Harnessing the potential of urban furniture as a driver of sustainability, inclusion, and local creativity

Canvas is a European project that reimagines and co-creates street furniture as a catalyst for beautiful, inclusive and sustainable public spaces.

Together with communities, cities, designers, researchers and place makers, the project will co-create and test accessible, circular and climate resilient solutions across seven European pilot cities and one region.

Guided by New European Bauhaus values, the eight pilots will act as living showcases that strengthen local identity, foster social cohesion and enhance environmental performance in different social and climatic contexts in Europe.

Map of Europe showing the eight CANVAS pilot locations

Longford County

IRELAND
Social Interaction & Safety

Multifunctional and vibrant gathering spaces as new cultural and social heart of the city

Wolin

POLAND
Inclusion & Environment

Improve coastal spaces with inclusive, weather resilient street furniture

Wroclaw

POLAND
Social Interaction & Multifunctionality

Aesthetic street furniture design for communities

Ajdovščina

SLOVENIA
Multifunctionality & Culture

Connecting heritage and innovation

CANVAS ON TOUR

AUSTRIA
Blending lessons

Demonstrating learnings from from the pilot sites

Reykjavik

ICELAND
Art & Culture

Street furniture for engagement and eco cultural tourism

İZMİR

TURKIYE
Environmental Performance

Reclaiming materials, caring places

Reșița

ROMANIA
Arts and Culture

Connecting refurbishments for local industrial heritage and cultural identity

Contact

Let’s talk about CANVAS

Coordination

Gudrun Haindlmaier

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

gudrun.haindlmaier@ait.ac.at

Communication

Nathalie Bargues

Greenovate! Europe

n.bargues@greenovate-europe.eu