R-urban proposes a strategy that catalyses a bottom up, collective (re)construction of the Commons in our cities, rather than an architectural solution. Focusing on sustainable urban living, R-urban directly involves the community around common resources and facilitates self-managed placemaking.

De Ceuvel is a clean tech playground located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Converted from an industrial wasteland, today it is home to a thriving community of entrepreneurs and artists.

After the earthquake in April 2016, local residents, civil society organizations and academia collaborated to rebuild this Afro-Ecuadorian cultural house in San Jose de Chamanga.

After several decades of top-down planning to regenerate this run-down neighborhood in Liverpool, it was a bottom-up approach led by the local residents that made the difference.

Upscaling a community center in the informal urban area of Moravia by implementing sustainable, affordable, low-tech solutions to catalyze positive change in the neighborhood. #GC2021Finalist

In an informal settlement in Bogotá, local community and experts have collaborated to revive a community gathering place, El Tr3bol, that has become a vibrant community hub.

Situated in a fishing village, the school has evolved over more than a decade into a living laboratory where participants exchange local and modern knowledge on low-tech yet highly innovative construction methods.

KuNa aims to create a bamboo based economy that empowers the community to design and build their own homes using local, regenerative and high performing materials. #GC2022Finalist