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European Students Showcase Transformative Placemaking Initiatives at Évora International Conference

Students from four European cities presented exciting Placemaking projects as part of the PLAY/ACT project, highlighting the transformative potential of participatory and community-centered urban design. As part of the Erasmus+ Play/Act project, the Portuguese city of Évora hosted last week the International Placemaking Conference “A Place to Be”. The continuous learning course implemented within the …

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A PLACE TO BE: International Placemaking Conference

A PLACE TO BE: International Placemaking Conference Download the detailed Programme Download the short Programme Within the framework of the Eramus+ project Play/Act, the Portuguese city of Évora will be the venue for the International Placemaking Conference “A Place to Be”, scheduled for March 14 and 15. The purpose of this meeting is …

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Play/Act culminates its placemaking training sessions at the Youth Center “El Economato” in Mérida on a high note

The Play/Act project, funded by the Erasmus+ program of the European Union, concluded its educational activities at the Youth Leisure Center “El Economato” in Mérida on October 27th with great success. For this event, a dozen national and international students from the universities associated with the project (Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Hungary) participated, along with …

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Extremadura, the final stop for the Placemaking training sessions of the Play/Act project

Starting from Monday, October 23rd, until October 27th, the Extremaduran community will host the final training sessions of the Play/Act project. Following the success of previous sessions in Portugal, Italy, and Budapest, the region will bring together over a dozen national and international students as a culmination of the activities surrounding the placemaking project conducted …

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Italian 2º Play/Act Multiplier Event

Tomorrow 30 June, at Noi Ortadini in the Serra Venerdì neighbourhood, the Italian students of the Play/Act project invite the citizens of the Serra Venerdì neighbourhood to participate in the second event organised as part of the Play Act project. During the event, the students will talk about their project idea, the path they took …

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The Mérida Economato hosts the second multiplier event of the European project Play/Act

Play/Act is an Erasmus+ “placemaking” project involving seven students from Extremadura. The Youth Center of Mérida, known as “El Economato,” has hosted the second multiplier event of the European project Play/Act this morning. This new community gathering aims to establish a dialogue with citizens to assist the Extremaduran partners of this project, the University and …

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In Évora, we wanted to experience new ways of living the city centre

On April 21 and 22, students from the University of Évora challenged the community to try new ways of living in Largo do Chão das Covas. The initiative was organised under the PLAY/ACT project and integrated in the programme Desafio pela Saúde (Health Challenge), promoted by the Municipality of Évora and the Ayuntamiento de Mérida, …

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The PLAY/ACT international team spent a week in Budapest

On 26 April, the training started in the project gallery of the Contemporary Architecture Centre, where students from Spain, Portugal, Italy and Hungary learned about tactical urbanism and small-scale urban interventions. During the week, the project participants were able to listen to different presentations on the topic by Levente Polyák (Eutropian) and Lilla Gerencsér and …

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International student workshop in Budapest – Space experience design

Between 26 April and 1 May, around 25 guests from Portugal, Italy and Spain will come to KÉK – Contemporary Architecture Centre in Budapest as part of the PLAY/ACT Erasmus+ project. During their stay, the students will take part in a training course on the effects of small-scale public space experiments and tactical urbanism such …

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The creation of public spaces as the protagonist of the Placemaking Training in the Play/Act project

The Italian city of Matera will host the third international learning activity of the Play/Act project from March 13 to 18. The capital of the Basilicata region will be the meeting point for about twenty students and teachers involved in this Erasmus initiative to receive training in Placemaking. This module is part of the transdisciplinary …

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