The SMOTIES network is a partnership of ten design universities, research centers, creative agencies, and national associations. Each partner selected a small and remote place in their country to benefit from the design of cultural and creative regenerations within public spaces and in collaboration with local stakeholders.
The project is part of the Human Cities network, a platform for interdisciplinary exchange, examining and acting to improve the livability of indoor and outdoor public spaces to incubate innovative processes for social cohesion through participatory design.
- Features projects in Portugal, Poland, Wales, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, France, Austria, Slovenia, and Greece
- Regional promotion and safeguarding of quality of life and work
- Best practice: learning from exemplary models
With contributions by
Michael Dumiak, Independent reporter and editor
Valentina Auricchio PhD, associate professor, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Elisa Bertolotti PhD, assistant professor of Communication Design, Art and Design Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira
Beatriz Bonilla Berrocal, PhD candidate, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Helen Charoupia Researcher, Department of Product and Systems Design Engineering within Complex Systems and Service Design Lab, University of the Aegean
Alexandra Coutsoucos, Research fellow, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Annalinda De Rosa PhD, researcher, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Davide Fassi PhD, full professor, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Susana Gonzaga PhD, assistant professor, Art and Design Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Madeira
Nina Goršic, Architect and researcher, urban renewal, cultural heritage and accessibility, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
Frank van Hasselt, Chief executive, Clear Village
Astrid Lelarge, Historian of urban planning, Alternance Architecture and Urban Planning, assistant professor, Faculty of Planning and Design, Agricultural University of Iceland
Vanessa Monna, Post-doc research fellow, Department of Design, Politecnico di Milano
Chiara Nifosì, PhD, assistant professor of Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
Matej Nikšic, Architect, urban planner, lecturer in urban design, Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia
Cristina Renzoni, PhD, associate professor of Urban Planning, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano
Anwar Samara, Student of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture, University of Ljubljana
Noemi Satta, Independent consultant and expert in cultural innovation and strategic and participatory planning
Isabelle Vérilhac, Strategic designer, founder of Design With Isabelle
