by Marta | Feb 15, 2023 | Report
The cycle of encounters “Inclusive Urban Metaverses” held in Kaunas (Lithuania) was the first ever occasion where the topic of the metaverse was approached under a social justice lens in the framework of an urban regeneration project. It emerged how...
by Marta | Dec 2, 2021 | Article
What would you do if you had an enormous space to fill in your city? The Extremely Vast and Incredibly Close Future workshop I organised on November 10 with the support of KTU Design Centre and Design Library invited inhabitants of Aleksotas and Kaunas (Lithuania) to...
by Marta | Nov 2, 2021 | Article
What do official data tell us about a place? How to make a place speak through its informal data? To find out, I have recently organised a Data Campfire with community representatives in Trafaria (Portugal) to sketch a bottom-up dataset that could represent them more...
by Marta | Dec 3, 2020 | Newsletter
2020 ratified the end of linear planning. The idea of programming as a reassuring navigation exercise between signposts – a certain revenue threshold, clients, project calendars, but also personal calendars, holidays, celebrations, wrecked. Think of 2020 as an...
by Marta | Nov 18, 2020 | Article
Temporary and ‘meanwhile spaces’ are on the rise across Europe. More and more vacant buildings, plots and unutilized spaces are serving as temporary sites for co-creative experimentation, unlocking a multitude of innovative cultural, social and entrepreneurial...