Urban Hax is an established Community Interest Company (CIC) providing a maker space for the citizens of Walsall in the West Midlands for over 10 years. We reach out to Geoff Henderson, the CEO and founding spirit of Urban Hax.
We speak to one of its board members, Michael Roggon, a practising artist and active curator of the cultural initiative "Überlinger Kulturschutzgebiet e.V:", who has lived in Überlingen again for several years after studying in Berlin.
Since the war on Ukraine has started in February 2022, many Ukrainians and Russians left their countries in direction to Turkey. We reach out to Prof. Demet Mutman, urban designer from Özyeğin University in Istanbul, to talk with about solidaric spaces and how she perceives the current situation of Ukrainians and Russians in Turkey and in Istanbul.
When Ukrainians and residents from Ukraine arrive in safe countries, shelter, food, and security are first and key. As editors of the Multiplicities blog, Susy Silva (Lisbon), Dr. Steve Harding (Birmingham, UK) and Dr. Bastian Lange (Berlin/Leipzig) formulate the following phases when people seek new orientation for making their living outside the war territory.
Can we re-build and reinvent our inner cities post-covid-19? What type of mixed use, common or open spaces are needed to make our cities attractive? What spaces are needed to support innovation and creativity? At the Villa Vigoni experts and practitioners came together to discuss what type of social, technical, cultural and physical infrastructures inner cities need to regain relevance.
