Topic 2: Revitalization

Revitalization is a deliberate, organized, conscious effort by members of a group to create a new culture. Regarding Europan 10, it relates to the sites where the main question of mutation is: in spatially and socially disqualified areas, how can urban life be intensified?

T 2a URBAN ACUPUNCTURE
Acupuncture treats large health problems by interventions on some specific points that interact with the global system. Regarding Europan 10, some sites are larger than their real dimensions. In which way can punctual interventions have an urban effect at the territorial level?

7 Sites:
Eisenstadt – A
Dessau - D
Leisnig - D
München – D
Rudkøbing – DK
Trondheim – N
Emmen – NL

T 2b PUBLIC LINES
Linear spaces can play a strong role in the structure of existing urban areas, but how can their development be linked to their surrounding, thus reinforcing their role as public spaces?

8 Sites:
Graz – A
Neuchâtel - CH
Guben - D
Heidelberg - D
Cáceres – E
Tallinn – EE
Lisboa - P
Warszawa – PL

T2c MAGNETIC POLE
A magnet is a material or an object that produces a magnetic field and attracts or repels other magnets. Regarding Europan 10, some sites can provide the opportunity to create urban magnets. What are the necessary conditions in a specific location - change and reinforcement of uses, increasing of public and private dynamics… - to reactivate a space by attracting citizens?

8 Sites:
Elmshorn - D
Teruel - E
Alès - F
Dunkerque - F
Zagreb – HR
Ajka - HU
Kisa – S
Mora – S