaking Council of ULI Europe\, the leading network in European real estate.\n\n\nWe will first introduce the key people in the Place-Led Development Working Group and the ULI European Placemaking Council. Then for interaction\, we will organise an Open Space session where participants can discuss the values of place-led development\, and the issues they face in their own projects that work against the idea of place-led development. Meet your fellow group members\, learn from each other\, and lay the foundation for us to meet online during the rest of the year! CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Klub Łącznik\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:e5e282a743f44f4a37610185fc0c091b URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/e5e282a743f44f4a37610185fc0c091b END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Meet the German network! DESCRIPTION:Placemaking Germany is a growing network of citizens\, practitioners\, municipalities\, researchers\, designers and community builders who believe that great places are created \;with people\, not just for people.\nWe asked ourselves: \;Why isn't there a national placemaking network in Germany yet? While countless inspiring initiatives already exist across the country\, they often work in isolation. Our goal is to connect these people\, projects and ideas\, creating a shared platform for collaboration\, learning and collective impact.\nInspired by the values of \;Placemaking Europe\, we are building an open and inclusive community where everyone is welcome—whether you're an experienced placemaker or simply passionate about creating more vibrant\, people-centered public spaces.\nIf you'd like to connect\, exchange ideas\, or help shape the future of \;Placemaking Germany\, we'd love to meet you. Join our growing community and let's create places people love—together. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:105d054b420a3b2c999717b2823cb359 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/105d054b420a3b2c999717b2823cb359 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Quests - discovering local treasures DESCRIPTION:During this session participants will find out what quests are and how to engage local communities in creating such games. That’s a unique type of field games (so called treasure hunts)\, which encourage players to discover local history\, culture and nature in an innovative way\, using either a paper brochure or a mobile application. The central part of the game is a rhymed text containing interesting facts\, directions and puzzles to be solved. At the end of the game players search for the final treasure\, which is a commemorative stamp hidden in a secret place revealed by the final password.\nThe participants will have an opportunity to play in a short quest-meeting: a game organized around the quest stand\, so that they try in practice how quests work. We are also going to present the Quests -  \;Explorer’s Expeditions programme developing in a dynamic way in the whole country (see www.questy.org.pl)\, as well as some good practices in using quests by local communities (especially NGOs) for building belonging and fostering local development. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:dbe89a0224559cd08e412ea08c6b2283 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/dbe89a0224559cd08e412ea08c6b2283 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Use Is Visible\, Meaning Is Not - A storytelling workshop that reveals the city's hidden layers DESCRIPTION:Public spaces are shaped not only by design and use\, but also by the memories\, emotions\nand everyday experiences people attach to them. Ordinary urban elements - a bench\, a tree\,\na café terrace\, a street corner - carry stories that often go unnoticed and remain invisible.\nThis workshop makes them visible.\n\n\nIn this hands-on outdoor experience\, participants discover how personal stories can reshape\nthe way they perceive public space. They first observe a place through their own\nassumptions and associations - then discover how listening to someone else's experience of\nthat same place changes what they notice\, and what they imagine.\n\n\nBy the end\, participants look at public space differently - and have added their own\nexperience\, story or emotion to a place\, contributing to a growing archive of stories that\ntravels from city to city. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA exhibition model\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 16a\, 51-627 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:e28e728a4e00fd4fd9f3e80749449879 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/e28e728a4e00fd4fd9f3e80749449879 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:After the Global Summit: New Pathways for Placemaking (and a Focus on Place-Led Development) DESCRIPTION:What’s happening in the placemaking arena outside of Europe? What are some possible next steps for practitioners around the globe? \;\n\n\nEthan Kent \;and Steve Davies (Placemaking X) will talk about some of the history of the placemaking movement starting in Central Europe in the mid 90s\, how it has grown around the world since\, and current global trends with international placemaking leaders and networks. \;\n\n\nTJ Maguire and Andrew Pask (Placemaking Canada) will share learnings from the 2025 Global Placemaking Summit held in Toronto\, Canada - including key takeaways from workshops\, plenary presentations and site visits\, and progression of the Global Placemaking agendas. \;\n\n\nThe team will also share the initiatives being undertaken by Placemaking Canada and some of the emerging areas of focus and practices in Canadian placemaking: including placemaking pluralism\, equity-centred and Indigenous placemaking\, and winter placemaking.\n\n\nFinally\, the panel will look at the emergence of a global place-led development agenda. It’s time to challenge the development community to go “beyond the building” and drive inclusive and affordable development through place. Place-Led development offers a strategic bridge from the placemaking movement to a larger place movement\, and from extractive “placetaking” and corporate capitalism to regenerative place capitalism.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:7aef6d919ca5bd58cfb3f3b42b81bbbc URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/7aef6d919ca5bd58cfb3f3b42b81bbbc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:It takes sharing to build a village DESCRIPTION:Imagine if borrowing a basketball\, gardening tools\, party equipment or a picnique set was as normal as borrowing a book. It is already happening: sharing tools and equipment not only reduces waste but also creates human connections in neighbourhoods and helps bring public space to life through sports\, games or events.  \; \;\nBy giving access to some \;of Europe's millions of underused goods in our homes (a drill is used on average 12 minutes in its lifetime)\, Libraries of Things\, repair cafés and toy libraries create opportunities for neighbours to share their idle resources to build connections and reactivate their neighbourhoods. \;\nThis interactive workshop explores how sharing initiatives can support more connected neighbourhoods and public spaces. Participants begin with a quiz uncovering surprising facts about consumption\, ownership and the hidden potential of underused goods\, before discovering inspiring sharing initiatives from across Europe. Through a collaborative game\, participants then design a sharing initiative for their neighbourhood: what to share\, whom to involve and how to use neighbourhood spaces. \;\nLearning from experiences of the Interreg Europe GOOD CITIES project\, participants gain insights into the environmental and social impacts of everyday consumption\, alongside inspiring examples from across Europe and practical ideas to apply locally.\nPowered by Froala Editor CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:9b932e2787e889f8db71fab05ceb27e9 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/9b932e2787e889f8db71fab05ceb27e9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Street by Street: Reimagining the Future Together DESCRIPTION:What makes a great street - and how do we turn bold ideas into lasting change? \;\nFrom the transformation of London's iconic Oxford Street to community-led revitalisation projects across Western Australia\, this session explores how collaboration\, experimentation and shared ownership are reshaping streets and town centres into vibrant places for people. \;\nThe Oxford Street Development Corporation (UK) will share how one of the world's most recognisable streets is being reimagined through bold leadership\, temporary interventions and long-term vision. Doing Co (formerly Town Team Movement\, Australia) will present two complementary initiatives: Streets Alive\, an innovative funding and capacity-building program that empowers communities\, local governments and state agencies to co-create safer\, more vibrant and people friendly streets\, and Do-Over\, a hands-on revitalisation model that brings residents\, businesses and local governments together to transform town centres through practical action. \;\nTogether\, these case studies demonstrate that successful place transformation happens when institutions create the conditions for communities to lead\, experiment and act. \;\nThrough inspiring presentations and an interactive discussion\, participants will explore practical models\, transferable tools and real-world lessons for building trust\, reducing barriers and turning temporary ideas into lasting change - proving that every great place is created street by street\, together. \; CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:31bd493bf098565badd246e80c3f31b8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/31bd493bf098565badd246e80c3f31b8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:The "Crisis Brigade": Cultural Practitioners as the Missing Link in Urban Synchronization and Community Bridging DESCRIPTION:In times of urban crisis\, communication often collapses into paralyzing silence or conflict. I propose a session exploring why cultural practitioners—equipped with placemaking tools—are the ultimate response to these deadlocks. Drawing from my 20-year career and a \;scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage on "Placemaking for Cultural Workers\," I present a strategic shift in perspective.\nThis session moves away from viewing placemaking as a mere technical "fix\," reposing it as an \;epistemological act—a method for "reading" the city and synchronizing the needs of municipal departments\, private partners\, and residents. I will share a comparative analysis of masterclasses conducted in diverse Polish contexts (from metropolises like Gdańsk to small towns like Sucha Beskidzka)\, showcasing how cultural workers act as vital \;community connectors.\nParticipants will explore a unique \;Placemaking Manual designed to turn institutions into "urban synchronizers" capable of fostering meaningful belonging and shared stewardship. By presenting placemaking as a "competence of maintaining tension\," I will demonstrate how to move from reactive crisis management to proactive\, organic co-creation that balances diverse interests in fast-growing urban environments. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:bb9945536f8f24edbd3cf1d44d3f08a6 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/bb9945536f8f24edbd3cf1d44d3f08a6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:PLAY\, PLACE\, CHANGE: from local action to global impact DESCRIPTION:Young people play a vital role in shaping cities through placemaking. However\, many youth-led initiatives isolated projects\, struggling to influence the institutions\, policies\, and systems that shape urban life. This interactive workshop explores how local experiments can inspire lasting change across cities and communities.\nDrawing on experiences from the Safe and Sound Cities (S²Cities) Programme in Europe\, Africa\, Asia\, and Latin America\, participants will learn how local interventions can influence not just physical spaces\, but also governance\, partnerships\, and urban policy. The session features practical tools and real-world case studies to encourage group reflection and spark new ideas.\nParticipants will use urban game methods and stakeholder mapping to discover how experimentation and co-creation serve as effective\, accessible tools for influencing policy and placemaking. Examples from participating cities will show how youth initiatives have led to valuable\, participatory outcomes.\nBy linking local experiences with lessons from a global community\, this session equips participants with strategies to identify leverage points\, build alliances\, and strengthen the impact of youth-led placemaking for systemic urban change. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:b5cad4d665a139baa7a2782ef81b27ed URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/b5cad4d665a139baa7a2782ef81b27ed END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Playing with Food as Placemaking Infrastructure DESCRIPTION:Food is everywhere in urban life\, yet it is still often missing from placemaking conversations. This participatory Game / Tool invites participants to explore food as a concrete placemaking infrastructure: something that shapes public space\, care\, inclusion\, resilience and everyday community life.\nInspired by the logic of Food Collage as a collaborative learning method\, the session will use cards\, urban situations and group discussion to help participants connect food access\, community gardens\, markets\, composting\, public kitchens\, local producers\, schools and neighbourhood spaces.\nParticipants will work in small groups to build “edible commons” scenarios: realistic place-based interventions that move beyond isolated garden projects and imagine food spaces as long-term\, co-managed urban resources.\nThe session is designed for practitioners\, local authorities\, community organisers\, designers and researchers who want to understand how food can become part of how places are shaped\, inhabited and cared for together. Participants will leave with a practical tool\, a shared vocabulary and new ways to bring food into placemaking work. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:WUWA Small room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:7f63c6ba5231928f4441ae2430e255f7 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/7f63c6ba5231928f4441ae2430e255f7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Public Space as Symbolic Redress: Placemaking and the Memories of Colombia’s Armed Conflict DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop explores how public spaces can become powerful engines for symbolic repair and community healing. Drawing from the lived experiences of post-conflict Colombia\, we will analyze three unique case studies where public spaces were transformed into sites of active memory. Crucially\, we will unpack the methodologies used to ensure these places foster collective mourning and hope\, rather than triggering re-traumatization or deeper pain.Participants will work in collaborative teams\, diving into deep-dive toolkits for each case. Through interactive\, tactical exercises—using posters\, post-its\, and visual mapping—we will collaboratively deconstruct these methodologies. Together\, we will isolate key placemaking factors and co-create practical frameworks to adapt these sensitive\, resilience-driven strategies to the specific challenges of your own local communities. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:bd85767fbd7c8cebb32aab429a012a8b URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/bd85767fbd7c8cebb32aab429a012a8b END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Color as a Catalyst for Placemaking DESCRIPTION:Color on streets and asphalt-covered spaces can transform how people feel\, move\, and connect—turning overlooked areas into places of belonging and everyday use. This project builds on hands-on experience in designing playful\, functional street graphics. With large-scale graphics\, we demonstrate how simple visual design can unlock new forms of public life.\nA key component of placemaking is co-creation. In this on-site workshop\, participants can actively shape the graphics\, turning a basketball court in Wrocław into a shared canvas. Together\, we will create a unique visual design while strengthening a sense of ownership and care.\nTested\, sustainable temporary colours allow for quick\, adaptable\, and reversible interventions. At the basketball court in student housing (Teki – Miasteczko Studenckie “Wittigowo” Politechniki Wrocławskiej)\, close to the Festival Area\, participants can experiment with colour and design in real time\, transforming the space together.\nWhether in car-free streets\, schoolyards\, parks\, or sports areas\, the project demonstrates how colour\, combined with participation\, can become a powerful tool for placemaking—creating playful\, inclusive spaces that support cycling\, movement\, social exchange\, and community life. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Teki - Miasteczko Studenckie "Wittigowo" Politechniki Wrocławskiej\, 51-627 Vroclav\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:00fb9ed6fa1f57255c017e1b91161ccd URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/00fb9ed6fa1f57255c017e1b91161ccd END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260923T110000Z SUMMARY:Creating Places For Life DESCRIPTION:An interactive session applying the 7 core living systems principles to the place you work in\, live in and love. Take these first principles that have guaranteed life on earth for 3.8 billion years and find discover how they can help you transform the future potential\, viability and vitality of the places of the world.  \;If we can transform each place\, we create a sum total of a planet that is living\, thriving\, and has a regenerative future. \;\n\n\nTogether in small groups\, we will learn how to:-\n\n\n- map the ecological\, economic and cultural story of separation\n- \;discover the essence of your place - the biocultural uniqueness from which all evolutionary potential springs\n- understand the dynamic systems in which your place site\, and how any project you design can influence their future\n- find a core vocation for the future contribution your place can bring to the world\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Otwarta Przestrzeń Kultury St. John of Nepomuk Church in Szczytnicki Park\, aleja Dąbska\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:f154447b0911a55ba628e11cd45dfef8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/f154447b0911a55ba628e11cd45dfef8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:For the Public - Arts in Placemaking DESCRIPTION:Adam Roigart been working on a body of work titled “For the Public” with previous iterations in Stockholm and Tokyo. They are installations and public performances where the audience are invited to join on an exploration of hidden places in the city and inhabit them by doing a small hosting activity together. \;\n\n\nCome and see for yourself what this format can do at the placemaking conference. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:40d32a5a7b4973d009453bb0ae446954 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/40d32a5a7b4973d009453bb0ae446954 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T094500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:The Global Garage: a case study for memory and belonging DESCRIPTION:Great places rarely emerge fully formed\; they begin as experiments—small acts of gathering\, saving\, adapting\, and making that accumulate into culture\, memory\, and belonging. This session uses the garage as a lens for understanding the conditions that allow experimentation\, creativity\, and connection to thrive. Whether post-war garage complexes in Poland or invention-focused spaces in the United States\, these environments succeeded because they offered autonomy\, embraced unfinished ideas\, and welcomed participation without requiring permission.\nIn many ways\, garages are the original sandbox cities: places where people test ideas\, share knowledge\, repurpose resources\, and build relationships before those ideas ever become formalized plans or policies. They reveal how culture emerges not through programming alone\, but through everyday acts of stewardship\, ownership\, and care.\nWhat can cities learn from these environments? How can public spaces become places where experimentation is encouraged rather than controlled? What organizational structures\, funding models\, and stewardship practices create room for participation\, adaptation\, and collective responsibility over time?\nUsing a temporary installation of found objects as a shared sandbox\, participants will explore memory\, experimentation\, and belonging through facilitated discussion and storytelling. Together\, we will examine how cities can create the conditions for creativity\, collective ownership\, and long-term stewardship to flourish in public life. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:99273f50a42b54e422c65864a8dd4bb3 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/99273f50a42b54e422c65864a8dd4bb3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Local Challenge 1: The Market Hall DESCRIPTION:Hala Targowa\, Wroclaw’s iconic central market hall is under pressure. Sales dropped over the years\, and many of the services on the second floor have closed down. Meanwhile the market fulfills an important social function\, and provides residents and visitors with access to healthy food\, local delicacies\, flowers and handcrafted goods. In recent years new approaches have been tried successfully\, such as the addition of a few renowned specialty coffee bars\, and hosting the food festival Gastro Miasto on the waterfront nearby. However more is needed to secure a sustainable future for the market hall. Wroclaw is inviting international placemaking experts to help answer: \;How can the Market Hall evolve into a more active and diverse local destination while preserving its existing vendors\, distinctive character and everyday function? \;In this workshop you will learn all about the market halls’ current challenges and opportunities\, and get to work with renowned experts on market cities. Together we co-create a strategic proposal for the market\, including a shared vision\, priority actions and a first implementation pathway. Bring your best practices and lessons learned\, and leave a positive impact on Wroclaw this Placemaking Week Europe. \; CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Market Hall\, Piaskowa 17\, 50-359 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:eb6be48c3dda2b4eb6cb71b457e3ef49 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/eb6be48c3dda2b4eb6cb71b457e3ef49 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Local Challenge 2: The Triangle Square DESCRIPTION:In the coming years Kościuszki Street will be renovated. This will create an opportunity to rethink Triangle Square as a local meeting point for the community of \;Przedmieście Oławskie \;neighbourhood. The square will be pedestrianised\, however it remains located next to a busy and potentially noisy central avenue. In the meantime the lively Local Activity Center is interested in developing the place as a community hub. Even more important\, as it is the only public space in the otherwise densely populated neighbourhood. \;\nIn this local challenge we will help the city of Wroclaw develop new ideas on how to make the square comfortable and recognisable as a neighbourhood place\, rather than simply a residual pedestrian area. Think of ideas for seating\, shade and climate comfort\, but also on how to balance enticing programming with everyday use.\n\nTogether we answer: \;How can a small pedestrianised square become a comfortable\, recognisable and well-used local meeting place?\n\nIts transformation could serve as a model for other small “pocket” public spaces across the city. Bring your best practices and lessons learned\, and leave a positive impact on Wroclaw this Placemaking Week Europe. \; CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Centrum Aktywności Lokalnej\, Prądzyńskiego 39a\, 50-433 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ca7131b13797f37177d73a1bcd3262dd URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ca7131b13797f37177d73a1bcd3262dd END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:European best practices in Place Led Development: Nordsø Copenhagen and Kenniskwartier Tilburg DESCRIPTION:This session is hosted by the Place Led Development Group of Placemaking Europe and the ULI Europe Placemaking Council.\n\n\nWith the Place Led Development Group\, we have been documenting the best practices of area development that revolve around community and place\, and thereby aim to learn for new area developments. We have been documenting Europe's best cases since five years now.\n\n\nIn this session\, we will introduce Place-Led Development\, the ULI Placemaking Council and then dive into two exciting new cases to be added to our list:\n1. Nordsø is a project of Volcano in collaboration with the City and the Port of Copenhagen. Nordsø is located in Nordhavn and is one of the biggest development projects in Denmark ever. Volcano uses alternative tools for engaging citizens as Urban Safaris\, a Summit (festival)\, Pop-up dialogs\, and digital involvement. They are creating an open and transparent process and  \;are supporting the projects DGNB Platin-certification.\n2. Kenniskwartier in Tilburg will add 7\,500 new homes to this city in the south of The Netherlands. The aim is not only to add houses\, but mix with work and amenities. The new housing will be 70% affordable\, in a neighbourhood that has a lot of social housing already. This requires the work profile to be very inclusive (including neighbourhood economy\, manufacturing)\, the social quality to be very high (social amenities) and a social innovation aim (culture\, creativity\, young professional startups). These cannot pay the high prize real estate developers normally ask\, and therefore STIPO and the City of Tilburg are organising an Eye Level Curation Organisation\, an entirely new innovation that will curate around 80\,000 m2 of work and amenity space in order to be inclusive and vibrant.\n\n\nAfter the introductions we will discuss with the audience what this means for the values of future place led development projects.\n\n\nBoth Volcano and STIPO have been involved in place led development projects throughout Europe for more than 30 years. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:3ba473534a7c0103fa50204f861a19e7 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/3ba473534a7c0103fa50204f861a19e7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Teenagers create public spaces: India\, Mexico\, Poland\, Egypt DESCRIPTION:Our workshop explores \;how teenagers experience public spaces \;across four geographical contexts represented by our team’s place of origin. Drawing on \;practices from India\, Poland\, Mexico\, and Egypt\, the session combines inspiration from real stories with hands-on tools.\nThe core of the workshop is a collaborative empathy mapping\, followed by design prototyping. Embodying teenage personas from 4 regions\, participants will work in groups to explore the needs\, emotions\, and barriers young people face in public spaces. \;\nParticipants will reflect on the contextual differences as well as similarities in how belongingness among teenagers is experienced through intersecting lenses of play - these could be accessibility design\, designing for low-income settlements or addressing gender disparities of play. \;\nThe workshop begins with mapping participants’ own teenage experiences of play and public space across cultures. This sets the stage for short presentations from practitioners working with youth across different socio-cultural contexts. The end-goal is not to “solve” issues\, but more to “distil” and “understand” what issues to solve.\nParticipants will leave with 1) practical tools (empathy mapping\, personas\, prototyping methods)\, 2) emerging perspectives on youth inclusion in placemaking across countries\, and 3) Intercultural appreciation of the role of thoughtful design in the lives of adolescents. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d9c386a380e05ac1857c23e196ea3218 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d9c386a380e05ac1857c23e196ea3218 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Children as Experts of Their Neighbourhoods: Co-Creating Better Mobility and Places DESCRIPTION:Livable cities and vibrant public spaces are shaped by everyday mobility choices. Yet shifting away from car dependency is not only a technical challenge\, but also a cultural one. This session argues that such change should begin with the youngest urban residents and be co-created with them\, as children's experiences today shape how they will move\, relate to\, and care for their neighbourhoods in the future.\n\nThis is why quantitative and spatial data alone cannot capture what it means to plan for children — their embodied experiences and perceptions must also be taken into account. Participants will gain practical insights into child-centred participatory mobility planning and placemaking\, drawing on experiences from Europe\, the South Caucasus and India. The session will showcase a range of tools\, including participatory mapping\, co-design with families\, arts-based workshops\, walkshops\, photovoice\, alongside participatory foresight\, an approach that engages children as experts of their neighbourhoods\, exploring mobility cultures\, imagining futures\, and co-creating shared visions.\n\nThrough concrete examples and discussion\, attendees will learn how to meaningfully involve children in shaping mobility and public space\, and how these approaches can be adapted and scaled to support more inclusive\, child-friendly cities. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:53f23a07a5cca0b36f08889258c0ca03 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/53f23a07a5cca0b36f08889258c0ca03 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Local Stewards: Do you even know who cares about the place you intend to design? DESCRIPTION:Learn how to map systems of care in urban space!\n\nGovernmental\, civic\, and business efforts to care for public spaces make up a complex and contentious mosaic of actions\, regulations\, and expectations. A critical step to operate in unison must be therefore to recognize spatial patterns of turf territories and to understand networks of stewards’ conflicts and cooperation. This however can be done only through a genuine effort of all the stakeholders involved – by workshop mapping such systems of urban care together.\n\nJoin us and learn how architects can better understand the places they intend to design. Only by mapping systems of urban stewardship you will understand and bring conflicted stewards together. And that is something that can be done within a 2-hour-long workshop. Believe me\, that's something you will successfully use in your design practice.\n\nAlso\, you will learn about the theoretical foundation: Environmental Stewardship Theory and Stewardship Mapping and Assessment Project (STEW-MAP). That's really something we all designers shall know.\n\nI look forward to sharing this experience with you.\n \;\nArtur\nwww.lokalnigospodarze.pl CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5804432d472f5b4d027ceb4da2e182a2 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5804432d472f5b4d027ceb4da2e182a2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Strong placemaking organisations for building long term trust and local resilience. DESCRIPTION:Four perspectives explore Public Private Partnership models - each speaker will present on their recent experiences developing placemaking programs\, explore challenges and successes with their communities and the fundamentals of the governance used in their projects. Whilst these projects are worlds apart\; common threads emerge: fostering resilience and capacity\, establishing trust\, and place keeping. Participants of this session are invited into a short closing workshop to explore their own potential outcomes. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:345a54abb9a730a8f7a25a0a77224a89 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/345a54abb9a730a8f7a25a0a77224a89 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Traces & Places: How Placekeeping Reveals Community Treasures (Hands-On Outdoor Workshop) DESCRIPTION:In this 75-minute outdoor workshop\, participants will become both designers and community members\, exploring a low-cost\, replicable approach to placekeeping that builds on existing neighborhood assets rather than replacing them.\nUsing tactical urbanism techniques\, we will identify an underused or overlooked public space and collectively transform it through simple\, temporary interventions. Participants will reconfigure cardboard “furniture\,” reimagine forgotten corners\, and create context-aware street art using shadows\, reflections\, and simple projections. Inspired by artists such as Greg Goya\, OAK OAK\, NAWER\, Boris Nieslony\, and Ernest Zacharevičius\, these interventions will respond directly to the character of the site.\nTogether\, we will recreate the atmosphere of a neighborhood café and explore how coffee\, tea\, conversation\, and gathering rituals from different cultures can activate public space and strengthen social connections. Through brief on-the-spot interviews\, participants will uncover hidden local stories and reflect on how hands-on design can foster belonging and collective memory.\nNo previous experience is required. Participants will leave with practical placekeeping tools\, new strategies for community engagement\, and a fresh perspective on how everyday spaces can become catalysts for social and cultural change. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Czasoprzestrzeń Outdoors\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:f96f3f8a21e062fd0191bfa1f4a543ea URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/f96f3f8a21e062fd0191bfa1f4a543ea END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Care‑Based Networks: How Regional Placemaking Learns\, Shares and Sustains Itself DESCRIPTION:This session explores how regional placemaking networks emerge\, evolve\, and sustain themselves across different European contexts. Practitioners from Austria\, Norway\, France\, and Germany will share how their networks operate\, what challenges they face\, and what opportunities arise when practitioners\, researchers and public officials collaborate across territories.\nWe will collectively examine how we learn from each other\, how we share knowledge\, and how we amplify the impact of our work. Participants will be invited to reflect on what channels can energise our relational fabric: how do we build trust\, maintain momentum\, and cultivate a culture of openness in networks that are diverse\, decentralised and constantly shifting.\nThe second part of the session will take the form of a collaborative workshop. Together\, we will co‑design strategies\, tools and actions to strengthen regional processes\, identify cross‑national synergies\, and support our communities. Inspired by care principles\, where participation is voluntary\, layered\, and self‑determined\, we will explore how networks can remain light\, inclusive and resilient while distributing responsibilities and benefits fairly.\nThe goal is to leave with shared insights and practical pathways for nurturing regional placemaking ecosystems that are more connected\, more agile\, and more capable of shaping just and vibrant urban futures.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:c2607b43ae66dbd2a406ec03ddbacadb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/c2607b43ae66dbd2a406ec03ddbacadb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Neighbourhoods as Living Labs: Communities Experimenting with Urban Futures DESCRIPTION:Cities are glorious ecosystems\, engines of innovation\, places of reinvention and human connection. But meaningful change rarely starts at city scale. It starts at neighbourhood level where private\, public\, third sector and residents collaborate to experiment and shape their places together.\n\n\nThis session brings together organisations from London and Wroclaw\, each taking a different path to the same conviction: that communities must be at the heart of how neighbourhoods evolve.\n\n\nWe will share real-life examples of neighbourhood experimentation. From London's Bankside\, where a Victorian viaduct is being reimagined as a place for enterprise and connection\, a business decarbonisation programme has scaled up from pilot to strategy\, and an Alchemist in Residence is testing cultural interventions.\n\n\nFrom Wroclaw\, discover how collaborative cultural programmes and business–NGO hubs\, led by Emma Foundation and its &BeyondLab Social Problem‑Solving Lab\, are bringing together cultural institutions\, municipalities\, NGOs\, businesses and residents to use futures‑oriented\, design thinking and participatory foresight methods\, turning shared visions into joint actions.\n\n\nThis session is not just about our stories. You will experience a compact futures literacy workshop\, taking your own neighbourhood's vision and working backwards to identify today's actions. With a particular focus on how to meaningfully include those with limited systemic power so their perspectives influence real decisions.\n\n\nYou will leave with adaptable tools to use in your own place\, and proof that when communities are given agency\, neighbourhoods can become powerful laboratories. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ecba449eebd1f6b4a6647f5e156446e6 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ecba449eebd1f6b4a6647f5e156446e6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Urban Prosthetics: A Child-Scale City Lab DESCRIPTION:This session is a hands-on outdoor living lab where participants will explore how simple\, temporary interventions can make public space more responsive to children and caregivers. Working in small groups\, we will observe a site in the festival surroundings\, identify barriers and opportunities from a child-scale perspective\, and co-create rapid prototypes using lightweight materials.\nThe session may result in temporary signage\, seating adjustments\, ground markings\, playful prompts\, or orientation cues that make space more legible\, welcoming\, and inclusive. Participants will not only discuss child-friendly cities\, but actively test how small changes can shift the experience of care\, autonomy\, accessibility\, and belonging in everyday urban space.\nThe session is rooted in Ortopedia Urbana’s experience with participatory prototyping and child-friendly public space in Mexico\, but it is designed as a transferable method that can be adapted in many contexts. Participants should join if they want to experience co-creation in action\, learn a practical prototyping approach\, and leave with tools they can apply in their own communities and cities. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d8515a3a1f5fb17923dab249a43bf040 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d8515a3a1f5fb17923dab249a43bf040 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T123000Z DTEND:20260923T134500Z SUMMARY:Windows to Utopia: Urban envisioning through cocreation and crafting DESCRIPTION:”Windows to Utopia” is a cocreation practice combining art\, crafts and urban envisioning. This method gives the participants a playful way of expressing themselves and interacting with the urban landscape. The participants are given a blanc\, transparent canvas\, through which they can look at the city and visualise their utopias with yarn\, textiles\, and other materials they are drawn to. Combining two-dimensional visions and three-dimensional reality\, the windows offer a peek to the city we dream of. ”Windows to Utopia” is based on research of creative urban activism and people-place bonding: it shows how interacting with public places through hands-on work builds attachment to them. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:WUWA exhibition model\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 16a\, 51-627 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5cbf37091c738efcf8edda0c439e1dc4 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5cbf37091c738efcf8edda0c439e1dc4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Meet the French network! DESCRIPTION:We are a group of collectives\, civil servants and consultants who were wondering why there wasn’t a national network in France\, because in France\, placemaking is alive and well\, even if le placemaking is not necessarily the term employed for user-centered city making. Our present goal is to create a bridge between Placemaking-aligned movements in France and elsewhere in Europe. \;\n\n\nIf you are interested in getting to know our freshly launched Placemaking France network\, to connect live and participate in growing that collective experience\, join us for this informal and friendly discussion!\n\n\nAs this session is firstly intended to Frenchies\, the discussions will be in French. However\, we very much would like to connect beyond\, with other placemakers and local networks\, so please reach out to us and let’s meet! CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0bd0ce2d1b4bf31256ec49e019c40b80 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0bd0ce2d1b4bf31256ec49e019c40b80 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:One Hundred Thousand Wrocławs: Mapping a City Through Stories DESCRIPTION:Every city has more than one map. One is made of streets\, buildings\, landmarks\, and official histories. Another is made of memories\, encounters\, emotions\, and personal stories connected to specific places. One Hundred Thousand Wrocławs (100kWro) is an attempt to create this second map.\n\n\nThe project is an open\, participatory archive built around an interactive map of Wrocław. Residents will be invited to attach their own stories to particular locations — from bridges and squares to bus stops\, stairwells\, shops\, or ordinary street corners. Together\, these individual narratives will create a constantly evolving portrait of the city as experienced by the people who live in it.\n\n\nDuring the session\, we will explore how storytelling can become a tool for placemaking\, building belonging\, and preserving collective memory. But rather than only talking about the idea\, we will put it into practice. Participants will choose a place that matters to them\, write a short personal story\, edit it in pairs\, and share selected stories with the group.\nBy creating this temporary collective map together\, we will ask a simple question: \;Can knowing someone else’s story change the way we see a place? CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA Small room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:544b68d8970a683cd3bdb36a9465a864 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/544b68d8970a683cd3bdb36a9465a864 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Revitalising Rural and Smaller Communities DESCRIPTION:Rural areas and smaller communities often carry rich identities\, histories\, local knowledge and untapped potential. Yet conversations about their future frequently begin with what they lack: services\, investment\, connectivity\, opportunities\, or people. This session explores how different ways of seeing a place influence what we value in it and the kinds of transformations we consider possible. In this context\, smaller communities may be rural villages and landscapes but also overlooked neighbourhoods and pockets within larger cities that function as close-knit communities with their own identities\, relationships\, and ways of using and valuing place. Taking the form of a World Café\, this session brings together insights and practical experiences from different projects and initiatives working with different forms of place-based transformation across different rural\, and small-scale contexts. After a series of short project pitches\, participants choose the perspective they would like to explore further in smaller\, interactive conversations. Through lenses such as beauty\, belonging\, heritage and tradition\, tourism and economic value\, local potential\, nature\, and community knowledge\, the tables will explore the opportunities and tensions that emerge when places are revitalised. At the centre of the session is a broader question: how can placemaking support the future of rural and smaller communities while remaining attentive to the identities\, relationships and everyday knowledge that already shape them? The session creates space for an open and layered conversation about change\, belonging and local potential. It invites participants to compare experiences\, make connections across different contexts and consider how placemaking can respond more carefully to the particular character of each place. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:9a6d7beb0e77a6ef64495942a432020d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/9a6d7beb0e77a6ef64495942a432020d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Skate the City: Youth-Led Placemaking in Public Space DESCRIPTION:What makes a public space skateable\, welcoming and alive? In this outdoor walkshop\, participants will explore the city through the eyes of skateboarders and young people who \;use public space actively\, creatively and critically.\n\n\nTogether\, we will take a short walk through Wroclaw and observe surfaces\, edges\, materials\, safety\, visibility\, accessibility and informal patterns of use. The walk will lead us to an underused or poorly functioning public space\, where we will discuss how small-scale tactical urbanism interventions could quickly activate the place for skateboarding\, gathering and youth-led activities.\n\n\nThe session builds on the experience of the Skateholders project and Skateholders Forum festival in České Budějovice\, where the local skateboarding community has become a \;platform connecting youth culture\, public space\, social participation and the European Capital of Culture 2028 programme.\n\n\nRather than presenting skateboarding as a niche activity or urban nuisance\, the walkshop frames it as everyday placemaking: a way to build belonging\, care\, creativity and shared ownership in the city. Participants will leave with practical questions\, observations and transferable tools for making public spaces more open to teenagers\, informal culture and active use. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:b40c02d73b9e77567ffeb6233d23344d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/b40c02d73b9e77567ffeb6233d23344d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Which came first\, the chicken or the egg\, when you think about public space? An exploration of space\, asking whether it is people who create space to meet their need for movement\, or whether it is space itself that makes us want to be active. DESCRIPTION:Street furniture is an important element of public space. But do we know what roles it can fulfil? The bench is a symbol in many urban projects\, but we feel that its potential has still not been fully explored or utilised. We would like to invite participants at Placemaking Week Wrocław to explore the city and its street furniture\, to see how such furniture can support the building of urban relationships through shared physical activity. \;\nIn the spirit of ‘Active Design’\, we will look for features of the bench that encourage movement and promote physical and mental wellbeing or features that feel hostile\, \;whilst also serving as a symbol of social integration for the local community. We will explore a section of the city to encourage participants to reflect on their neighbourhood spaces\, whilst at the same time getting some exercise for our health. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA exhibition model\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 16a\, 51-627 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ac2f4076d2e3eb7bead63b4c9383450f URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ac2f4076d2e3eb7bead63b4c9383450f END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:From Consultation to Understanding: A Methodological Layer for Area Development DESCRIPTION:Place-led development brings placemaking into commercial area development. The idea: developers and cities work together with the people who will live\, work\, and spend time there to create a place that serves them.\n\nThat requires three parties to align: developers and investors want to de-risk their decisions\, cities want their public goals delivered\, and users want a place that truly serves them. These interests meet in one place: When users get real value\, developers and cities do too. And a reliable understanding of what users really need is the basis for creating value for them. Consultation and co-creation help build this understanding\, but people can rarely name their deeper needs\, and what they ask for is not always what makes a place work. This workshop introduces a method\, grounded in behavioral science\, for turning those deeper insights into spatial solutions.\n\nThis session is especially relevant for developers\, investors\, and the placemakers working with them who want to reduce risk and create lasting value by bringing evidence-based thinking into their next area development project. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0b7462f850a497ffd790ffb8d67869e0 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0b7462f850a497ffd790ffb8d67869e0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:From Neighbourhood to City: Scaling tactical urbanism to design resilient public spaces DESCRIPTION:While many cities have experimented with tactical urbanism\, few have harnessed it as a scalable tool for climate adaptation. This session explores how to turn tactical urbanism into a programme that travels across neighbourhoods\, survives political cycles\, and eventually changes how the city design public space to be more welcoming and resilient.\nDrawing on C40's Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme and its Community of Practice on Public Spaces\, we put city practitioners into direct dialogue - examining how city programs like Milan’s shading efforts in public spaces\, Rome's new call for tactical urbanism projects and Vancouver's street experiments.\nWe explore how tactical interventions can be designed from the outset to do more: cool streets\, increase shade and greenery\, build community capacity to adapt to a changing climate\, and lay the groundwork for long-term neighbourhood resilience while remaining fast\, low-cost\, and adaptable.\nThis is a moderated practitioner panel designed for city-to-city exchange. Moving beyond traditional presentations\, the moderator will facilitate a "behind-the-scenes" dialogue between city practitioners\, focusing on the institutional plumbing required for scaling and replication. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:25a0a16ffc6634367b67c981894b1a37 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/25a0a16ffc6634367b67c981894b1a37 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Who Get's a Seat at the Table? Deconstructing Power and Cultivating Radical Empathy Through Urban Role-Play DESCRIPTION:Traditional urban consultation often fails those it aims to serve\, reaching only the "usual suspects" while marginalised frontline groups and the environment remain underrepresented and underserved. Community stakeholders are often seen as a liability rather than a valuable source of place-based knowledge. \;\n\n\nThis interactive workshop\, led by FairFuture and Demos Helsinki\, reframes inclusive engagement from a “nice-to-have” aesthetic layer into an integral element for climate adaptation. Rather than just hearing about theoretical frameworks\, you will dive headfirst into a playful arts-based\, immersive role-play simulation. Navigating a real-world urban case study from the FairFuture project\, you will step into the shoes of marginalized stakeholders\, including "non-human" entities like local biodiversity and future generations.\n\n\nBy embodying these unexpected perspectives and navigating hidden behavioural cues\, we will actively disrupt typical power hierarchies to negotiate a climate adaptation plan. This hands-on session will challenge your assumptions\, surface systemic tensions\, reveal new perspectives and cultivate radical empathy. You will leave not only with firsthand insights into the complexities of inclusive city-making\, but with an actionable toolkit to embed deep\, collective stewardship into your own municipal contexts. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:e40ff67cb0e5d18c01a53f2355c6ec2c URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/e40ff67cb0e5d18c01a53f2355c6ec2c END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Placemaking for Socially Resilient and More-than-Human Friendly Neighborhoods DESCRIPTION:This workshop explores how placemaking can support the co-creation of socially resilient and more-than-human friendly public spaces \;through inclusive\, experimental\, and nature-sensitive design processes.  \;\nThe session brings a multidisciplinary perspective to placemaking by focusing on the early stages of planning\, design\, and development of an experimental public space. It aims to highlight how public spaces can become platforms for testing new ideas\, practices\, and social innovations while strengthening relationships between communities and nature.  \;\nA central focus of the workshop is the shift from purely human-centered planning toward more-than-human and nature-inclusive placemaking. Participants will explore how non-human species\, particularly urban birds\, can be recognized as living members of urban environments and legitimate stakeholders in participatory design processes. A biology expert from our team will contribute by introducing the ecological needs of birds and helping participants reflect on how biodiversity considerations can be integrated into placemaking practices.  \;\nThe workshop will be organized as an interactive co-production session using a design-thinking approach. Participants\, including practitioners\, city planners\, students\, administrative representatives\, civil society actors\, and experts\, will work together to envision and outline a design and development program for a selected place. Through collaborative exercises\, they will identify relevant stakeholders\, map human and non-human needs\, and explore how knowledge\, responsibilities\, and ideas can be shared among different actors.  \;\nThe session will begin with a World Café format\, structured around thematic tables and table rotation. At each table\, participants will work with facilitators to discuss key questions and document their ideas\, impulses\, and agreements on A3 posters. These posters will serve as visual records of the discussions and will support the presentation of outcomes in the next phase.  \;\nThis process will encourage participants to critically examine how power\, interests\, ecological needs\, and social resilience can be integrated into participatory planning and design. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:49fa5e3a8ac01e745d59b6908d4f9a36 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/49fa5e3a8ac01e745d59b6908d4f9a36 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Help Shape the Future of Cultural Spaces DESCRIPTION:Help Shape the Future of Cultural Spaces\n\n\nThe Creative Coalition of The Hague (a cooperation between the municipality of the Hague and other real estate owners) is developing practical tools to create more affordable\, accessible\, and self-managed spaces for cultural initiatives and for placemakers. In collaboration with ULI and the Place-Led Development Working Group\, we invite placemakers\, cultural leaders\, and urban innovators from across Europe to join this hands-on workshop.\n\n\nWe will share insights and tools developed through our work in The Hague and beyond\, while exploring inspiring best practices from other cities. Most importantly\, participants will co-create new approaches and practical tools to help unlock more space for culture\, placemaking\, creativity\, and community.\n\n\nJoin us to exchange ideas\, build connections\, and help shape a better toolbox for cultural spaces across Europe. Together\, we can create more room for culture and placemaking to thrive. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ef04102399cc7a04163602e1909bf211 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ef04102399cc7a04163602e1909bf211 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Sandbox to System: How Urban Experiments Scale and Endure DESCRIPTION:Sandbox to System: How Urban Experiments Scale and Endure\nUrban experiments are easy to start. Making them last or scale \;is another matter entirely.\nThis session brings together three organisations from Helsinki\, Bucharest\, and Berlin who have each spent years running civic and placemaking experiments in radically different contexts. Together they cover the full arc: how to design experiments that work\, how to learn across many at once\, and how to turn a successful temporary project into lasting urban infrastructure.\nBut this is also a peer-learning session. Participants bring their own experiments\, projects that worked but haven't yet found a permanent home. Working across at least \;three tables\, and drawing on concrete cases from each city\, we map together what it takes to move from a one-off initiative to embedded urban practice: the organisational conditions\, the right partners\, the funding logic\, and the cultural shift needed inside city administrations.\nThe shared question running through all three tables: what makes urban experiments successful\, transferable\, and repeatable? And what does it actually take to stop calling something a pilot?\n\n\n CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ffda484cbcdeb53e5eaa84b2b1367f23 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ffda484cbcdeb53e5eaa84b2b1367f23 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T141500Z DTEND:20260923T153000Z SUMMARY:Through Young Eyes - Reimagining Cities Together DESCRIPTION:What if the key to creating better public spaces was to see the city through the eyes of a\nteenager?\nToo often\, we design places for young people instead of with them. In this highly interactive\nworkshop\, you won’t just hear about youth engagement - you’ll experience it.\nAfter reconnecting with your own memories of being 15\, you’ll be introduced to four real places\nfrom Slovakia\, Denmark and Australia. Through photos and short stories\, you’ll discover the\nlocation\, the challenges and the opportunities each community faced - but not the solutions.\nWorking in small teams\, your challenge will be to reimagine one of these spaces and design a\nplace where young people feel welcome\, valued and inspired to belong\, create and participate.\nOnce each group presents its ideas\, the facilitators will reveal what actually happened. You’ll\ndiscover how young people co-designed and transformed these places\, the methods used to\nengage them\, the obstacles encountered and the outcomes achieved - from community\ngathering spaces and placemaking education to Aboriginal youth-led street transformation and\nparticipatory research.\nLeave with practical tools\, fresh inspiration and a new perspective on co-creation\, proving that\nwhen young people are trusted as partners rather than consulted as an afterthought\, they don’t\njust shape better places - they help build stronger\, more connected communities. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Otwarta Przestrzeń Kultury St. John of Nepomuk Church in Szczytnicki Park\, aleja Dąbska\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:036593027618a60b752575414c68ecaf URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/036593027618a60b752575414c68ecaf END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T150000Z DTEND:20260923T160000Z SUMMARY:Nowe Promenady: Creating a TRUly Liveable Place DESCRIPTION:*SESSION CONDUCTED IN POLISH - SESJA PROWADZONA  \;W J. POLSKIM*\n\n\nGra terenowa dla uczestników z zadaniami do wykonania na specjalnie przygotowanych stacjach rozmieszczonych na terenie inwestycji Nowe Promenady. Uczestnicy będą mogli w aktywny i angażujący sposób poznać przestrzeń inwestycji\, odkrywając kolejne punkty i realizując przygotowane wyzwania. Po zakończeniu gry zaplanowana jest krótka prelekcja poświęcona idei wydarzenia i miejscu\, przedstawienie rzeźby wykonanej specjalnie na place making. Wieczorem odbędzie się także kino plenerowe – wspólny seans pod gołym niebem\, który pozwoli uczestnikom spędzić czas w swobodnej\, sąsiedzkiej atmosferze. \;\n\n\nLokalizacja: Nowe Promenady\, Czesława Miłosza 1\, \;Wrocław CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Milosza 1 - Nowe Promenady\, Czesława Miłosza 1\, 50-304 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:451f0eb1a0560de945b23cccb77d8928 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/451f0eb1a0560de945b23cccb77d8928 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T160000Z DTEND:20260923T171500Z SUMMARY:Wednesday Evening Plenary DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:41cf145638f94ca059b2322b8092e9c4 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/41cf145638f94ca059b2322b8092e9c4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260923T180000Z DTEND:20260923T215900Z SUMMARY:Wednesday evening program DESCRIPTION:8:00 PM–10:00 PM — Bingo\nA social evening with a slightly tongue-in-cheek twist — bingo with humor\, unusual categories\, small prizes\, and a relaxed atmosphere. More of an excuse to spend time together than a classic game. \n\nFrom 10:00 PM — “NEON FEVER”\nAn ’80s-inspired party — synth-pop\, disco\, neon lights\, dance classics\, and a retro vibe lasting late into the night. We want to create a night that feels partly like a nostalgic throwback and partly like an over-the-top VHS-and-neon-club-style party.\n\nFrom 9:00 PM “Open Decks Connection”\nSets delivered by Placemaking Week Europe community DJs. CATEGORIES:EVENING PROGRAM LOCATION:Ruska 46\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:70d1621abfbded680bf9a622fe342a19 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/70d1621abfbded680bf9a622fe342a19 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T080000Z DTEND:20260924T091500Z SUMMARY:Thursday Morning Plenary DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES:PLENARY LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:e5db25eb7a68b4f393dbe8113f0b765d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/e5db25eb7a68b4f393dbe8113f0b765d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Belonging Begins with Her DESCRIPTION:Public spaces become truly safe not only through design\, but through the people who feel able to use them. This session explores how safety\, belonging\, and participation are deeply connected\, bringing together two complementary perspectives: London's gender-inclusive public space design framework and a community-based case study from Umm al-Fahm\, Palestine.\nParticipants will discover how moving beyond crime prevention toward inclusion can reshape the way we plan and manage public spaces. The session introduces practical tools developed through the Mayor of London's research and demonstrates how they were tested in real projects. Alongside this\, the Umm al-Fahm case illustrates how fear and violence can drive women out of public space\, while community-led initiatives can restore presence\, strengthen social connections\, and rebuild belonging.\nThrough discussion\, case studies\, and audience participation\, participants will reflect on whose voices shape public spaces\, what creates a genuine sense of safety\, and how everyday places can become more inclusive through meaningful engagement. Whether working in policy\, design\, planning\, or community development\, participants will leave with practical approaches and transferable ideas for creating public spaces where everyone feels they belong. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:57f4b701a32daffb92d67d7592b64668 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/57f4b701a32daffb92d67d7592b64668 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:From Exhibition to Conversation: Let’s Shape Placemaking Development Together DESCRIPTION:This session is part of an interactive exhibition on place-led development\, initiated by the Place-Led Development Working Group of Placemaking Europe\, in collaboration with Placemaking Europe.\nThe exhibition brings together key insights from inspiring projects\, lessons learned\, and emerging practices from across Europe. It aims to clarify what place-led development is\, how it builds on placemaking\, and how it can contribute to long-term spatial\, social and economic impact. Delegates are invited to contribute their own cases\, questions and perspectives\, during the session and during the week.\nThis session is directly connected to the exhibition and moves from exploration to exchange. Participants will be able to reflect on the presented content\, share their own experiences\, and collectively deepen the understanding of place-led development in practice.\nTogether\, we will explore questions such as:\nHow can placemaking influence long-term development processes?What is needed to move from temporary interventions to lasting change?How can we strengthen collaboration across disciplines and stakeholders? CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:db38e643a357daaf26264a999f0c5958 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/db38e643a357daaf26264a999f0c5958 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:How we use public spaces? Practical workshop on data-driven placemaking DESCRIPTION:How can we better understand whether a public space supports social resilience and a sense of belonging? And how can placemakers move beyond intuition to make these qualities visible\, measurable\, and actionable?\nThis outdoor workshop introduces participants to a data-driven approach to placemaking through the lens of human needs. Working in a public space in Wrocław\, participants will learn and apply our original interdisciplinary framework of 11 User Needs\, developed to diagnose how public environments support everyday experiences\, behaviors\, and social relationships.\nDuring a guided field assessment\, participants will observe and analyze the space from multiple user perspectives\, identifying which needs are well supported and which remain unmet. The workshop will demonstrate how research-based observations can reveal hidden barriers to inclusion\, social interaction\, and place attachment\, while also uncovering opportunities for meaningful spatial improvements.\nThe session combines perspectives from architecture\, environmental psychology\, sociology\, and urban design\, offering participants practical perspective \;that can be applied in planning\, design\, placemaking\, and public engagement processes. By the end of the workshop\, participants will gain a deeper understanding of how spatial qualities influence human behavior and how evidence-based diagnosis can strengthen the impact of placemaking interventions.\nMore information about the methodology is available at \;jazplus.pl/ias. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:a738b0f5bc28bc205a58afe1135b6711 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/a738b0f5bc28bc205a58afe1135b6711 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Mapping Home: What Makes Us Feel We Belong? DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to feel at home in a place\, and can that feeling exist in more than one place at once? In this interactive session\, Diana Mideros opens a conversation with invited guests about home\, identity\, and belonging\, drawing on her own experience as a migrant navigating different cultures and cities. Participants will then take part in a collective mapping activity: using two colors of post-its\, they will mark on a world map what makes them feel at home in their place of origin\, and what does — or doesn't yet — make them feel at home in the city they currently live in. The result is a living\, collective map that reveals patterns of belonging\, displacement\, and connection across borders\, and an invitation to reflect on what "home" really means in the cities we share. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:fdf9e0b51afd3bf5d5c1ebe32013828e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/fdf9e0b51afd3bf5d5c1ebe32013828e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Placemaking Poland: Meet\, Connect & Carry It Forward DESCRIPTION:This year\, Placemaking Week Europe is happening in Poland — so what better moment to bring together the people who are shaping the placemaking movement here?\n\n\nWhether you’ve zjedliście zęby na placemakingu or are just beginning your journey\, come join us!\n\n\nForget the usual networking session. We’ll get to know each other through fun\, playful activities — sharing what we’re working on\, discovering unexpected connections\, and putting faces to names across the Placemaking Poland network.\n\n\nBut there’s a bigger question behind the fun: what can we build together while Placemaking Week Europe is here — and how can we carry its legacy forward once the festival leaves Poland?\n\n\nCome to meet\, play\, exchange\, connect and imagine what’s next for placemaking in Poland. Or simply come to spend this moment with like-minded people who are passionate about placemaking and about how we make places in Poland. :) CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2eef982922cc44d27fd16aca0bafe0c3 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2eef982922cc44d27fd16aca0bafe0c3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Placemaking with Local\, and Global\, Networks DESCRIPTION:Hear from the leaders of the global placemaking movement\, organizing regional anf national networks to support community-powered public spaces.\n\n\nPlacemakingX recently convened two \;Global Placemaking Summits \;to set the course for the global placemaking movement and support the 30+ regional placemaking networks with emerging cross-cutting global agendas. Leaders from these networks will present as panelists for this session.\n\n\nPublic spaces\, and the people that protect and improve them\, transcend borders and reflect all stripes of humanity. People that practice placemaking to transform their communities bridge all kinds of barriers - from spatial and sectoral silos\, to divides amongst demographics and disciplines.\n\n\nThe goal of this session is to highlight\, connect and organize public space and placemaking leadership globally and showcase regional placemaking networks for participants to connect to and support. The global placemaking community stands ready to support you from wherever you are at in your placemaking journey. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:c2bb2818abcb73c90c797761f5307014 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/c2bb2818abcb73c90c797761f5307014 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Waves & Words: Co-designing Belonging at the World's Most Unlikely Place DESCRIPTION:What can a remote fishing village teach us about belonging\, resilience\, and community-led placemaking? In Ramin\, on Iran’s Indian Ocean coast\, a community library and the country’s only surf club have transformed books\, waves\, local knowledge\, and women’s participation into powerful resources for social change.\n\nThis hands-on workshop introduces participants to Mardumshahr\, an asset-based\, bottom-up co-creation methodology tested in more than 120 communities across Iran. Through an immersive encounter with sounds\, images\, and objects from Baluchestan\, participants will explore Ramin’s social\, cultural\, natural\, and spatial assets. They will then work collaboratively to create a relational asset map and develop a spatial design concept and initial branding direction for the community.\n\nParticipants will learn to identify overlooked local assets\, turn community stories into spatial ideas\, and facilitate co-design in contexts shaped by exclusion\, limited resources\, and contested access to public space. The session will also create a practitioner network based on concrete commitments and shared learning.\nJoin us to experience placemaking not as the delivery of solutions but as the collective discovery of what a place already holds.\n\nThe speakers:\nSina AtaeeSeyed Loghman HosseiniAytan HuseynliThe project team members:Easkey BrittonJoão ZamithNafiseh BabaeiFarzaneh Abedian AvalNavid FalahatSeyedali FazelhashemiAfshin Firoozian\n CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5329e10059b5db157733e752297281a7 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5329e10059b5db157733e752297281a7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:How to shape a good place – and not f*ck it up DESCRIPTION:Our four presentations each ask a version of the same question: who does the work of placemaking\, what does it mean to move from idea to action\, and how do you make sure that the work survives? \;\n\n\nKady Yellow – Downtown Vision\, Jacksonville\nWe open the session with people – and the ideas they have for transforming downtown spaces. Placemaking Jax nurtures resident aspirations with a program that includes an open-call\, grants\, and Placemaking School. \;\n\n\nAaron Finn & Ben Stutman – The Fitzrovia Partnership / Momentum Transport\, London \;\nWhat happens after a district-scale public realm strategy is developed? The Fitzrovia account sits in the “messy middle” - occupying a transitional space between plan-making and implementation\, and challenged by two local authority boundaries. \;\n\n\nAndrew Pask – Placemaking Canada\nAndrew’s research explores how city-scale placemaking networks offer a means to link local initiatives to create broader\, systems-based change. These organizations are an under-discussed opportunity for the broader placemaking movement. \;\n\n\nLisa Taylor – Coherent Cities / Place Collective UK\, London & Manchester\nWhat happens when champions move on? How leadership evolves is a critical factor in sustaining vibrant spaces and engaged users. Succession becomes a test of whether a placemaking initiative is durable and lasting. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:cf05622b06941597a3154801bbee3846 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/cf05622b06941597a3154801bbee3846 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:The Playable\, Resilient City: Co-Creating Urban Futures with the Next Generation DESCRIPTION:Can centering a city’s youngest residents solve the overlapping crises of urban isolation\, climate vulnerability\, and rigid municipal bureaucracy?\nThis high-energy\, interactive laboratory challenges traditional "child-blind" urban planning by positioning children as the ultimate protagonists of city resilience. Merging groundbreaking frameworks from India\, Denmark\, and the Netherlands\, this session bridges the gap between grassroots tactical urbanism\, historical adventure play\, and high-level climate strategy.\nWhy you should join:Instead of sitting through passive presentations\, you will enter a cross-continental design studio.\nWhat you will learn and experience:\nThe "Return on Play" Matrix: A finance-backed framework to successfully argue for playful social infrastructure inside strict municipal budgets.Climate-Play Toolkits: Practical methods from Amsterdam’s KIEM program to teach communities about alternative energy and water adaptation through play.Tactical Governance: Proven strategies to broker "unlikely coalitions" between grassroots communities\, corporate partners\, and municipal police.You will actively apply a "Child-Impact Lens" to turn urban dead zones into vibrant\, intergenerational hubs. You won't just leave inspired—you will walk out with a concrete\, downloadable "Playable City Manifesto" packed with fiscal\, environmental\, and design tools to disrupt your own local bureaucracy. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Klub Łącznik\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:1601ed8e59c01a586e91b7abba51491c URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/1601ed8e59c01a586e91b7abba51491c END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Turning Back to Water: How to Reclaim Public Spaces for Everyday Life? DESCRIPTION:Across Europe\, cities are rediscovering their rivers\, canals\, and waterfronts\, not only as blue infrastructure but as places for everyday life\, social connection and climate resilience. Yet turning this vision into reality often means navigating complex regulations\, changing public perceptions\, and building new partnerships between communities and institutions.\nIn this interactive workshop\, practitioners from Budapest\, Vienna\, and České Budějovice will share how they are testing new ways of reconnecting people with urban water through placemaking. After short case presentations\, participants will work in small groups to tackle real-world challenges\, exchange experiences\, and co-develop solutions for making water more accessible and integrated into everyday urban life.\nJoin us to explore how central European cities can turn back to water as a shared public space. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0a9c2864dc85a8aefda1077a6a282435 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0a9c2864dc85a8aefda1077a6a282435 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T094500Z DTEND:20260924T110000Z SUMMARY:Dancing to the Algorithm: A Digital Storytelling Toolbox for Organisations and Practitioners DESCRIPTION:How do we get people out into their cities when so much of their attention is online?\n\n\nThis participatory workshop explores how to communicate projects\, explain impact\, and build public awareness in a crowded digital landscape. Focusing on the fundamentals of human communication rather than platform trends\, participants will learn how to capture attention\, communicate ideas clearly\, and tell stories that connect.\n\n\nUsing a hands-on "story blocks" method\, participants will shape and test stories in real time\, developing practical tools they can apply across social media\, community engagement\, campaigns\, and public education. Through collaborative exercises\, they’ll learn how to hook an audience\, communicate complex ideas clearly\, and create narratives that resonate beyond professional circles.\n\n\nThis session is ideal for anyone who wants to communicate their work more effectively and with greater confidence. Participants will leave with a practical storytelling framework\, a story they have developed during the workshop\, and a deeper understanding of how digital storytelling can help turn awareness into action. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Otwarta Przestrzeń Kultury St. John of Nepomuk Church in Szczytnicki Park\, aleja Dąbska\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5fad3b931c451b47edcc78b696a7a35e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5fad3b931c451b47edcc78b696a7a35e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T110000Z DTEND:20260924T123000Z SUMMARY:A Placemaking Picnic: Meet the Placemaking CEE Network! DESCRIPTION:MEETING POINT: \;Wroclaw Congress Center (Foyer) \;then we will go to Park Szczytnicki together!\n\nCome join the CEE network for a laid back picnic lunch in the park! \;\n\nPlacemaking Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is a new regional network for everyone doing public space work across Central and Eastern Europe\, focused on Poland\, Czechia\, Slovakia\, Hungary\, Romania\, Bulgaria\, Moldova and Ukraine\, but open to anyone who cares about the region and wants to see it thrive. \;\n\nCome learn about the network and what we're working on\, grab a bite\, and hang out for some informal chat. No agenda\, just good company in the Szczytnicki \;park. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Foyer - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:9ef79467f10748130bd7a6ec1cd39004 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/9ef79467f10748130bd7a6ec1cd39004 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T121500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Local Challenge 3: Under the Great Island Avenue DESCRIPTION:This session will take place entirely on site at the Local Challenge. To join us\, you can either:\n- meet us by the entrance of Wrocław Congress Hall at 2:15 PM and walk together to the site.\n- meet us directly on site! We’re starting at 2:30 PM. You can find the site by searching for “Al. Wielkiej Wyspy” on Google Maps or by following the pin below: \;https://maps.app.goo.gl/91dzY59JcZgpoTGe6\n\nWhere Wroclaw’s Great Island Avenue passes over the Oder river its bridge creates underutilized space underneath. As the natural waterfront is a popular route for runners and walkers\, the overpass offers an opportunity to explore how overlooked infrastructural spaces can become active public places. FAKIE SkateWro has taken up the initiative to establish a skatepark on one of its banks\, which has gained a lot of support within the city. But more is needed to make this an attractive and lively place for people.\n\nIn this local challenge we will explore: \;How can the overpass become a safe\, cared-for and flexible public space that supports informal uses\, sports and new forms of community activity?\n\nWe will gather international best practices on how to activate leftover spaces under bridges and highways\, and develop a process that responds to local needs\, strengthens existing assets and creates a sustainable model for its management. And as Wroclaw - and many other cities around the world - have plenty of such spaces\, the outcomes could serve as a model to apply elsewhere. Bring your best practices and lessons learned\, and leave a positive impact on Wroclaw this Placemaking Week Europe. \; CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Entrance of the Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB) - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:6852400368838934e15480bfd264c20e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/6852400368838934e15480bfd264c20e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Building Bridges II: Regional Placemaking Networks and Beyond DESCRIPTION:Who this session is for: \;This session is designed for participants already active in an established regional or global placemaking network\, looking to learn from peers and cross-share knowledge with other networks. It's not an introduction to network-building. Come ready to exchange real experience with others doing this work.\n\nAcross Europe\, regional placemaking networks continue to grow — bringing new challenges alongside the ones they've already worked through. With many opportunities and challenges shared across regions\, it’s invaluable to learn from one another and exchange experiences. This collaboration strengthens our collective impact and helps us grow the European (and Global) placemaking movement.Using a World Café format\, the gathering will provide a platform to explore key themes through moderated discussions. Participants will rotate between two rounds of conversations\, with each table hosted by network leaders who bring unique expertise and insights.\n\nTable 1 — \;Growing pains\, growing gains\nHow do networks evolve as they grow? This table looks at the practical and structural side of scaling: governance and decision-making as a group becomes more formal\, the tools and platforms that hold day-to-day coordination together\, and the ongoing question of when and how to open up to new members. Come with your own network's current challenges\, or hear how others have navigated theirs.\n\nTable 2 — \;Coordination without a shared postcode (working across borders)\nHow can placemaking networks collaborate across borders? This table looks at cross-border projects and exchanges between networks — what's worked\, what hasn't\, and where the opportunities are to do more together. \;\n\nTable 3 — \; \;Placemaking as a lever for institutional change\nHow can placemaking practice shift institutional thinking and policy — not just physical space? This table explores the bridge between grassroots placemaking and institutional actors\, using examples like Placemaking Azerbaijan's engagement with WUF to unpack what it takes to move from local project to institutional influence.\n\nTable 4 — \;Bring your own questions – Open table\n \;No set agenda — this table is for whatever's most pressing for your network right now. Bring a challenge\, a question\, or something you're currently figuring out\, and work through it with others in the room.\n\nLearn more about our affiliated networks at \;placemaking-europe.eu/networks\n\n\n CATEGORIES: LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d219f6f94bc12187cbefb2882096b054 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d219f6f94bc12187cbefb2882096b054 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:From plot to place: How co-created urban green spaces build community across difference DESCRIPTION:Urban food gardens and green spaces are celebrated for their ecological value\, but their real transformative power lies in how they are made\, and with whom. Belonging doesn't emerge from consultation: it grows from processes that take people's values and lived experience as seriously as technical solutions\, bringing together people who would otherwise never meet and turning anonymous plots into places communities genuinely care for together.\n\n\nOrganised by the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership\, this session brings together three perspectives on what that actually requires. FEED4FOOD will present their experience building urban agriculture living labs with vulnerable groups in Cyprus. IntegrateNbS will introduce their values-based engagement methodology designed to unlock the transformative potential of NbS in Poland. VšĮ „Kultūros dirbtuvė” will share insights from their work on transforming a contested site in a Lithuanain neighbourhood into a layered\, multifunctional public space.\n\n\nTogether they ask: what does it take\, in facilitation\, institutional flexibility\, and physical design\, to make a public space feel like it truly belongs to everyone? In this workshop\, participants work in small groups on real placemaking challenges\, using structured tools and to identify blind spots across the practical\, political\, and personal dimensions. Participants leave with practical methods they can adapt in their own contexts. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:599f9141a80ea50df084b4d693981959 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/599f9141a80ea50df084b4d693981959 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T163000Z SUMMARY:On-site Workshop: Come and Help Build a Place Led Development Strategy for Social Square in Wroclaw! DESCRIPTION:Join us for this unique workshop! We will implement the principles of place-led development on the exciting case of the Social Square (Placu Społeczny)\, the most important area development in the city centre of Wroclaw.\n\n\nOther than its name suggests\, it offers no social experience\, but is a place of heavy infrastructure. In the past decades\, numerous plans were made\, none implemented\, leaving the area deserted.\n\n\nPlace Led Development is new area development\, based on the values of great places and great communities.\n\n\nThis workshop is organised by the Place Led Development Working Group\, the ULI Placemaking Council\, and the City of Wroclaw.\n\n\nDuring this workshop we will:\nVisit the site.Introduction by the City of Wroclaw: the site\, the context and the plan.Introduction: Place Led Development.Work on the site in small teams\, using the principles of Place Led Development as a fundament. Propose a placemaking approach that\, with this long term vision in mind\, starts tomorrow\, and bring new energy into the area together with the city’s key stakeholders.Present the team’s work in front of the local jury.Closing plenary discussion about which inspiration we take from this. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Museum of Architecture\, Bernardyńska 7\, 50-156 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:db5196f61afbdeb92c7d6071d9da2934 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/db5196f61afbdeb92c7d6071d9da2934 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Street cARTS: Design\, Build & Deploy DESCRIPTION:Street cARTS is a fast-paced\, resident-driven placemaking model that transforms public space through the addition of mobile amenities and organically capturing local talent. This workshop activates participants as creators—designing\, building\, and deploying functional “Street cARTS” that provide tools and a platform to generate real-time public engagement.\nAt its core\, this project is about \;building belonging through everyday interaction. Public space becomes meaningful when people see themselves in it—when their voice\, culture\, and presence shape the experience. Street cARTS creates immediate opportunities for connection by inviting participants to co-create shared moments that bring strangers together\, encourage participation\, and foster a sense of ownership in the city.\nParticipants collaborate in small groups to design and build Street cARTS based on the observed or known needs of the target community\, then deploy them in nearby public spaces through live popups that invite interaction across cultures\, ages\, and backgrounds. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA exhibition model\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 16a\, 51-627 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:c29a105256f022c3fb37329fff644740 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/c29a105256f022c3fb37329fff644740 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:The Way of Water: Listening\, Walking\, Sensing DESCRIPTION:How is water perceived by our bodies? What stories\, emotions\, and relationships emerge from the river?\nThis session invites participants to explore how waterbodies\, ecosystems\, and communities are deeply interwoven. Emerging from the encounter of people with multicultural and interdisciplinary backgrounds\, and driven by a shared enthusiasm for collective learning and exploration\, this experience proposes a journey along a waterway in Wrocław.\nTogether\, we will walk\, listen\, sense\, draw\, write\, and share reflections through embodied listening practices\, experiencing the river as a living presence. As we move along the water\, we will pay attention to sounds\, smells\, textures and the everyday life of the city woven through its riverscapes.\nThrough walking and collective exchange\, public space becomes a site of encounter and dialogue\, activating both urban space and social connection. Stories from river communities will invite reflection on what water means across different places and lived experiences\, opening perspectives on care\, belonging\, and coexistence.\nThis is a participatory and sensorial experience to feel the role of waterways in urban contexts\, as well as in our daily lives. No prior knowledge or skills are needed - just curiosity and a willingness to slow down\, listen\, and engage. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:3169b496c34d6cc7aa8e1a8c8ce731a6 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/3169b496c34d6cc7aa8e1a8c8ce731a6 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Creating Data Led Placemaking Towards Inclusive Approach DESCRIPTION:In urbanizing cities\, data-led approaches are essential for creating effective public spaces that truly serve communities. Traditional design often relies on intuition\, resulting in underused plazas or unsafe streets. Data changes this by providing evidence through public space assessment tools\, user needs analysis\, and impact measurement.\n\n\nPlacemaking evaluation criteria gauge vibrancy and accessibility\, while assessment frameworks quantify safety\, inclusivity\, and economic impact. These tools document tangible outcomes like footfall spikes\, increased social interactions\, and reduced crime to validate investments for budget-constrained decision-makers.\n \;\nThe core intent of this approach is to deliver concrete validation to decision-makers and donors\, demonstrating the transformative impact of safe\, inclusive\, and livable public spaces.\n \;\nThis panel discussion format fosters dynamic exchange:\nOpening Statements (3-5 min each): Panelists share data-driven insights.Case Parallels (20 min): Moderated dialogue on methods from global contexts.Audience Q&A (10 min): Interactive probing.Closing Synthesis (10 min): Actionable takeaways for scaling. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2fc3214b9cf49a2fc90f1dd4aae5b7c4 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2fc3214b9cf49a2fc90f1dd4aae5b7c4 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:From Ownership to Stewardship - Mobilizing Stakeholders and Partners for Long-Term Change DESCRIPTION:This session explores how places move from fragmented ownership to shared stewardship\, focusing on how partnership models mobilise stakeholders and support long-term change. It is structured across presentation\, panel discussion\, and interactive workshop\, allowing both insight and application.\n\n\nThe session begins with two presentations from London and Gothenburg. The London contribution sets out how Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) operate as business-led partnerships that coordinate investment\, deliver public realm improvements\, and manage activity at a neighbourhood scale. It explains how BIDs work from early-stage strategy and consultation through to delivery and ongoing management. The Gothenburg contribution introduces the Bergsjön 2031 initiative\, where property owners act as long-term partners in area development\, working alongside the municipality to address challenges around safety\, employment\, and economic participation.\n\n\nA panel discussion builds on these examples\, focusing on the challenge of aligning stakeholders with different priorities and maintaining delivery beyond initial strategy. It considers how locally embedded organisations build trust\, coordinate action\, and sustain investment over time.\n\n\nThe session then moves into an interactive workshop. Participants work through place-based scenarios\, take on stakeholder roles\, and examine barriers to progress. The discussion focuses on how partnership models can support coordination\, engagement\, and delivery in different contexts.\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:1a0521d3374e545ec171a65421653ad3 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/1a0521d3374e545ec171a65421653ad3 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:From Temporariness to Permanence: Three Foundations of Sustainable Placemaking DESCRIPTION:Across Europe\, placemaking initiatives are transforming vacant buildings\, post-industrial sites\, and underused urban spaces into vibrant cultural and social communities. Yet many remain vulnerable\, relying on temporary leases\, fragile governance\, limited funding\, and shifting political priorities.\nThis session explores one of the key challenges facing placemaking today: how can temporary initiatives evolve into lasting\, self-governed\, and financially sustainable civic institutions?\nDrawing on experiences from Poland and the Netherlands\, the speakers will present practical approaches to securing the long-term future of cultural communities through three interconnected pillars: organizational resilience\, financial sustainability\, and programmatic development.\nThe session will examine governance models that strengthen community ownership\, innovative funding strategies that reduce dependence on public subsidies\, and participatory programming that builds lasting local engagement. Through real-life examples\, participants will gain insight into how creative hubs can grow from temporary projects into stable institutions with a strong public role.\nRather than focusing solely on activating places\, the discussion will show how placemaking can generate enduring social\, cultural\, and spatial value. Participants will leave with transferable tools\, practical strategies\, and fresh perspectives that can be adapted to their own local contexts\, helping cultural initiatives become resilient\, community-led ecosystems capable of thriving despite economic and political uncertainty. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5d38b3e6ba643ca76c53821692b3611b URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5d38b3e6ba643ca76c53821692b3611b END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:From Primal to Powerful: Neuroscience-Based Placemaking DESCRIPTION:How do we know if a public space genuinely fosters resilience? It starts in the nervous system. In this hands-on session\, we introduce the "Biological Layer" of urban resilience through the lens of neuroarchitecture and environmental psychology.\nWe begin by explaining the science behind the \;Wendy Assessment\, our framework that measures how spatial design impacts human stress and flourishing across 5 dimensions (physical regulation\, mental harmony\, autonomy\, connection\, and meaning).\nThen\, we move into action. Participants will receive a simplified "Wendy Assessment Lite" toolkit and head outside to map a nearby public space\, observing the subconscious biological realities of the environment rather than just its physical assets.\nReturning to the room\, groups will analyze their data to identify "resilience gaps" (e.g.\, where cognitive load is too high or autonomy is restricted). Finally\, in a rapid design hackathon\, each group will prototype a "lighter\, faster\, cheaper" placemaking intervention specifically designed to down-regulate the nervous system\, mitigate those gaps\, and build true social resilience in their assessed space. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d13afc2758a087d42991aa8bc855040a URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d13afc2758a087d42991aa8bc855040a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Make Space for Nature: Co-creating Resilient Urban Futures DESCRIPTION:How can cities build resilience by working with nature and communities?\nThis session brings together three complementary perspectives on placemaking: experimental design\, neighborhood-led action\, and innovative Nature-based Solutions. While each initiative operates at a different scale and context\, all share a common ambition: to create urban environments that support both human and non-human life.\nFrom Berlin\, Rouge explores how art\, architecture\, and collaboration with other species can help us reimagine public space and reconnect with the more-than-human world. From Rotterdam\, the Green and Healthy Neighborhood program demonstrates how integrated local action can address climate adaptation\, biodiversity\, health\, and social equity. The European GreenInCities project showcases how Nature-based Solutions\, technology\, and co-creation can support climate-neutral\, resilient\, and inclusive urban futures in Prato.\nTogether\, these initiatives show how urban greening can strengthen social ties\, improve ecological performance\, and turn public space into a shared resource for people and nature.\nThe session includes presentations from each speaker\, followed by an interactive discussion where participants will exchange ideas\, reflect on the projects\, and consider how these approaches can inform their own practice.\nJoin us for inspiring examples\, practical insights\, and new perspectives on creating healthier\, more resilient\, and more connected cities. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:95c7ddd81c655cc0df89d4984668d582 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/95c7ddd81c655cc0df89d4984668d582 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Prove It Green: Using KPIs to Win the Budget Battle DESCRIPTION:Green spaces make cities healthier\, cooler and more liveable\, yet when budgets are decided\, "nice park" rarely beats "new road." Sound familiar? The problem isn't a lack of good ideas\; it's a lack of evidence that speaks the language of decision-makers.\nThis hands-on workshop introduces a practical KPI framework that connects green interventions to the outcomes that matter most: wellbeing\, climate resilience and long-term social value. Developed through the EU-funded ReGreeneration project\, the approach helps planners\, communities and advocates build data-driven cases that hold up in budget discussions\, not just design reviews.\nBut you won't just learn about it - you'll experience it. Working in small groups around a case study set in a Wrocław neighbourhood\, you'll compare intervention scenarios for public space\, select relevant KPIs and negotiate a joint recommendation. Each participant takes on a different stakeholder role — Municipal Finance Expert\, Neighbourhood Resident\, Environmental Activist or Local Business Owner — each with different priorities\, different concerns and a shared decision to be made. Can you find common ground?\nYou'll leave with a transferable method for building evidence-based cases for green urban interventions and the lived experience of doing it across conflicting priorities\, just like in real city decision-making.\nNo KPI expertise required\, just curiosity and an open mind. Come ready to negotiate! CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:327ee8ba694cc599d402298c23a51500 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/327ee8ba694cc599d402298c23a51500 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:From Urban Experiments to Lasting Change: DESCRIPTION:How can cities turn small-scale experiments into long-term transformation? This interactive workshop introduces the Liveability Design Approach (LDA)\, a framework that combines strategic vision with practical tools for creating more liveable\, resilient\, and adaptive cities. Drawing on examples from cities across the Baltic Sea Region\, participants will explore how co-creation\, experimentation\, and continuous learning can be embedded into urban planning and governance. Through discussion and hands-on exercises\, the workshop offers practical insights into connecting innovative urban practices with long-term strategies and fostering a culture of collaboration\, adaptation\, and systemic change. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Otwarta Przestrzeń Kultury St. John of Nepomuk Church in Szczytnicki Park\, aleja Dąbska\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0603708da97a6780a975dd29a8d4443e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0603708da97a6780a975dd29a8d4443e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T123000Z DTEND:20260924T134500Z SUMMARY:Gamifying Urban Participation with Minecraft DESCRIPTION:Ever wished you could redesign your city with unlimited blocks and no planning bureaucracy?\nWelcome to the world of gamified placemaking. In this workshop\, we'll rebuild a real neighbourhood in Minecraft and collectively reimagine its future. Parks\, mobility hubs\, meeting spaces\, playgrounds—everything is up for discussion.\nThe goal isn't gaming. It's participation. By using familiar digital environments\, we can engage new audiences\, spark creativity and make urban planning more accessible than ever before.\nCome build\, experiment and discover why the future of placemaking might look a little bit like Minecraft. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:WUWA Small room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:214caf357e76bb7d02d433ac6ce996a8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/214caf357e76bb7d02d433ac6ce996a8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Building Belonging: The Unexpected Journey DESCRIPTION:Placemaking projects rarely unfold exactly as planned. When communities come together to negotiate belonging\, priorities\, identities\, and shared ownership of a place\, unexpected challenges inevitably emerge. Yet these moments of uncertainty often become the most valuable opportunities for learning.\nThis interactive session brings together practitioners from Italy\, Turkey\, Scotland\, Poland\, and Mexico to share real-life placemaking experiences from diverse cultural contexts. Through a series of short case studies\, we will explore how each project evolved\, the unforeseen challenges we encountered while working with communities\, and the creative strategies we used to navigate them.\nRather than presenting “perfect” projects or one-size-fits-all solutions\, we invite participants to engage with the complexity of participatory processes and reflect on how different approaches can foster belonging in unique contexts.\nThe session will conclude with an interactive exercise where participants will be invited to respond to the challenges presented\, propose alternative solutions\, and collectively imagine new ways of addressing tensions that arise when building places together.\nParticipants will leave with practical insights\, fresh perspectives\, and a deeper understanding that uncertainty is not a barrier to placemaking—it is an essential part of the process. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Plenary Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0b59254584f91f713ca11266af6c55d0 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0b59254584f91f713ca11266af6c55d0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Building Inclusive Cities: Intercultural Placemaking in Action DESCRIPTION:Placemaking and urban regeneration are often seen as naturally inclusive and open to diversity. But we want to do better\, making sure that placemaking is genuinely inclusive and serves residents in all their diversity. This session will provide a forum for panellists and participants - local authorities and city officials especially - to gather and build up practice around genuinely inclusive placemaking\, to share and work through examples where this has been achieved\, and show cities how it can really be done for the benefit of all\, to create resilient local communities for all. \;\n\n\nSpecial focus will be on participation - how have cities involved diverse communities in placemaking processes? What tools have they used? How have you reached the most marginalised in society? But we will also think about how placemaking can mark\, celebrate and facilitate diversity in the city.\n\n\nThese discussions will contribute to ongoing thematic work by the Council of Europe’s Intercultural Cities Programme on inclusive placemaking. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Fred Kent Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:7b191810092c416720b633ab0d4803cb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/7b191810092c416720b633ab0d4803cb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Layers of Place: exploring and mapping wellbeing in urban spaces DESCRIPTION:What makes a place feel good? This outdoor workshop invites participants to explore how the interplay between physical design\, the people present\, and sensory stimuli shapes wellbeing in urban spaces. Drawing from communication and design perspectives as well as environmental psychology\, you’ll learn how to “read” a place through multiple lenses.\nWorking in small groups\, participants will investigate a real urban environment using guided tools such as observation sheets\, sketches\, photography\, and creative prompts. You’ll analyse what is present (functions and physical structure)\, what is felt (sensory stimuli)\, and how people respond and interact (social and emotional layers). Rather than identifying “good” or “bad” places\, we explore how different environments may be experienced differently depending on the person\, context and moment.\nBack together\, groups will co-create a collective installation\, mapping insights and uncovering patterns: which characteristics support different forms of wellbeing\, belonging\, and everyday urban experience.\nThis session is ideal for anyone interested in design\, psychology and human experience. Join to sharpen your observational skills\, gain new analytical tools and look at space in an integrated way. Expect a dynamic mix of exploration\, reflection\, and creative collaboration\, and leave with practical tools to better understand and shape meaningful places. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Iglica - meeting point\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:06c183796bce3f19e194f7712a095808 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/06c183796bce3f19e194f7712a095808 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Sharing Stories & Roots of belonging DESCRIPTION:What do belonging\, identity\, and home mean in different contexts? Join Noor\, a Palestinian social psychologist\, and Dhanya\, an Indian participatory designer\, for an interactive workshop that combines personal narrative with place-based practice.\nTogether\, we will explore the words and symbols that reflect our unique geographical and social identities\, producing a collective picture of our shared experiences. Using Dhanya’s people’s archive mapping approach and Noor’s socio-gardening approaches\, we will weave stories of the past\, present\, and future to build "belonging roots" and cultivate a sense of community ownership.\nThe workshop culminates in a literal and metaphorical grounding: sowing seeds from Palestine. Participants can choose to plant them during the session\, take them to their homeland\, or leave them in a public space in Poland as a living symbol of shared knowledge.\nCome to this session to share your story\, engage in a unique collective mapping experience\, and leave with a physical piece of the workshop to plant out in the world. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Space Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:b4540eb85c88a91d45ab5143cc3bc2aa URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/b4540eb85c88a91d45ab5143cc3bc2aa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:UnBrexit : Celebrating Unity DESCRIPTION:Place Collective UK & UK delegates invite our European colleagues to celebrate collaboration and build new partnerships\n \;\nIt’s been 10 years since the Brexit vote and 6 years since the UK left the EU - but it feels progressively as though more and more relationships are being built across The Channel than ever before - and the Placemaking community is a key part of that.\n \;\nTo celebrate the cross-border relationships and forge more\, Place Collective UK and UK friends will host an informal session of knowledge sharing\, project-building\, networking and celebration.\n \;\nJoin us to hear about cross-border collaborations and provocations\, before exploring opportunities for placemakers to partner on real world projects and initiatives.\n \;\nThe spirit of integration and imagination will be fuelled by appropriately cross-Channel DJ sets and drinks which will continue to 6pm.\n \;\nWe want attendees to leave with closer relationships and bonds with the UK\, as well as practical collaboration projects to take forward. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:WUWA Living Room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:7a11ff0bd11c548b6df69f662f200005 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/7a11ff0bd11c548b6df69f662f200005 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:How to design\, plan\, and produce podcasts for placemaking and community participation DESCRIPTION:For cities and placemakers\, there’s so much more to podcasts than interviewing experts or disseminating information. Podcasting holds huge potential to be integrated as a participatory placemaking tool and practice to drive active community dialogue and enable co-creation. \;\n\n\nFor example\, podcasts can be used for urban research\, democratising decision-making\, closing the engagement feedback loop\, and creating community-led content through placemaking activations. \;\n\n\nThis interactive workshop will guide participants through designing\, planning\, and producing a podcast for participatory placemaking using the MethodKit for Podcasts - a visual thinking tool for developing podcasts available in more than 45 languages.\n\n\nParticipants will learn how to develop a podcast oriented to placemaking\; innovative ways to gather audio podcast content\; shift community participation from passive to active engagement\; and\, work in small groups to exchange ideas.\n\n\nAlong with using the English version\, the workshop will also demonstrate the newly released MethodKit for Podcasts cards in Polish.\n\n\nCome along and find out how community placemaking and participation can be enhanced through podcasting. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Time Room - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:48ec5356a782a294ec9d2120b59ab007 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/48ec5356a782a294ec9d2120b59ab007 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Beyond the Opening Day: Designing for Intergenerational Stewardship DESCRIPTION:Buildings designed for 100-year lifecycles are financed on quarterly returns and planned within 5-year political cycles. Who is responsible after the ribbon-cutting?\n\n\nDrawing on The Futures We Build playbook - developed as a collaboration between Perkins&Will London\, Portland Design and the Royal College of Art - through cross-sector roundtables with 80+ built environment practitioners\, this session introduces seven provocations that challenge short-term thinking in placemaking: from designing friction to counter algorithmic isolation\, to treating emptiness as cognitive space\, to extending accountability beyond handover through ongoing curation.\n\n\nThe session will explore how these provocations translate into action for placemaking practitioners: \;\n- What if loneliness is a shared design problem?\n- What if great design isn’t meant to be frictionless?\n- What if overstimulation is the design flaw?\n- What if agency mattered more than perfection?\n- What if art is as essential a utility as plumbing?\n- What if opening day wasn’t the finishing line\, but the starting gun?\n- What if change was built in from the start?\n\n\nUtilising these provocations through interactive discussion\, participants will gain a diagnostic framework for identifying where short-term pressures eliminate long-term adaptability in their own placemaking work and explore how intergenerational responsibility shapes belonging\, collaboration\, experimentation\, and resilience in public space.  \; CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Kathy Madden Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:08d9bb1bebaefb26cda9e9fb1d6096eb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/08d9bb1bebaefb26cda9e9fb1d6096eb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:AI Tools For Placemaking—Without Losing Its Soul DESCRIPTION:How can AI help placemakers move faster\, engage communities more meaningfully\, and bring spatial visions to life—without losing what is most central to placemaking: being human.\nThis session combines two practitioner perspectives with hands-on experimentation—and a shared critical question: where does AI genuinely serve participation\, and where does it fall short?\nSampo Ruoppila (CoPlanAI) maps the emerging landscape of AI-assisted participatory placemaking: how real-time AI-generated visualizations improve development discussions\, enable more inclusive co-creation\, and deliver deeper results with fewer resources—illustrated with examples from European cities and beyond.\nRaphaela Mak (Metvibee) brings a complementary perspective from live projects using XR\, AI-generated 3D models\, and web-based co-creation platforms built with tools like Lovable—showing how these tools scale citizen engagement while keeping community voice central.\nThe final 30 minutes are hands-on: choose one of the demonstrated tools and experience AI co-creation yourself. For CoPlanAI\, bring a photo of a place you think deserves transformation—or pick one of Wrocław. For Metvibee\, prepare a short description of a participatory project you’re working on. You'll leave with new tools in your toolkit—and a sharper sense of if\, and where\, AI fits in your practice. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:William H. Whyte Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:563b46eff7607333b04cd68bd894f762 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/563b46eff7607333b04cd68bd894f762 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:New European Bauhaus: the pathway to building resilient cities through culture and collaboration? DESCRIPTION:This panel brings together city representatives\, activists\, urban planners\, \;cultural producers\, artists\, \;and policy experts to explore how resilience is shaped in practice and supported by policy. \;\n \;\nAcross Europe\, cities face complex challenges that require place-based\, participatory approaches connecting people\, nature\, and \;the built environment. Drawing on ideas and experiences from \;projects such as the Future Cities Platform\, the Liveable Cities Network/NEBHUB 2050\, \;NEB Junction\, and EIT Community NEB\, the discussion highlights how cities move from ideas and experimentation to implementation and strategic frameworks. \;\n \;\nThe panel will also reflect on how human-scale design\, proximity\, and \;everyday \;interactions \;contribute to resilience by strengthening \;the \;social \;fabric \;and fostering inclusive\, adaptable urban environments. \;\n \;\nThe \;focus \;of the session will be to link \;local practice to the New European Bauhaus (NEB) \;in particular\, an EU initiative that \;simultaneously promotes \;sustainability\, inclusion\, and aesthetics to shape better living environments. By \;bridging environmental goals with social cohesion and cultural meaning\, the NEB provides \;an important framework for building resilience that is not only technical\, but also social \;and \;place-based. \;Through provocations from contributors internal and external to the NEB “bubble”\, the panel will explore the potential of NEB in furthering resilience-driven agendas\, its vulnerabilities to political shifts\, and role in enabling systems transformation.\n \;\nThe panel also addresses the challenge of aligning projects and networks through a stepwise approach to avoid fragmentation and build stronger ecosystems. \;Connecting local action with European \;policy \;frameworks\, the session provides insights \;on \;how to scale\, generate momentum\, and create meaningful impact. \; CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Jane Jacobs Room - Wroclaw Congress Center (RCTB)\, Wystawowa 1\, 51-618 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d0c4d7b9efe0fdc1a184e9198dd8aacb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d0c4d7b9efe0fdc1a184e9198dd8aacb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:Using upcoming technologies to spark placemaking DESCRIPTION:Urban experimentation is traditionally tactile and physical\, leaving new digital tools facing skepticism in placemaking.\n\nThis interactive panel addresses that gap by exploring how emerging digital technologies can naturally integrate into the "Sandbox City\," taking STIPO and Orb Amsterdam’s new Immersive Experience tool\, Placemaking Immersive\, as a practical starting point.\n\nJoin this session to experience a live mini-demonstration of Placemaking Immersive and discover how digitalizing proven methods\, like The Eye Level Game\, can transform co-creation. You will learn how the Incremental Co-Creation methodology uses a unique relay format to spark on-site dialogue and step-by-step visual consensus without sacrificing human connection.\n\nMost importantly\, engage in an honest\, forward-looking dialogue on bridging physical tactical urbanism with digital tools\, overcoming skepticism\, and embedding emerging tech into municipal decision-making while preserving public trust. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:WUWA Small room - Lower Silesia Regional Chamber of Architects\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 18\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:467d0d304090b6c9ef757c9581ac44ed URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/467d0d304090b6c9ef757c9581ac44ed END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T141500Z DTEND:20260924T153000Z SUMMARY:You Have 4 Minutes: The Art and Science of Saving a Life DESCRIPTION:This outdoor session presents the sandbox at university campus of intelligent emergency towers designed to improve access to AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) in public spaces. Through simulation and game-based scenarios\, the talk explores how technology\, behavioral design\, and infrastructure can significantly increase survival rates in emergency situations. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:WUWA exhibition model\, Zygmunta Wróblewskiego 16a\, 51-627 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:e09c208d99cd12804827b14094761b4d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/e09c208d99cd12804827b14094761b4d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T160000Z DTEND:20260924T171500Z SUMMARY:Thursday Evening Plenary DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES:PLENARY LOCATION:Train Depot - Czasoprzestrzeń / SpaceTime\, Tramwajowa 1-3\, 51-621 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:7c3c3871798b8ce68caed4ed3a218267 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/7c3c3871798b8ce68caed4ed3a218267 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260924T180000Z DTEND:20260924T215900Z SUMMARY:Thursday evening program DESCRIPTION:8:00 PM – Until Dawn — KARAOKE ALL NIGHT LONG\nA laid-back\, judgment-free karaoke night — from the biggest hits to the most unexpected guilty pleasures. We want to create an evening that naturally turns strangers into a group of people singing choruses together at 3 AM.\n\n9:00 PM “Jamm Session\, ale takie spoko / Jamm Session\, but so cool”\nA jam session format that has been successfully tested many times at Recepcja\, organized in collaboration with our neighbors from Klub Szalonych. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ruska 46\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2cc28fb6b8aaf589d193d85e0b94f982 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2cc28fb6b8aaf589d193d85e0b94f982 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T080000Z DTEND:20260925T091500Z SUMMARY:Friday Morning Plenary DESCRIPTION:More information is coming soon. CATEGORIES:PLENARY LOCATION:Upstairs Cinema Hall 9 - Cinema New Horizons\, Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\, 50-077 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2f8bf2f0ef76ff2de29386ddd03b456a URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2f8bf2f0ef76ff2de29386ddd03b456a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:(Exploring) Identity: Inner Landscapes and Collective Imaginaries DESCRIPTION:This interactive session delves into the role of identity in placemaking. It explores how we as individuals and collectives formulate imaginaries: the stories and visions we build to make sense of who we are\, how we relate to others\, and how we see the world. The session provides an open and creative space for us to imagine our inner landscapes\, characterisations of the self and interactions with others as we form assemblages. Through a series of short exercises\, we will explore how imagining our identities can be empowering\, motivating\, and representational\, while untangling issues of power\, perception\, and unity when our imaginaries\, and our identities\, collide.\nThrough this session we aim to provide a means to explore identity in placemaking\, exploring imaginaries as ways to address inclusion in participatory spaces and to unpack ourselves and our own capacities. To do so we will not present a formal framework but rather engage in activities that place ourselves within the assemblage\, requiring us to step outside our assumptions about representation and interpret imaginaries through our feelings as participants. In the session\, we will create and blend imaginaries together and reflect on our sensory experience to examine how our physical\, emotional and communal sensations change when we imagine our identities. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Żyjnia / Lifery\, Świdnicka 2-4\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:aa65b5f47fc531b2cfce27d44493ee27 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/aa65b5f47fc531b2cfce27d44493ee27 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Beyond the Door: The Changing Place Living Lab. Engineering Dignity and Belonging in Urban Spaces DESCRIPTION:Can an urban space truly offer "belonging" if it fails to meet basic human dignity? For many vulnerable citizens\, public life is entirely restricted by a missing piece of micro-infrastructure: adult changing rooms – next step in design accessible toilets. \;\nJoin this hands-on\, interactive workshop to explore "The Changing Place Living Lab" at Cinema New Horizons in Wrocław. We will break down how a unique alliance—Academia (Wroclaw Tech)\, NGOs (Fundacja .A)\, and the cultural sector—transformed a taboo\, utilitarian facility into a dynamic hub for radical inclusion.\nIn this session\, you will discover a replicable\, data-driven blueprint that bridges the gap between technology and empathy:\nSmart Inclusion: See how non-invasive IoT sensors gather usage data to optimize urban accessibility standards.Spatial UX: Learn to map hidden architectural barriers in a user’s physical journey.Co-creation: Gain strategies to reach\, research\, and empower "invisible" users currently excluded from public life.We will move the conversation from what to build to how to collaborate. Come ready to challenge static checklists\, review real pilot results\, and learn how to turn functional spaces into anchors of dignity. \; CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:2nd floor near bar - Cinema New Horizons\, Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\, 50-077 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:2bd569e3126612ba039b1fd3e0b27efc URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/2bd569e3126612ba039b1fd3e0b27efc END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Beyond the pop-up: Inclusion and belonging in daily life DESCRIPTION:What are the possibilities and limits of placemaking for building inclusive and caring everyday environments?\n\n\nThis session explores the work of the Inclusive City Urban Living Labs (ULLs) in Vienna\, Rotterdam\, Oslo\, and Budapest\, on placemaking as a way of creating low-threshold spaces for care and belonging in daily life. \;\n\n\nThe panel engages fellow practitioners in reflecting on placemaking as an ongoing practice through presentations and participatory discussions.  \;We will present practical tools and methods for placemakers on care and facilitation\, community building\, and highlighting or maintaining blue and green infrastructure in the city.\n\n\nDuring the session we will share concrete examples and learnings from Vienna\, Rotterdam\, Oslo\, and Budapest\, and invite participants to contribute their own experiences in an open dialogue on inclusivity in Placemaking.  \;Our discussion will center on the questions: What does it mean to design spaces that people can shape and care for over time? Who is included? How can spaces support belonging without becoming over-programmed? And where are the limits of placemaking in terms of policy\, legal protection\, maintenance\, and social inequality? CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Upstairs Cinema Hall 9 - Cinema New Horizons\, Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\, 50-077 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0916ffb7af8ac08bfb1c83b9a3f87c2e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0916ffb7af8ac08bfb1c83b9a3f87c2e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Returning to the Garden of Eden. An embodied exploration of belonging within the City DESCRIPTION:Contemporary cities often function as systems of fragmentation\, separating people from land\, each other\, and the ecological processes that sustain life. This workshop begins by recognizing this alienation\, not as fixed\, but as something that can be actively reimagined.\n\n\nRather than treating the Garden of Eden as a lost ideal\, we approach it as a myth that can be collectively rewritten and reactivated through small\, collective\, and sensory interventions in everyday urban space. The garden becomes a condition where human\, social\, and biological systems are brought back into relationship.\n\n\nAt its core lies what we call “forgotten knowing”: a deeper\, often overlooked awareness of our belonging to the land. Through storytelling\, poetic exploration\, and sensory engagement\, participants reconnect with this knowing: not as an abstract idea\, but as something lived and felt.\n\n\nThe workshop unfolds in three intertwined layers: inspiration (identifying moments of integration in the city)\, embodied experience (shifting from observing to participating)\, and integration (using storytelling to reframe narratives of alienation).\n\n\nThe process is open and imaginative\, inviting participants to explore new ways of relating within the city’s social and ecological systems. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:ODLOT. / Local Community Center\, Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 34\, 50-033 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:88441f6236b95071794abf6a8b5b35bb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/88441f6236b95071794abf6a8b5b35bb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Signs of Life in Urban Space DESCRIPTION:In an increasingly globalised world\, more and more cities are being shaped by tourism and temporary use. Across Europe\, from Lisbon to Barcelona\, entire neighbourhoods are being transformed into spaces designed for visitors rather than residents. Urban space becomes curated and staged: boutique hotels replace local businesses\, souvenir shops outnumber grocery stores\, and cafés cater to short-term guests rather than everyday life.\nAt the same time\, places that have little value for tourism often become less visible or are pushed out altogether: schools\, repair shops\, community noticeboards\, neighbours chatting on their doorstep\, laundry hanging from windows. These small traces reveal something essential: that a city is still being lived in. They are signs of routine\, long-term presence\, and care. But what is it that makes a city a city rather than a stage? What are the everyday practices\, relationships\, and forms of care that turn urban space into a place of belonging?\nThis interactive workshop invites participants to identify and reflect on these “signs of life” and explore how cities are affected when they are increasingly used rather than inhabited. Through observation\, photography\, discussion\, and collective reflection\, we will ask: What makes a city feel alive? What happens when fewer people live\, organise\, and care for a place? And how can we strengthen belonging in cities facing growing pressures of touristification?\nParticipants will leave with a heightened attentiveness to everyday urban life and a deeper understanding of the relationship between care\, belonging\, and the future of our cities. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:The White Stork Synagogue\, Pawła Włodkowica 7\, 50-072 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:8f557a94a6b6cf2ac80edda9c34fa303 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/8f557a94a6b6cf2ac80edda9c34fa303 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Types of Placemaking DESCRIPTION:The objective of this activity is that it will be an interactive event in which all participants can take part and express their views. We would like to engage with researchers and practitioners\, sharing ideas and experiences\, and identifying types of placemaking in which practitioners are involved. They will be able to discuss their work in mixed groups\, to explore information that they are seeking\, but do not have time to research themselves. Although proposed as an internal activity\, there may be an opportunity to move outside to an adjacent space in the city and analyse its elements. Towards the end of the activity\, there will be a plenary session to summarise outcomes from the groups. This will help to inform the Placemaking Europe Research Group agenda and its future direction. This activity is viewed as the first step in a process where the participants can continue to communicate about issues in placemaking. It is intended to create a synergy between researchers and practitioners for mutual benefit. Practitioners may be seeking principles to set their work in context\, whereas researchers would benefit from project data. Further details will be available before the event to set the scene for this activity. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Wrocławski Dom Literatury / House of Literature\, Przejście Garncarskie 2\, 50-148 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d3f67944134434547c7b2eef61c58a20 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d3f67944134434547c7b2eef61c58a20 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Classrooms Without Walls: Placemaking Through Education for Community Recovery and Resilience in Wartime Ukraine DESCRIPTION:What happens to placemaking when recovery\, resilience\, and everyday life must happen at the same time?\nIn Ukraine\, communities are rebuilding trust\, adapting to uncertainty\, and shaping the future while the war is still ongoing. In this context\, placemaking is more than a tool for improving public space—it becomes a way to support social cohesion\, psychological recovery\, local leadership\, and collective action.\nThis session brings together four Ukrainian organizations—Urban Reform School\, Kharkiv School of Architecture\, Platform Ostriv\, and Ukrainian Urbanism Platform—to explore how education can become a powerful placemaking practice. Through four diverse cases from Kyiv\, Lviv\, Shepetivka\, and the relocated Kharkiv School of Architecture\, participants will discover how learning connects residents\, municipalities\, students\, schools\, artists\, urban planers and civic initiatives in creating meaningful places under conditions of extreme uncertainty.\nFrom reimagining parks as spaces for healing and belonging\, to empowering schoolchildren to transform their neighbourhoods\, to building long-term communities around innovation hubs and displaced institutions\, the session offers practical examples of how placemaking can strengthen resilience.\nParticipants will gain insights into methods\, partnerships\, and engagement tools developed in a context where resources are limited\, trust must be rebuilt continuously\, and long-term plans can change overnight. Beyond the Ukrainian experience\, the session will invite reflection on how these approaches can help communities across Europe respond to their own challenges—from climate adaptation and migration to social fragmentation and declining trust. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:CUKR Fundacja Ukraina / Foundation Ukraine\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:f6934a4b10423a76005fdc0a4d0ded73 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/f6934a4b10423a76005fdc0a4d0ded73 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Resilient Cities in Action: From Preparedness to Recovery DESCRIPTION:Cities across the world are increasingly confronted with crises—ranging from climate-related events to social and economic disruptions. Building urban resilience requires not only effective preparation\, but also the ability to recover and adapt in ways that strengthen communities and places over time.\nThis session brings together two complementary perspectives on resilience: one focused on preparedness and one on post-crisis recovery. By combining these approaches\, the session explores how placemaking can bridge the gap between anticipating shocks and rebuilding stronger\, more inclusive urban environments.\nThrough a dynamic and participatory format\, participants will move beyond theory and engage directly with key dimensions of resilience: place\, community\, governance\, and financing. \; CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Yoga Room - PRZED·POKÓJ\, Świdnicka 43/45\, 50-028 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:b1c87bb6fb962f1b5586e6ed852888c8 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/b1c87bb6fb962f1b5586e6ed852888c8 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:Placemaking Assessment Tool: Evaluating Places\, Empowering Practitioners DESCRIPTION:This session presents the Placemaking Assessment tool\, a digital survey built by Placemaking Europe for practitioners evaluating public spaces. The tool can be accessed through: https://assessment.placemaking-europe.eu/\n\n\nAttendees will see how the tool structures assessment around four dimensions — comfort and image\, access and linkages\, uses and activities\, and sociability — and how it adapts across project stages\, from exploring opportunities and planning interventions to testing changes and monitoring outcomes.\n\n\nThe session walks through the full experience: a guided questionnaire combining observational and data-based questions\, an automatically generated report of indicator results\, tailored recommendations\, and comparable case studies tied to each place's weakest indicators. Attendees will leave equipped to take the tool back to their own contexts — contributing to a growing global network of placemaking initiatives sharing knowledge across cities.\n\n\nPlacemaking Assessment is the first of three tools in a broader framework for evaluating placemaking work\, followed by Process Assessment and Impact Measurement. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Small Room - PRZED·POKÓJ\, Świdnicka 43/45\, 50-028 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:13b31082514ac03d7085f770f7a89cd0 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/13b31082514ac03d7085f770f7a89cd0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:The Nightlife Crisis: The Night Is Dead\, Long Live The Night? DESCRIPTION:In this age where nightlife venues are disappearing or threatened\, where is nightlife going and what role does it play in a chaotic world where democracy is in decline and marginalized groups are facing often violent pushback? This interactive workshop is an open conversation on the challenges facing nightlife in Europe right now. Case studies from the Netherlands\, Sweden\, Italy and Greece will be presented on key issues such as future-proofing nightlife\, queer spaces and safe(r) spaces\, and we will try to answer to the bigger question: how can different needs and desires coexist in the city that comes alive from 6 pm to 6 am? Is there a future for nightlife in Europe? CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Barbara\, Świdnicka 8B\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:dd426ff1b79303726f3140f031ab889c URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/dd426ff1b79303726f3140f031ab889c END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T094500Z DTEND:20260925T110000Z SUMMARY:The Urban Hunt: The City as Your Playground DESCRIPTION:Participants will experience the city in a completely different way by becoming active players rather than passive observers. As runners\, they will learn to read and use urban spaces strategically\, discovering how streets\, squares\, buildings\, and public spaces can offer opportunities for connection\, movement\, and concealment. As hunters\, they will develop observation\, collaboration\, and spatial awareness skills while interpreting clues and navigating the city.\n\n\nThroughout the game\, participants will explore how people perceive and interact with places\, how urban environments influence behavior\, and how public spaces can foster play\, curiosity\, and social interaction. The session combines adventure\, teamwork\, and exploration\, creating a memorable hands-on placemaking experience. Beyond the excitement of the hunt itself\, participants will gain new insights into the relationship between people and place\, and how cities can be designed to be more engaging\, inclusive\, and human-centered. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Plac Nowy Targ\, plac Nowy Targ 25-26\, 50-143 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:844029c49bf9c89d4438eefead6bbfda URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/844029c49bf9c89d4438eefead6bbfda END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T100000Z DTEND:20260925T123000Z SUMMARY:Zajezdnia Popowice – tożsamość miejsca w okresie przejściowym DESCRIPTION:*SESSION CONDUCTED IN POLISH - SESJA PROWADZONA  \;W J. POLSKIM*\nZajezdnia Popowice to zabytkowa\, postindustrialna przestrzeń\, w której dziedzictwo i historia transportu spotyka się dziś z kulturą i zielenią by służyć budowaniu oddolnej aktywności mieszkańców. W ramach projektu GreenPlace URBACT testowano tu nowe sposoby wykorzystania przestrzeni\, budowano lokalną współpracę i tworzono miejsca dla społeczności – m.in. Zieloną Kotłownię.\nProjekt się zakończył\, pojawia się najważniejsze pytanie: co dalej?\nPodczas spotkania przyjrzymy się temu\, jak budować tożsamość miejsca\, która łączy jego dziedzictwo\, przyrodę\, kulturę i potrzeby lokalnej społeczności. Porozmawiamy również o tym\, jakie modele zarządzania\, współpracy i finansowania mogą pozwolić takiemu miejscu rozwijać się w długiej perspektywie.\nSpotkanie rozpoczniemy krótkim spacerem studyjnym po Zajezdni\, aby zaraz po nim w jednej z historycznych hal poznać doświadczenia Maakgemeenschap De Hoop z Zaandam oraz inspirujące przykłady z Polski. Następnie zaprosimy uczestników do wspólnej rozmowy o tym\, jak przejść od tymczasowych działań i eksperymentów do trwałej społecznej wartości miejsca.\nTo spotkanie jest szczególnie dla osób zainteresowanych rewitalizacją przestrzeni poprzemysłowych\, placemakingiem\, dziedzictwem\, kulturą\, partycypacją oraz społecznym zarządzaniem miejscami.\nPrzyjdź i zobacz Zajezdnię Popowice od środka – a przede wszystkim porozmawiaj z nami o tym\, co może się wydarzyć tutaj dalej.\nTermin: 25.09.2026\, godz. 12.00-14.30\nMiejsce: Zajezdnia Popowice\, ul. Legnicka 65\nZapewniony dojazd: Zabytkowy autobus na Zajezdnię Popowice odjeżdża o godz. 11.45 spod głównego wejścia do Kina Nowe Horyzonty\, ul. Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\n📌 https://maps.app.goo.gl/sGLnxamkyreXYrKp9 \;\n\n\nMaksymalna ilość miejsc: 42\, decyduje kolejność zgłoszeń - kto pierwszy ten lepszy! CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:c47c1d549c148b99a6dca277226423ae URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/c47c1d549c148b99a6dca277226423ae END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Local Challenge 4: Kościuszki Square DESCRIPTION:Surrounded by characteristic heritage buildings\, that house some of Wroclaw’s most emblematic art galleries\, charming cafés and a historic department store now housing offices and a shopping centre\, Kościuszki Square has the potential to be much more than the traffic junction it currently is. \;\nHowever transforming it is a complex challenge precisely due to its heritage constraints\, the number of existing stakeholders\, some with contrasting interests\, and the limited possibilities for immediate physical change. For preservation reasons its green areas are currently unused\, but the lack of activity creates nuisance of rats and overall neglect. \;\n\nHowever local stakeholders such as the art galleries and the café owner have a great interest in activating the square into a lively place in the city center of Wroclaw.  \;\n\nIn this local challenge we will work with the team of the City of Wroclaw and local stakeholders to address: \;How can Kościuszki Square become a more active\, welcoming and cared-for public space in the city center through a gradual process of temporary interventions\, stakeholder involvement and long-term learning?\n\nBring your best practices and lessons learned\, and leave a positive impact on Wroclaw this Placemaking Week Europe. \; CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Yoga Room - PRZED·POKÓJ\, Świdnicka 43/45\, 50-028 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:9afa68850e7dc5d4cf03b55c716c5a45 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/9afa68850e7dc5d4cf03b55c716c5a45 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Creating warm public spaces in a cold region DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered how placemaking and meeting places work in the Arctic?\n\nThis session brings together local practitioners\, experiences\, and examples from across the Arctic region to explore what makes public spaces work year-round in small Arctic towns and municipalities.\n\nWe will begin by sharing findings from our local project\, Attractive Arctic Placemaking\, developed at the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden. The session will then broaden the perspective through guest interviews with practitioners from Scandinavia to Canada\, exploring different approaches to Arctic meeting places\, their potential\, and the everyday challenges of creating vibrant public spaces throughout the year — from the midnight sun to the northern lights.\n\nWe will conclude with a hands-on co-creation workshop. Together\, we will build a large seasonal timeline and invite participants to contribute examples of activities\, places\, events\, interventions\, and ideas that can activate public spaces throughout the year.\n\nThe result will be a shared and inspirational Arctic placemaking calendar — a practical collection of ideas for anyone working to create attractive\, inclusive\, and vibrant meeting places in Arctic communities. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:CUKR Fundacja Ukraina / Foundation Ukraine\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:3e035907574a5f600296a73d10c6c333 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/3e035907574a5f600296a73d10c6c333 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Disturbing Normativity: Queering & Counter-Mapping Wrocław DESCRIPTION:Is there such a thing as "normal" space? And who is it for really? Let's reimagine the city of Wrocław together! We will disturb the often invisible spatial norms that favor certain bodies\, identities\, and ways of being.\nYou'll start by diving into your own positionality\, exploring intersectionality and what it means for how you experience space. Then\, armed with a research-based toolkit built from interviews\, fieldwork\, and stakeholder engagement in Wrocław\, you'll counter-map\, draw\, write\, and discuss your way into producing alternative\, plural cartographies of the city. \;\nExpect to play with \;Action Cards \;spanning nine categories\, from mobility and housing to safety and visibility\, alongside \;Queering Cards \;holding potential to reimagine spaces and transform them into something more diverse and perhaps daring? Additionally a \;Catalogue of Enabling Elements \;guides you through the spatial qualities of the areas in Wrocław. Altogether this tool is designed to trigger imagination.\nThis session is both critical and playfully experimental. We'll touch on topics like safety\, visibility\, and belonging in a space built on mutual respect and curiosity\, open to all genders\, identities\, and backgrounds. You'll leave with spatial visions of a more diverse Wrocław. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Mediateka (-1 floor)\, plac Teatralny 5\, 50-051 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:07294f7f157599d6fee7ce6239bb8481 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/07294f7f157599d6fee7ce6239bb8481 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Moving Beyond the City as a Machine: Reframing City-Making as a Moral and Spiritual Process DESCRIPTION:This informal conversation invites participants to explore a deeper dimension of city-making and placemaking: the idea that places are not only technical or physical interventions\, but expressions of the values\, relationships\, and assumptions that shape our societies.\n\n\nAt a time when many communities are facing fragmentation\, polarization\, and ecological challenges\, the session asks how placemaking might move beyond creating spaces and toward cultivating belonging\, stewardship\, and shared responsibility. What if placemakers saw themselves not only as place-makers\, but also as place-revealers—learning from the wisdom\, relationships\, histories\, and living systems already present in a place?\n\n\nThe conversation will explore how a deeper sense of responsibility toward one another and the natural world can be woven into the architecture of our places\, and how city-making can be understood as a process that shapes not only environments\, but also the kinds of human beings and communities we become.\n\n\nDrawing on insights from the Cities for the Soul podcast season of Design to Connect\, the session will be participatory and reflective\, inviting attendees to collectively explore how placemaking can nurture more connected\, caring\, and inclusive forms of belonging that extend beyond our material needs and qualities as humans. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:ODLOT. / Local Community Center\, Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 34\, 50-033 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:4702ddfba4d6dcaf7aee17e05e284ba7 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/4702ddfba4d6dcaf7aee17e05e284ba7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Stiching belonging DESCRIPTION:How do people develop a sense of belonging in the city? This interactive workshop invites participants to explore this question through the creation of collective textile maps inspired by the Latin American tradition of arpilleras (hand-stitched artworks used to tell personal and community stories). Rather than drawing conventional maps\, participants will use fabric\, thread\, and simple craft materials to represent meaningful places\, daily routes\, memories\, and encounters that shape their relationship with urban spaces. Through this creative process\, participants will reflect on how belonging is experienced differently depending on personal backgrounds\, everyday practices\, and social connections.\nAs the session progresses\, individual textile pieces will be assembled into a collaborative mosaic that visualizes multiple experiences of the same city and highlights the diversity of urban lives. Participants will gain hands-on experience with an arts-based participatory method and explore how creative practices can support placemaking\, storytelling\, inclusion\, and community-building. No artistic experience is required\, just your curiosity and a willingness to share\, listen\, and create together! CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Small Room - PRZED·POKÓJ\, Świdnicka 43/45\, 50-028 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:bd12c6024110fffc980be249926fbf67 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/bd12c6024110fffc980be249926fbf67 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Symphony of the Senses: A Walk Through the Rhythms of City Life DESCRIPTION:This outdoor walkshop invites participants to imagine themselves as musical instruments\, responding to the various stimuli they encounter in the urban environment. Through a guided walk around Wrocław\, participants will explore how everyday experiences influence their emotions\, with their senses serving as inspiration for a metaphorical musical composition that reflects each individual’s personal perception of the city.As participants move through a sequence of contrasting spaces\, they are encouraged to pay close attention to what they hear\, see\, touch\, and smell. No musical knowledge is required. Simple creative exercises invite participants to translate sensory experiences and emotional responses into words\, symbols\, and visual patterns. Musical ideas such as rhythm\, harmony\, pitch and tone are used as metaphors to help participants reflect on what feels calming\, stimulating or overwhelming.The workshop combines creativity\, observation and self-expression\, helping participants develop a deeper awareness of their relationship with urban spaces. Participants are encouraged to slow down and connect with place through curiosity rather than evaluation. \;By bringing together individual observations and graphic outputs\, participants will collectively create a “Symphony of the Senses” that reveals shared experiences and invites reflection on which qualities of the city should be protected\, strengthened\, or transformed. \; CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:The White Stork Synagogue\, Pawła Włodkowica 7\, 50-072 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:a0ad4d6dddb1b07cdb1db11a48c369e7 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/a0ad4d6dddb1b07cdb1db11a48c369e7 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Living Heritage: From Activation to Stewardship DESCRIPTION:Many heritage places survive physically but become disconnected from everyday life. Some are preserved but underused. Others remain invisible\, undocumented\, or overlooked.\n\n\nThis session explores how communities can become active stewards of heritage through two complementary approaches.\n\n\nThe first examines the transformation of the Roman salting factories of Algeciras\, Spain\, from an archaeological site into productive public space\, reconnecting heritage with cultural activity\, public life\, and local identity.The second presents Eye on Art Atlas\, a digital platform that enables residents to identify\, map\, and protect vulnerable post-war public art through participatory documentation and community engagement.\n\nTogether\, these projects raise a common question: how can heritage move beyond preservation and become something people actively care for?\n\n\nThrough case studies\, discussion\, and participatory exercises\, attendees will explore practical methods for activating heritage\, strengthening local ownership\, and building long-term stewardship. The session is aimed at planners\, designers\, municipalities\, community organisations\, heritage professionals\, and anyone interested in creating stronger connections between people and place CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Barbara\, Świdnicka 8B\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:6214073c41ba06b6c884e53bca5c32a9 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/6214073c41ba06b6c884e53bca5c32a9 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Public Space Assessment Framework - An Interactive Activity DESCRIPTION:The hands-on interactive activity introduces the Public Spaces Assessment Framework (PSAF)\, a co-created tool from adolescents in Jaipur and Bhubaneswar\, India. This gamified activity transforms PSAF into "Audit & Activate!\," enabling participants to audit and redesign public spaces through an adolescent lens.\nPSAF evaluates spaces open areas\, rights-of-way\, incidental spots\, and facilities (existing or potential) across four parameters: Safety\, Vibrancy\, Health\, and Inclusivity\, with sub-parameters for precise scoring. Gamified via cards\, dice\, and team challenges\, it simplifies audits for diverse stakeholders.\nAttendees gain practical PSAF skills for data-driven assessments\, fostering adolescent-inclusive planning. Pre/post evaluations quantify learning\, guiding interventions like safer mobility hubs. Long-term: Replicable audits drive measurable on-ground impacts safer\, vibrant spaces enhancing urban equity. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Mediateka (-1 floor)\, plac Teatralny 5\, 50-051 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:a3ece7a3d8577c147de9977c1c7655db URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/a3ece7a3d8577c147de9977c1c7655db END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:👀 Fresh Eyes on Wrocław: The Results of a Collective Challenge with Europe’s Placemaking Community! DESCRIPTION:During Placemaking Week Europe\, hundreds of practitioners from across Europe moved through Wrocław\, encountering its streets\, buildings and public spaces with fresh eyes. We tried to turn that unusual moment into a collective participation experiment: \;five places\, three simple questions\, and one shared picture of the city.\n\n\nIn this session\, we reveal what emerged.\n\n\nWhat did Europe notice about Wrocław? What would placemakers take home to their own cities? And what small changes did they think could make a big difference?\n\n\nWe will explore the results together\, moving from observation to interpretation and\, importantly\, to action - handing the insights that emerged back to the City of Wrocław as a collective gift.\n\n\nAlong the way\, we will unpack and reflect on the experiment itself: \;how can cities capture the perspectives of people already passing through them\, without another workshop\, long survey or formal engagement process? And how can participation be integrated more seamlessly into the everyday experience of a city?\n\n\nJoin us for a presentation\, discussion and celebration of what Europe’s Placemaking Community noticed about Wroclaw with their fresh eyes \;🙂\n CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Upstairs Cinema Hall 9 - Cinema New Horizons\, Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\, 50-077 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:ba72bc8da5ef1fabf05ff6c85ec6104f URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/ba72bc8da5ef1fabf05ff6c85ec6104f END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Guild Assembly: Weaving Regenerative Futures DESCRIPTION:How can communities\, practitioners\, and institutions work together to shape regenerative futures for place?\nThis interactive workshop introduces Guild Assembly: Weaving Regenerative Futures\, a participatory serious game co-developed with Eden Project Scotland. Inspired by historical guilds\, the workshop reimagines them as contemporary civic infrastructures that bring together diverse forms of knowledge\, care\, and stewardship to address complex place-based challenges.\nParticipants self-organise into Guilds representing different perspectives on regenerative futures and respond collectively to a locally grounded urban scenario. Through negotiation\, collaboration\, and hands-on interaction with physical game elements\, participants explore how small\, strategic interventions can contribute to wider processes of social\, ecological\, and cultural regeneration.\nUsing action pieces\, intention markers\, and woven threads\, participants build a shared relational map that makes visible connections\, responsibilities\, and opportunities for collective action. The process encourages dialogue across disciplines and sectors while highlighting the value of plural perspectives in shaping resilient and inclusive places.\nThe workshop offers a playful yet practical approach to collaborative placemaking\, inviting participants to explore how stewardship\, participation\, and shared responsibility can support regenerative transformation. The resulting artefact captures collective insights and reveals opportunities for action across scales and communities. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:Mediateka (-1 floor)\, plac Teatralny 5\, 50-051 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:964bcc239ba61f797a9ecfa2adf5294d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/964bcc239ba61f797a9ecfa2adf5294d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Inclusivity Quest: A gamified approach to gender-inclusive public spaces DESCRIPTION:Once upon a time\, public spaces were designed for an anonymous standard user\, leaving others to wander the city in fear and discomfort as they look for a public restroom. Who will stand up and slay the threat of dimly lit corridors\, dead facades and stroller-trapping cobblestone? Join us on an interactive quest through Wroclaw to rewrite this narrative\, stop fearfully tiptoeing through town and compete for the ultimate glory of winning the Inclusivity Bingo!\n\n\nBased on the gender-inclusive framework from my master’s thesis\, this outdoor walkshop takes a lighthearted gamified approach to understanding women’s experiences in public space\, moving away from the sombre\, fear-based dialogues toward a playful\, design-led audit of the city. Participants will hunt for signs of gender-inclusivity\, trying to find (and photograph) everything on their Bingo Card—from unlocked kids’ bikes\, active storefronts and moveable chairs to mystery-challenges that will reveal themselves as they roam the city.\n\n\nBy gamifying spatial observation\, we reveal the subtle barriers embedded in our streets. Participants will walk away with a practical toolkit to audit\, adapt\, and improve urban comfort\, restoring the right to the city and a sense of true belonging for everyone. Ultimately\, this session shifts the focus from defensive fear-management to proactive\, design-led empowerment\, proving that when spaces are built for everyone to exist comfortably\, the whole community lives happily ever after. \; CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Plac Nowy Targ\, plac Nowy Targ 25-26\, 50-143 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:934a53bdc5b52f415cc6c05c6f0d2a22 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/934a53bdc5b52f415cc6c05c6f0d2a22 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T123000Z DTEND:20260925T134500Z SUMMARY:Paneuropean methods - the how of the how DESCRIPTION:The session gives an in-depth look at the operational aspects of unique placemaking stories that are captivating from both outcome and process beating all the challenges and risks on the way (e.g. budgeting\, bureaucratic and regulatory frameworks\, public and private actors’ interests\, political and resident aspects). \;\n\n\nIt aims to give a practical insight into how projects come to life by offering a behind the scenes foundation for the tools and tricks we all constantly seek in a presentation-rich interactive roundtable discussion.\n\n\nPrepare to hear methodology secrets from Budapest\, Helsingborg. Milano\, Rotterdam\, Trencin and even more… CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Wrocławski Dom Literatury / House of Literature\, Przejście Garncarskie 2\, 50-148 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:27ffd19ae9ec2f048feea95bfbf730cb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/27ffd19ae9ec2f048feea95bfbf730cb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T180000Z SUMMARY:“Sztama – a happening of neighborhood communities” DESCRIPTION:Sztama is an opportunity to meet the people who create\, work\, and live at Ruska 46\, discover the many cultures and stories that shape this unique place\, and experience the courtyard as a space for connection and collaboration. The finale brings together art\, music\, local stories\, and a shared neighborhood dinner\, creating an open and welcoming space for people of different generations and backgrounds to meet\, exchange experiences\, and celebrate together. It is a chance to see the results of the Community Labs\, take part in creative activities\, and become part of the Ruska 46 community. CATEGORIES: LOCATION:Ruska 46\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d0a0685b769cc45fbd734cff85ef340a URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d0a0685b769cc45fbd734cff85ef340a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T140000Z DTEND:20260925T160000Z SUMMARY:Zostaw swój ślad! - Kafelki\, relacje i nasze miejsce DESCRIPTION:*SESSION CONDUCTED IN POLISH - SESJA PROWADZONA W J. POLSKIM *\nCo sprawia\, że jakieś miejsce staje się \;„nasze”? Ludzie\, wspólne historie\, pomysły… i ślady\, które po sobie zostawiamy.\nZapraszamy młodzież na kreatywne warsztaty\, podczas których wspólnie stworzymy \;kolorową dekorację z malowanych kafli. Każdy uczestnik będzie mógł zaprojektować własny kafelek — pokazać\, co lubi\, co go inspiruje\, z czym się utożsamia albo po prostu puścić wodze fantazji.\nTo jednak nie tylko malowanie. To okazja\, żeby \;poznać innych\, pogadać\, pośmiać się i zrobić coś razem. Wspólnie stworzymy element\, który zostanie w miejscu dla młodych i będzie przypominał\, że to przestrzeń\, którą można współtworzyć i w której można czuć się swobodnie. Nie musisz być artystą. Wystarczy pomysł\, ciekawość i chęć spędzenia czasu z innymi.\nPrzyjdź. Poznaj ludzi. Pomaluj po swojemu. Zostaw swój ślad.\n\n\nWarsztat przeznaczony dla osób w wieku 13-26 lat.\nLokalizacja: Przestrzeń Młodych MOST CATEGORIES: LOCATION:MOST - Młodzieżowy Ośrodek Spotkań i Twórczości\, Legnicka 21\, 52-007 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5f780912c54947256d59009a0d117648 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5f780912c54947256d59009a0d117648 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:City Safari: Wrocław Through the Eyes of Children and Youth DESCRIPTION:MEETING LOCATION: \;Carousel in the Old Town Garden Karuzela w Parku Staromiejskim \;\n\nGrab your map\, shift your perspective\, and get ready for a playful urban adventure! During this 75-minute City Safari\, participants will explore the center of Wrocław through the lens of young city users\, from curious toddlers to independent teenagers\, experiencing diverse age groups and perspectives along the way.\nEach team will receive a color-coded Youth Persona Card at every stop\, shifting their age profile and viewpoint as they move through key locations. A new color means a new way of navigating the city\, focusing on different activities such as learning\, playing\, hanging out\, or observing within various urban settings\, including parks\, playgrounds\, and school surroundings.\n\nAt each station\, the facilitators will introduce a tailored toolbox of playful methods designed to match the specific persona. Participants will use these tools to capture what feels inviting\, what works well\, and what presents spatial challenges from that unique perspective. The urban experiment concludes with a collaborative reflection on how cities can integrate these insights to ensure children and youth feel a true sense of belonging in public spaces.\nThis safari is not just about walking through Wrocław\, it is about rediscovering the city through a child's eyes and taking home actionable tools for youth-led co-creation. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:The White Stork Synagogue\, Pawła Włodkowica 7\, 50-072 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:049b73c90111eedf696d671d2ca3de2d URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/049b73c90111eedf696d671d2ca3de2d END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:In search of the invisible community DESCRIPTION:The session would explore how placemaking can begin with visibility\, by uncovering communities that already coexist within the city yet remain largely unseen. Focusing on the Korean diaspora in Wrocław and its suburban extension in Bielany Wrocławskie\, the project combined documentary photography\, curatorial research\, and trust-building practices to map everyday life and meeting spaces of this community. We’d like to present the outcomes of residencies from 2025 and lead this event together with Marilyne Grimmer\, this year resident working with Korean community in Wrocław. It is collaboration in frame of Magic Carpets Platform\, 2 organisations are involved: WIK from Wrocław and Folkestone Fringe from Folkestone. The session will be created with the local Korean community working with the artist\, highlighting the artistic process. It includes presenting participatory mapping and playful public intervention. The idea is to rethink placemaking as a practice of attentive listening and gradual inclusion through participatory arts\, where the role of artists and cultural practitioners is to reveal hidden social layers and create meaningful connections. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Barbara\, Świdnicka 8B\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:736d47506703bf829de902f43879dcdd URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/736d47506703bf829de902f43879dcdd END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Placemaking en español: building a shared digital platform DESCRIPTION:Placemaking is growing across the Spanish-speaking world\, from Sevilla to Miami\, but knowledge\, resources and networks remain fragmented across countries and continents. This session introduces ES Placemaking\, a new shared space connecting Spanish-speaking practitioners\, organisations and communities.\n\nWe will use the session to shape the platform together. What knowledge and experiences should circulate more widely? Which resources need to be translated\, created or made easier to find? How can we connect initiatives across Europe\, Latin America and beyond without losing their local specificity?\n\nParticipants will hear the initial vision for ES Placemaking\, meet some of the people already contributing to it and help define its priorities\, activities and forms of participation. The session is open to Spanish-speaking placemakers and allies interested in strengthening exchange across languages and regions. It will be held primarily in Spanish.\n\nOpen session hosted by Luciana Renner\, Guillermo Bernal\, Mili Hurtig and Ramon Marrades. CATEGORIES:BUILDING BELONGING LOCATION:Żyjnia / Lifery\, Świdnicka 2-4\, 50-067 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:44477aa741357b1ee4851f14ba19402a URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/44477aa741357b1ee4851f14ba19402a END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Commoning the Neighbourhood DESCRIPTION:What does it take to turn an inactive part of the city into a thriving commons? In Commoning the Neighbourhood\, a hands-on role-playing card game\, you can find out by living it.\nStep into the shoes of different neighbourhood voices and team up to claim space\, shape it through programming and design choices\, and make decisions together. Along the way\, you'll navigate the messy realities every real commons faces: tight budgets\, competing priorities\, and the tensions between actors who all want something different. Unexpected events and maintenance costs will keep you on your toes\, pushing your team to draw on every resource\, talent\, and connection you have to keep your commons alive -because here\, survival itself is \;the success.\nThe million-dollar question: will you compete for scarce resources\, or discover how to create abundance together?\nGrounded in systematic research on 200 neighbourhood commons spaces in Europe\, the game is more than play. You'll leave with practical tools and insights ready to use in your own neighbourhood\, equipped to write your own story of a thriving commons.\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Mediateka (-1 floor)\, plac Teatralny 5\, 50-051 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:1aaf7f2588a6641c78b801c440f5922b URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/1aaf7f2588a6641c78b801c440f5922b END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Making place across borders DESCRIPTION:What does it take to create places together across sectors\, disciplines\, and borders?\n\n\nThis session shares early insights from CHAMP\, an EIT Culture & Creativity-funded master's module that transforms Helsingborg\, Sweden\, into an urban living lab for heritage-led placemaking. Developed by partners from Sweden\, Slovakia\, Latvia\, and beyond—including universities\, municipalities\, creative practitioners\, and innovation organisations—the programme brings students into real-world placemaking challenges where cultural heritage becomes a catalyst for creativity\, entrepreneurship\, and local development. The panel reunites the consortium to reflect on the first experiences of designing a cross-border educational placemaking initiative. We will explore three key questions:\nHow can different sectors come together to contribute to local placemaking? \;How can cross-border collaboration create opportunities for knowledge exchange? \;What are the key lessons when designing a placemaking module at university level? \;\n\nDrawing on student projects from Helsingborg's urban labs\, partner reflections\, and perspectives from different parts of Europe\, the session will offer both successes and challenges from the collaboration process. Participants will also be invited into a discussion on the governance\, pedagogy\, and trust-building that placemaking partnerships require. The session offers practical insights for academics\, municipalities\, and creative practitioners interested in building cross-sector and heritage-led placemaking initiatives. CATEGORIES:IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO SHAPE A CITY LOCATION:Upstairs Cinema Hall 9 - Cinema New Horizons\, Kazimierza Wielkiego 19a/21\, 50-077 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:1cb5e7f1d5768ae170f253d255853c2f URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/1cb5e7f1d5768ae170f253d255853c2f END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Co-Created Visions for Caring and Inclusive Cities DESCRIPTION:Have you thought about what the city experience is like for groups in disadvantageous social positions? Have you thought about what their everyday practices are like within the urban fabric and how do they intersect with the rest of the functions of the city?\n\n\nThis interactive workshop session\, based on the experience of its two organizers on the development of strategies to achieve more inclusive cities\, will use different personas to engage the participants to reflect on their positionality\, future initiatives and urban experience in the core domains of social integration: education\, health\, employment and housing. The participants will be grouped in small teams\, with each one of them adopting a different persona. Together\, they will co-create a vision by creating a collage and suggesting interventions in different urban scenarios. These proposed visions will be shaped by specific design values\, spatial variables and types of interventions developed to inform the participatory construction of cities that are more socially and environmentally just by placing the everyday lives of all its residents - especially those that have historically not been taken into account in planning practices\, such as asylum seekers\, infants\, or elderly\, - together with environmental sustainability at the center of urban decisions. CATEGORIES:ROOTED IN RESILIENCE LOCATION:ODLOT. / Local Community Center\, Marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego 34\, 50-033 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:5af2c20448c92ee1866c79f7c4dca9fb URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/5af2c20448c92ee1866c79f7c4dca9fb END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Hit the street: transition experiments in action DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop invites participants to explore how small-scale\, local transition experiments can catalyze meaningful change in public space. Drawing inspiration from street-based interventions such as Parking Day\, the session introduces transition experiments as hands-on\, real‑world actions that challenge existing norms and open up alternative futures. These experiments are guided by five key characteristics of strong transition experiments: problem‑driven\, radical\, strategic\, mobilising\, and feasible.\n\n After a short introduction\, we head outside and turn the street around the venue into our testing ground. Participants roll up their sleeves\, observe the surroundings and\, in small groups\, select a concrete spatial or social issue to work on. Through a structured process of ideation\, selection\, and rapid prototyping\, each group then designs a small‑scale intervention that can be implemented within the session.\n\n The emphasis lies on learning by doing: testing ideas in public space\, engaging others\, and reflecting on outcomes. By the end of the workshop\, participants will have executed a micro‑experiment and gained insight into how such interventions can contribute to creating safer\, more inclusive\, more engaging and\, in general\, more meaningful places. CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:CUKR Fundacja Ukraina / Foundation Ukraine\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:d75b14b071f1b6000d634a8c7f43363e URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/d75b14b071f1b6000d634a8c7f43363e END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T141500Z DTEND:20260925T153000Z SUMMARY:Pigeons and other strangers DESCRIPTION:Who belongs in the city? Who has agency\, and who gets to be involved in shaping public spaces? \;\n\n\nThis session explores how non-human city residents\, such as pigeons\, can challenge human-centred ideas of placemaking\, urban ecologies\, belonging\, and participation. Why pigeons? Few city animals provoke such contradictory reactions. Back in time\, they were symbols of peace and messengers of love\, but nowadays pigeons became labelled as pests when they were no longer considered useful. \;\n\n\nThrough playful observation\, mapping\, discussion\, and speculative design prompts\, we reflect on how we assign value\, belonging\, and care in the city.\n\n\n CATEGORIES:SANDBOX CITY: THE COURAGE TO EXPERIMENT LOCATION:Plac Nowy Targ\, plac Nowy Targ 25-26\, 50-143 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:0b2661aa1bfab5138ec6d6e8ccdfb1a0 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/0b2661aa1bfab5138ec6d6e8ccdfb1a0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260913T023952Z DTSTART:20260925T160000Z DTEND:20260925T215900Z SUMMARY:Friday evening program DESCRIPTION:6:00 PM – 9:00 PM\nThe finale\, scheduled for the last day of Placemaking Europe Week\, will be the key moment of the project — a shared neighborhood celebration summarizing the collaborative process. The program includes:\n• a performance accompanying the unveiling of the installation created by the Pracownia Mikro-Zmian \n• the premiere of the zine and a presentation of photographs from the Pracownia Wielogłosu displayed on the inner courtyard walls\; \n• the collaborative creation of a patchwork textile as part of the Pracownia Interakcji\, which will serve as a tablecloth for the neighborhood dinner\; a communal table and an open dinner featuring dishes from the various cultures represented in the courtyard\; \n• a concert by the Ukrainian children’s choir "Kapusta Band" and the "Zakorzenienie" ensemble\, performing Karaim\, Ukrainian\, and Lemko songs. \nThe finale will be hosted by an experienced announcer\, ensuring the smooth flow of the event and emphasizing its community-oriented character.\n\n9:00 PM “DRAGLESQUE”\nAn evening combining drag and burlesque performances — full of expression\, humor\, theatrical exaggeration\, and aesthetic chaos in the best possible sense. We want it to feel bold\, fun\, at times theatrical\, and highly party-oriented — more of an experience than a regular show. CATEGORIES:EVENING PROGRAM LOCATION:Ruska 46\, Ruska 46A/201\, 50-079 Wrocław\, Poland SEQUENCE:0 UID:44927c265f43d0120bcd6ce598eb9ff2 URL:http://placemakingweekeurope2026.sched.com/event/44927c265f43d0120bcd6ce598eb9ff2 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR