For and from citymakers around the globe

Making the city of Dakar a place of experimentation and new opportunities.

This project advises concepts and methods of participatory community development and grass roots based waste management in informal urban areas.

An innovative solution to the management and expansion of heritage digital collections.

The Growing Vine Street project is a laboratory for green solutions within an urban design context and integrative governance approach.

A co-working space where a community of some 200 entrepreneurs, freelancers and creative professionals each dedicate four hours of their time every month in return for support with launching their projects. The principle is an exchange of services, ideas and knowledge through a ‘bank time’ approach.

The city of Gothenburg's Smart Map platform shows residents where they can find things to hire, borrow, share or swap while simultaneously helping to reduce consumption based emissions and create services for the sharing economy.