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Shaping the built environment for everyone
Living Spaces is a peer-learning programme designed for local and regional authorities to learn how to plan and implement high-quality architectural policies and projects.
From July 2023 to November 2024, the programme will facilitate exchanges among the EU’s cities, regions, Member States and relevant stakeholders on processes and good practices.
Funded by the creative Europe programme of the European Union, Living Spaces is implemented by Eurocities and the Architects’ Council of Europe.
The Living spaces Catalogue
Explore the Living Spaces catalogue with 30 good practices from 17 European countries with information on management, budget and transferable ideas to inspire other cities and regions to implement their own projects. The catalogue is aimed at local and regional authorities, architecture and urban planning professionals, and anyone interested in quality, sustainable and inclusive built environment.
Living spaces peer-learning visits
Living Spaces organises 12 peer-learning visits based on good practices in European cities and regions. The visits are opportunities for local and regional authorities to learn from each other about high-quality architecture.
12 inspiring locations
The peer-learning visits will take place in the following cities and regions:
Berlin, Germany
Caceres, Spain
Toulouse, France
Prague, Czech Republic
Vienna, Austria
Grand Paris Sud, France
Brussels, Belgium
Bordeaux, France
Oulu, Finland
Vilnius, Lithuania
Malmo, Sweden
Gdansk, Poland
The peer-learning visits are an opportunity to see first-hand how other cities and regions have implemented policies and projects contributing to a high-quality living environment for everyone. The visits also offer networking opportunities and connect peers, experts and relevant stakeholders from different background and cities/regions.
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On 3-5 July 2024, the ACE co-organised a visit of Bordeaux Grand Parc, as part of Living Spaces, a peer-learning programme funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Designed for local and regional authorities to learn how to plan and implement high-quality architectural policies and projects, Living Spaces is implemented by Eurocities and the ACE. In a first phase of the programme, Living Spaces produced a catalogue of 30 good practices from 17 European countries with information on management, budget and transferable ideas to inspire other cities and regions to implement their own projects.
In a second phase, ACE and Eurocities are organising 12 peer-learning visits for groups of cities / regions representatives and professionals. Located close to the historic centre of Bordeaux, the Grand Parc is a complex of 4,000 housing units labelled “Remarkable contemporary architecture". Reflection on the future of the Grand Parc district began in 2011. This process will result in the rehabilitation of 3,500 housing units and the construction of 1,000 more, as well as the renovation of public facilities (nursery, gymnasiums, community halls) and public spaces.
During the Living Spaces visit, a group of representatives from local, regional and national public authorities and professionals visited the 3 social housing buildings that were transformed by Lacaton & Vassal architectes; Frédéric Druot Architecture; Christophe Hutin Architecture – a project that won the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture / EU Mies Awards in 2019. Participants met several elected representatives and experts from the city of Bordeaux, architects and inhabitants. They learnt about and discussed the Label Bâtiment frugal bordelais; innovative ways to co-design with residents; alternative solutions to demolition; rehabilitation of an urban park.
