Author Archives: PL

We are thrilled to announce that Eutropian‘s short film on Largo Residências, produced for Open Heritage, has been selected in the forthcoming “Toourism” exhibition at Vienna’s Architekturzentrum! “Transforming a community through responsible tourism” by Levente Polyák and Yilmaz Vurucu tells the … Continue reading →

How to conceive the future of Budapest? What is the role of citizen participation and civil society in shaping Budapest? On 1 March I joined the Future of Budapest Forum to moderate a sessions about public space, community initiatives and … Continue reading →

On 22 February 2024, I moderated the roundtable discussion “Diverse Heritage, Shared Connections – How to foster stronger engagement?” in KÉK – Hungarian Contemporary Architecture Centre. As part of KÉK’s Urban Talks series, we celebrated with international guests that the Budapest100 … Continue reading →

On 31 January – 1 February, I participated at the third EUI Peer Review event in Kalisz, Pleszew and Ostrów Wielkopolski in Poland. As an EUI expert, Levente has been co-coordinating the knowledge exchange process between the municipalities of Bergamo (IT), Cluj-Napoca … Continue reading →

On 22-23 January, I was in Amsterdam for the Board meeting of Placemaking Europe. PME is an international network supporting activists, designers, citizen initiatives and municipalities across Europe to develop more inclusive and sustainable public spaces. The PME team also took … Continue reading →

In mid-December, Iwas invited to Prague by UMPRUM, the University of Arts and Industry to speak about Cooperative Cities: Community-driven urban transformation and civic ecosystems in Europe. The lecture took place as part of the series “Sustainable forms of temporary use in … Continue reading →

Great days in in Coimbra, Portugal, with the European Urban Initiative to support cities in developing their sustainable development plans in the EUI’s second Peer Review event on 28-29 November 2023. Three cities had mechanisms of their Sustainable Urban Development strategy reviewed, … Continue reading →

On 15 November 2023, I participated in the “Perspectives pour une ville durable” roundtable discussion with experts from Paris and Budapest. The event was organised by Francia Intézet / Institut français de Budapest and the French Embassy as part of the 21st … Continue reading →

How can communities drive the adaptive reuse of heritage spaces? How to engage people in adaptive reuse with the help of participatory processes and inclusive governance? How to move heritage buildings out of real estate speculation? How to create economic … Continue reading →