● European Creative Rooftop Network - R-EU-FTOP

Municipality of Faro (PT)

Coincidencies (ES), Folkstadens Ideella Forening (SE), Stad Antwerpen (BE), Stadt Chemnitz (DE), Stichting Rotterdamse Dakendagen (NL), Stichting Stadvinderij (NL), Urban Gorillas (CY), Urban Scale Interventions Limited (UK)

State of the art

R-EU-FTOP gathers 9 European cities & independent cultural operators exploring how to make use of the underused 15-35% of Europe’s urban landscape: the roofscape.

Description of the project

With a perspective from above, R-EU-FTOP provides citizens with the opportunity to re-discover and re-use their roofscape heritage to improve the creativity, livability and sustainability of their cities. European Creative Rooftop Network intends to develop pilot projects that show how unused cities’ central spaces can become spaces for greener cities (e.g. gardens, farming, clean energy production). The project proposes an additional layer to the public space of cities, creating more spaces for community gatherings but also spaces for greener and cleaner cities. Associated with this is also new models of circular and sustainable economy through the development of specific rooftop businesses.

The project seeks to develop a pilot project that can inspire decision makers and city creators but also entrepreneurs for new ways of using and feeling the city.

Creative Europe’s support

The theme of rooftops is global and concerns on how to deal with these spaces are common in most cities in Europe. Developing E-EU-FTOP at European level will allow it to act as a catalyst for a broader movement to create cultural, environmental and community dynamics in Europe's roofscape.

#cultural heritage #urban space #circular economy #community #new business models

Beyond Environmental Sustainability

The project will define the role of CCS in roofscape development, in the form of different materials and associated open-source learning materials. In particular, it will develop a transnational roadmap and action plan for the “Roofscape Europe” movement.

Contact

Creative Europe Project Results