new
ruralities

new
ruralities

New Ruralities (NERU) is an Erasmus+ Cooperation partnerships program (2022-2025) aiming at reconceptualizing rural territories beyond the current opposition city-countryside, which we deem at the root of our current climate crisis. It gathers six design units within the universities of ULB (Brussels), POLITO (Torino), UDC (La Coruña), UMinho (Guimarães), UACEG (Sofia) and ETH (Zürich).

Partners

  • ULB Faculty of Architecture La Cambre – Horta
  • POLITO Department of Architecture and Design (DAD)
  • UACEG University of Architecture Civil Engineering and Geodesy
  • UDC Department of Architectural Projects, Urban Planning and Composition (DPAUC)
  • UM School of Architecture, Art and Design (EAAD)
  • ETHZ Chair of Architecture and Urban Transformation (NEWROPE)
  • IdeaConsult – external expert
  • Sonian Wood Coop – external expert
  • Fundación RIA – external expert

Activities

  • Rare Earths
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  • Seminar Week: Baltic Ti(d)es
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  • Ghosts on the Zwin Polder
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  • Atelier 2A Territory: Searching potentials for new ruralities. Entre o Rio Ave e a Citânia de Briteiros, Guimarães
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  • Compulsory 2A Territory: Searching potentials for new ruralities. Entre o Rio Ave e a Citânia de Briteiros, Guimarães
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  • Seminar Week: Transhumance in Spain
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  • Unlocking Devices
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  • Summer School at Bratsigovo and Kuklen (Bulgaria)
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  • Rural Urbanity I first & second
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  • Atelier 1A Landscape: Approaching the new takescapes of rurality Portela-Extremo, Arcos de Valdevez
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  • Compulsory 1A Landscape: Approaching the new taskscapes of rurality Portela-Extremo, Arcos de Valdevez
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  • Ghosts on the North Sea
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  • Rural Transformations I
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  • Riabitare Genzano di Lucania
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  • Progettare le Alpi di domani
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  • Between the ‘Wester Hoek’ and the French Ardennes
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  • Rural Planning Project
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  • Integrated and Landscape Planning Project
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  • Regional Planning Project
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  • Atelier 2A Territory: Tracing the persistence of rurality Veiga de Creixomil, Guimarães
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  • Compulsory 2A Territory: Tracing the persistence of rurality Veiga de Creixomil, Guimarães
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  • Urban Laboratory: Tracing the persistence of rurality Veiga de Creixomil, Guimarães
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  • Valle d’Aosta
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Latest news

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    New Ruralities Talk in occasion of the NERU competition Jury in Turin

    On May 15th at 17:30, the  New Ruralities Talk will take place in the Salone d’Onore of the Castello del Valentino, in the context of the international jury of the NERU architecture competition.

    The competition explores new approaches to the relationship between rural and urban areas, with a focus on hybrid typologies for living and production. It aims to contribute to a long-term perspective on sustainable rural development in Europe.

    As part of the program, Momoyo Kaijima (ETH Zurich / Atelier Bow-Wow), Niklas Fanelsa (TU Munich / Atelier Fanelsa), and Juan Chacón (UDK Berlin / Zuloark) will take part in a discussion on architectural practices and current challenges in rural contexts.

    The conversation will be moderated by Silvia Lanteri, researcher, and Roberto Dini, professor at the Politecnico di Torino.

    Students and colleagues are invited to attend.

    Download the event poster here.

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Distribution of the population
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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gisco/geodata/grids