recap of our kick-off with URBAN EXPERIENCE RUHR street-art bingo & things to know

On the 29th of January we launched Urban Experience Ruhr! Together with our partners and other curious minds from the fields of urban development, culture and civil society, we celebrated the launch of our new project with the Urbanisten and Bande der Gestaltung .

To start things off, we got active with the participants during a round of Street Art Bingo through Dortmund’s Union district. Afterward, a welcome session and presentations by various speakers took place in the Werkhalle in Dortmund.

Vera Herberholt introduced #stadtsache: an app that invites citizens to explore and experience their city through themes like “Greenery”, “Poetry” and “Technology”.

Daniel Parlow from the Urbanisten spoke about the potential of Urban Games to turn the city into a playing field and his experience with developing games in urban spaces.

Gabi Linde of #HiddenCampus gave an insight into her work with participatory formats for urban design and  social interactions in public spaces.

Thank you to all speakers and participants for a successful launch! The Kick-Off provided space for conversations, first ideas and an outlook for the coming two years. Urban Experience Ruhr will soon continue with new formats, such as Innovation Labs.

Urban Experience Ruhr is funded within the framework of the NEXT.IN.NRW innovation competition, with support from the  European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).