SAVE THE DATE – Neighbourhood conference 20 October 2020
The Neighbourhood conference – which is the LOOPER final conference – will take place on Tuesday 20 October 2020. The conference will centre around co-creation, community building, and evaluation at neighbourhood level.
LOOPER project extended until October 2020
The LOOPER project has been granted a four-month extension from the funding agencies and will run until October 2020.
Verona City Council approves co-designed ideas
The expansion of the Santa Teresa park and the development of the first urban forest in Verona have been approved by the Verona City Council.
LOOPER special session at AESOP 2019
The LOOPER consortium organised a well-attended special session at the annual conference of the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) held in Venice between 2-6 July 2019.
Perceptual traffic calming in Manchester
The Manchester Living Lab is now implementing co-designed interventions to test perceptual traffic calming and aesthetic uplift along the Brunswick Street in Ardwick.
How are the Living Labs tackling traffic safety and air pollution?
The three LOOPER Living Labs have been actively co-creating solutions for urban problems in the past year. In Brussels, a traffic calming campaign will launched. In Manchester, pilot interventions on traffic calming and greening are currently being developed. In Verona, several measures to improve air quality and traffic safety are being tested.
Call for papers on co-creation to improve public spaces
LOOPER is organising a special session on learning loops in co-creation to improve public spaces in cities at the 2019 AESOP conference. The session will focus on the use of participatory sensing to identify problems and online and offline participation tools for co-creation in multiple domains.
LOOPER consortium meets in Italy!
Almost one year into the project, the LOOPER consortium met up in Italy on 28 and 29 May to share experiences and discuss next steps.
What data will be collected in the Brussels Living Lab?
The latest Brussels LOOPER Living Lab meeting was centred around the question “What to measure to improve traffic safety?”
First LOOPER deliverables have been published!
Two deliverables on how to engage hard-to-reach groups in public participation as well as guidelines on co-design tools that can enhance a co-creation process in Living Labs can now be read and downloaded from this website.
New Brussels meeting on May 9!
The next Brussels Living Lab meeting will be on Wednesday May 9 between 19:00 and 21:30 in the Champagnat school in Schaerbeek! 
Co-creating Learning Loops with partners in Brunswick to make a difference
As a result of their scale and range of activities, universities have a tremendous impact on the neighbourhoods around them.
Launch of Brussels Urban Living Lab
The Brussels Urban Living Lab in Schaerbeek’s Helmet district was launched on February 8th, marking the first step of the LOOPER project in Brussels!
LOOPER ConceptThe LOOPER Living Labs serve as new models for experimental design and innovation at the urban and community level. They can address practical problems such as air quality, road safety, noise, crime or greenspace. The Living Labs are based on the involvement of stakeholders, continuous monitoring of changes and direct consideration of their impact on the implementation process. There are Living Labs in Brussels, Manchester and Verona. |
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