A-Place book (forthcoming)

The A-Place book will offer a summary of the collective work accomplished during the four-year proje

Newsletter #4: "We created places"

In the fourth and final year of the A-Place project, we have concentrated our efforts on organizing

Local placemaking activities 2022-23

This report summarizes the local placemaking activities carried out by partners during the fourth an

Closing programme and travelling exhibition

This report includes the combined activities “Traveling Exhibition” (Deliverable 3.7) an

Exhibition at La Salle Campus Barcelona

The collective work carried out in A-Place in the last three years is exhibited at La Salle Campus B

Co-constructing lived spaces

 "Co-Constructing Lived Spaces" was organized by Alive Architecture in collaboration

A place in Can Trinxet

Closing activities of the A-Place project in L'Hospitalet   The programme (Spani

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Newsletter #3: "We are expanding places"

During its third year, the A-Place project continued its efforts to connect individuals and communi

Madrazo, L., Zupančič, T., Pak, B. and Aparício, M. I. (2022) “Creating a Network of Places with Participatory Actions across Cities and Cultures”, The Journal of Public Space, 7(3)

The aim of the A-Place project is to address the problem of placelessness in our multicultural, and

Local placemaking activities 2021-22

This report is the follow-up of the planning of Deliverables 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 “Planning o

80.189

This video has been directed by Miquel Garcia with the recordings made by student of the course Syst

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A journey to L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

This video has been directed by Claudio Zulian with the recordings made by student of the course Sys

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Exploring the sociophysical territory with audiovisual media

After the visual analysis of the cityscape, students of the course Systems of Representation 21/22 c

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ES_CULTURA public art festival

ES_CULTURA is a two-day festival organized by the School of Architecture La Salle in Plaça de

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Madrazo, L., Martín, A., Hernández, M. Embedding learning places in a sociophysical territory: a case study in the city of L’Hospitalet. 3rd Research and Teaching Innovation Conference, La Salle Campus Barcelona, 25 January 2023

Within the framework of the A-Place project, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme 2019-23, we

Collaborative collage workshop

During the first semester of 2021-22, the students of the subject Systems of Representation at the L

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ES_CULTURA open call - selected works

A programme of activities in the Plaça de la Cultura in L'Hospitalet taking place on 26 a

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ES_CULTURA Public art festival in the Plaza de la Cultura

The aim of this competition is to carry out artistic interventions in the Plaza de la Cultura and it

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Workshop "Creating a global network of places with digital media" at the New European Bauhaus Festival

As a reaction to the constraints brought about by the pandemic times, A-Place developed an online pl

Mapping Places

This installation at Plaza Blocs in Florida in Hospitalet, Barcelona, will be constructed with the t

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Madrazo, L., Martín, A., Hernández, M., Llorens A.S. Emplacing architectural education in a sociophysical territory. AMPS Conference "A Focus on Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning and Research in the Modern Academy" 20-22 April, 2022

Placemaking can contribute to create learning places that are integrated into the community, rather

Ferreira, I., Aparício, M. I., Madrazo, L., Fonseca, N., Pereira, P., Pinto, R. An Empty Space, A Virtual Place: Cultural Life and Creative Solutions In Besieged Cities. Proceediings of the AMPS Conference “Cities in a Changing World: Questions of Culture, Climate and Design”, Series 24.1, 16-18 June, 2021

A-Place activities were  planned to be carried out in the sociophysical territory,  emb

Rapanta, C., Madrazo, L., Aparício, M. I., Fonseca, N., Pinto, R., & Verovšek, Š. (2021). "Assessing the Quality and Social Impact of Creative Placemaking Practices". Annales Series Historia et Sociologia, 31(3), 427-440.

Placemaking and creative placemaking aim at transforming public spaces by fostering new bonds betwee

Mapping and constructing places

This sequence of activities was carried out between April and November 2021. The aim was to involve

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Local placemaking activities 2020-21

This report is the follow-up of the planning of Deliverables 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 “Planning o

Newsletter #2: "We are creating places"

Newsletter #2 summarizes the work done in the second year of the A-Place project, from  October

Mapping the territory: Photographic survey

Third-year students of the subject Systems of Representation (SDR) carried out a photographic survey

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Urban walk in La Florida neighbourhood

On June 22, 2021, we organized an urban walk through the neighbourhood of La Florida. in collab

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Local newspapers > installation in public spaces of Bellvitge

The collective artistic intervention of architecture and high school students in public spaces in th

Televisió L'H > installation in public spaces of Bellvitge

The collective artistic intervention of architecture and high school students in public spaces in th

Crear Lugares - Creating Places - Art Centre Tecla Sala, L'Hospitalet

A two-day debate took place at the Art Centre Tecla Sala, in L’Hospitalet, on October 26 and 2

Digital platform

This document contains a description of the A-Place website describing the functionalities and inter

The Unknown

The beach has always been one of my mom’s favourite places. This place was the last place I we

From Russia with Love

A little over a year ago and in the middle of winter, I arrived in this wonderful city. When I was s

Power of Place

The image is set against the massive compound wall of the 8th century Sri Parthasarathy temple compl

My favourite person

This is the place where I first I saw my brother, it was at this moment my life changed but now, he

St. Mary chapel, Bellvitge

It is the place where my aunt and uncle got married, years later they divorced; besides, when I was

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Spirituality descending upon Simplicity

In Old Cairo, I went up one of the minarets that overlooks a narrow traditional commercial street th

A-Place a Year After: Are We Constructing Places?

On November 17, 2020, a meeting took place during  the LOOP Barcelona festival  

A Confined Place Exhibition Film Panels

A3 panels of the section "Film" of the exhibition about the work of "A Confined Place

A Confined Place Exhibition Mixed Media Panels

A3 panels of the section "Mixed Media" of the exhibition about the work of "A Confine

A Confined Place Exhibition Photography Panels

A3 panels of the section "Photography" of the exhibition about the work of "A Confine

A Confined Place

The work done in “A Confined Place” was exhibited at the School of Architecture La Salle

Quality assessment report / Evaluation materials 2019-20

This document contains the quality assessment report on the placemaking activities carried out durin

AMPS Conference

A-Place will be present in the AMPS conference “Cities in a changing world”, which will

A Confined Place Exhibition Rollup

Roll up for the Exhibition about the work done in "A Confined Place".

Exhibition "A Weaved Place" - L'Hospitalet

As part of the "A Weaved Place" programme, in the academic year 2021-22 high school studen

A-Place : MAPPING Contest - Share your experiences of places

A-Place invites you to share with us your experiences with the places where you live or have lived d

Opening Ceremony

Video of the opening ceremony available on Youtube.   The opening ceremony was the opport

Creation and communication in times of lockdown

In this session, organized by NOVA on April 28, 2021, we presented the work done in the three s

Open session: Creation and communication in times of lockdown

Presentation an discussion of the work carried out in "A Confined place", hosted by Nova U

Artistic interventions in times of lockdown with hybrid media

The purpose of this open call -opened from April 15 until May 31, 2020- was to create an online repo

Presentation and debate “A-Place a Year After: Are We Constructing Places?”

In order to partake the creative placemaking actions that the project has carried out across Europe

Presentation and debate: “A Weaved Place. Screening of Film, Territorial Analysis and Debate”

On November 21, 2020, together with the screening of the video “TERRApolis. Puig D’Ossa&

A Confined Place - Photography

A compendium of the photographic work representing the sense of place in time of confinement, carrie

Planning of local activities 2020-2021

This document contains the plans of the activities -placemaking interventions and festivals- to be c

Local placemaking activities 2019-2020

This report is the follow-up of the planning of Deliverables 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 “Planning o

A Confined Urban Vision

A short film competition “A Confined Urban Vision” was organised to explore and widen th

Mapping the territory: An analysis of the urban structure

The aim of this study of the city of L’Hospitalet was twofold: 1. To identify the strengt

Isolation

A kindergarten courtyard is now empty and silent when usually it is full of kids playing. It seems a

A Confined Urban Vision - WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

From June 23 to September 30, 2020, the short film competition “A Confined Urban Vision&r

Madrazo, L., Aparicio, M. I, Pak, B., & Zupančič, T. (2020), A-Place: Linking Places through Networked Artistic Practices. City Street conference 4, University of Ljubljana (online).

The purpose of A-Place “Linking places through networked artistic practices”, a project

Quality Assessment Plan

This document contains the quality assessment plan of the placemaking activities of the A-Place proj

City Street conference

A-Place will present a paper in the City Street conference organized by the Faculty of Architecture,

Signifying the territory: Interviews with local representatives

During April/May 2020 -in the time of confinement- the students of the course Systems of Representat

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Mapping the territory: A (digital) exploration of Hospitalet

This blog contains the preliminary research made by the students of the subject Systems of Represent

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Perception and representation of space in time of confinement with photographic media

These works were planned and carried out in the period of confinement, during March and April 2020,

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'Hey you, out there, have a say, have a place!' – Masterclass on the interview methodology and practice with Zala

In order to get an insight into the views, opinions and attitudes towards AHiddenPlace by the differ