The new Future DiverCities publication explores how eight European cities transformed vacant and underused spaces into sites of cultural innovation, ecological regeneration, and urban experimentation.
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After four years, Future DiverCities is concluding with a final publication that celebrates the outcomes and offers an overview of each pilot sites' journey. The publication brings together insights, experiences, and reflections from its pilot sites, situating them within a broader European discourse on culture-led innovation and urban transformation. Rather than serving solely as a retrospective, it acts as a knowledge resource that captures and translates practice-based experimentation into forms that can inform future initiatives across contexts.
Through examples from eight European cities, the publication explores how vacant and underused urban spaces can become sites of ecological regeneration, cultural production, and community participation. It offers valuable perspectives for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and cultural organisations working towards more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban futures.
Download and read the full publication on Future DiverCities' official website.
Future DiverCities is a four-year, EU-funded project that brings together a network of European partners to explore new models of culture-led regeneration, particularly in underused or vacant urban spaces. By focusing on the ecological potential of these “voids,” the project develops participatory, cross-sectoral cultural interventions that aim to enhance both the environmental and social value of urban areas. Through pilot actions, mappings, and collaborative programmes, it seeks to move beyond awareness-raising towards tangible, locally embedded transformations that rethink how cities can evolve sustainably.
