Programme

Utopian Hours kicks off with a selection of award-winning short documentaries from recent editions of the Detroit-based festival, where films demonstrate how to shape more lively cities and neighborhoods.

A debate among experts, innovators, and makers to tackle some of the most pressing issues related to the future of our cities.

One of the activators of Spitalfields, London shares how a single neighborhood can transform the image of an entire city.

What does a Chief Public Realm Officer do? From New York, a new job title reimagines the city — starting from the public space.

The trailblazer of the “Internet of Nature“ lands in Italy. Championing the global movement that protects urban nature through technology.

The leading talents of “third places” from France. Yes We Camp unveils how to take urban spaces from neglect to liveliness for the community.

Mission: changing Ljubljana. An independent collective of placemakers proposing creative solutions and temporary uses.

The pioneers of Nature-Based solutions. Inspired by nature, the new must-know techniques for saving cities.

Telliskivi Creative City continues to set the standard. A former industrial area has long been the beating heart of Tallinn.

The Panel. A multi-voiced discussion on the relationship between public space and culture: experiences and new strategies to understand how to preserve the two sparks of urban vitality.

A year after the first American edition of Utopian Hours, we return to engage with the movers and shakers of Miami.

Living on water. Is it possible? One of Thailand’s most renowned landscape designers explains how cities can adapt to rising sea levels

The stars of landscape design rethinking the role of architecture. A lesson on the field.

The street festival that has been lighting up Bratislava for 10 years. With Good Market, collaborative creativity turns into regeneration.

International architecture in Turin. Redesigning work and living spaces where contemporary means beautiful, functional, approachable.

Welcome to the living lab city driven by new technologies. A visionary entrepreneur anticipates the urban communities of the future.

What lies behind constructing a new capital? Nick Hannes’ reportage recounts the social impact and challenges of rebuilding a city.

The prestigious international media outlet renews its presence at the festival. The floor goes to David Dudley, a leading voice of the “Bible for Urbanites.”

Understanding mobility? Better to read the data. From Rotterdam, the company that shapes cities rethinking the way we move.

Feminist urbanism challenges sexism in traditional urban planning, and design paradigms to account for women’s lives and experiences.

Urban design and a name to remember. The award-winning British firm that imbues architecture with a sense of community.

In the Silicon Valley, software is rewriting the rules of city planning. The tech-utopia of a new, hyper-technological and self-sufficient village.