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The full Urban Storytellers Journal in English, German and Bulgarian is now available to read and download here.

Was brauchen junge Menschen an den Orten, an denen sie leben, lernen, arbeiten und ihre Freizeit verbringen – und wie können wir sie in die Gestaltung der Stadt einbeziehen? Um diese Frage zu beleuchten, sprach die öffentliche Designerin und Stadtprojektmanagerin Katya Romanova mit zwei lokalen Jugendinstitutionen in Berlin-Pankow: dem Kinder- und Jugendbüro Pankow und Gangway e.V. Gemeinsam teilen sie Einblicke, Erfahrungen und Strategien, um die Stadtplanung inklusiver zu gestalten und besser auf die Bedürfnisse junger Menschen einzugehen.

What do young people need in the places where they live, study, work, and spend their free time — and how can we involve them in shaping the city? We spoke with two local youth institutions in Berlin-Pankow: Kinder- und Jugendbüro Pankow and Gangway e.V. about insights, experiences, and strategies for making urban planning more inclusive and responsive to the needs of young people.

„Finding Home“ ist eine Klanginstallation, die fragt: Was bedeutet „Zuhause“ für junge Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund?

“Finding Home” is a sound installation that asks: What does “home” mean for young people with migration backgrounds?

Dieses partizipative Projekt von Ksenia Lapina und Maria Fallada Llandrich untersucht Jugendidentität, Zugehörigkeitsgefühl und die imaginativen, hoffnungsvollen Zukunftsvorstellungen junger Menschen in Berlin und Sofia.

This participatory project explores youth identity, sense of belonging, and the imaginative, hopeful futures envisioned by young people in Berlin and Sofia.

On October 25 at 16:00, we warmly invite you to the launch of the urban storytelling journal at C*SPACE!

“Entrepreneurship is a creative act” – says Prof. Günter Faltin, founder of Teekampagne whom we had the privilege of hosting this autumn for a discussion as part of our C*LAB program. Learn more about the others entrepreneurs gatherings at C*SPACE in 2023…

Ein Audiowalk über Stadutopien in Weißensee von Katya Romanova

Audiowalk about urban utopias in Weißensee produced by Katya Romanova

The “Pop-Up Teahouse Berlin” was a special summer 2021 place making project created and hosted at C*SPACE Berlin. On six Saturdays between July and October the charming yard of the former furniture factory in the neighbourhood of Weissensee was transformed into an outdoor teahouse, that was not only a place for casual tea hangouts, informal transcultural dialogues and talks, but also a platform for design workshops as well for artistic performances at night. Find here a photo documentation and some videos…

A kiosk that doesn’t sell but shares – that’s how the project Sharing to Empower began. It explored how newly arrived people from Ukraine in Berlin invent their own forms of sharing and how these practices can create a sense of belonging, help build community, and help shape a new urban environment.

How does the culture of walking is influencing urban planning in Netherlands and Asia and urban design ‘adaptation’? A film by Prisca Arosia.

In this interview Knut Wimberger – systemic thinker and social entrepreneur, who has lived in China for 20 years – talks with us about current challenges of society, the social entrepreneurship ecosystem and his vision for the future of living.

In 2005, DONG Hao co-founded Crossboundaries and he is now the Managing Director of its Beijing office. In this interview he reflects on how architects/designers are shapers that inspire people and how important it is to create a whole organism with a relationship to individuals and society.

Begleiten Sie uns virtuell auf unserer STADTMACHER- Kiezerkundung, in der wir angetrieben von der Frage “Was heißt eigentlich Stadt machen vor unserer eigenen Haustür” den Kiez rund um unser Büro in der Weißenseer Spitze erkunden. Der Virtual Walk wurde von Kika Yang und Fred Plasmann produziert und lädt dazu ein inspirierende Stadtmacher in unserem Kiez kennenzulernen.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass Weißensee eine kleine Gruppe von Tiny House-Fans aufweist? Und dann auch noch im Schatten einer Kirchenruine auf einer Verkehrsinsel?

Marlene Welzl shares with us what inspired her to create the concept of WOHNBUDDY, a matchmaking platform for elderly and young people to live together. This podcast is part of our series recorded at the CITYMAKERS Social Entrepreneurship Competence Lab.

LU Ying brings experience from eight cities and three continents to her business in Shanghai. Her enterprise Future Urban Living aims at promoting a circular economy instead of the well-established ‘make-use-dispose’ model.

Kai Gong ist Musiker und Philosoph, zwischen Berlin und Peking. Mit unserer “Learning Cities Map” spazierte er durch das Pekinger Wudaokou-Viertel und besuchte das in einem Wohnhochhaus gelegene 706 Youth Lab. In diesem Video-Blog hat er seine Eindrücke festgehalten.