Stories, experiences and milestones of the project. Here's HeritACT blog to keep up to date with the latest news
Building bridges for cultural heritage: the networking mission of the HeritACT project
What did we do in 2023 and 2024 to foster partnerships, share knowledge and create synergies to amplify our impact at European level? Here we share some highlights.
Milan Pilot's Journey Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Heritage
As we close 2024, the HeritACT Milan pilot has achieved remarkable milestones, weaving together culture, sustainability, and inclusion into the ecosystem of Milan’s historical cascine.
Arts and Cultural Management Conference 2024
Arts and Cultural Management Conference 2024: HeriACT goes to Vienna for the ENCC-ACMC special panel on cultural heritage
Exploring Elefsina Pilot Sites Series 3: Discover Cine Eleusis, A Cultural Hub Reborn
Cine Eleusis, once one of the 13 movie theaters that operated in Elefsina, has been beautifully renovated and revitalized as both a cinema and a space for community activities and events.
European Cultural Heritage Summit 2024: here are some HeritACT’s highlights
Between 6 and 8 October, HeritACT travelled to Bucharest to get inspired at the Europa Nostra's European Cultural Heritage Summit 2024. Here we tell you how it went and share some key highlights.
Exploring Elefsina Pilot Sites Series 2: Iris, Greece's First Modern Paint Industry
The perception of Iris among Eleusinians, both as a historical monument and as a renovated cultural venue, varies greatly. Located on Eleusis's waterfront, a historically contested area, Iris's future is closely tied to broader urban development plans for the port area. As one local put it, "I personally like that area. If they fixed up the harbour a bit, added some greenery, nicer cafés, and generally cleaned up the area, it would become more lively".
Exploring Elefsina Pilot Sites Series 1: the Old Canteen
The Old Canteen of Eleusis, a renovated cultural space located in the city’s waterfront with the unique industrial sunset, a hub of activities for the educational and local community within the framework of the HeritACT project, bears an interesting history and many memories for the local community.
HeritACT at Ballina Heritage Day 2024: Community Engagement and Minecraft Creativity Drive Heritage Reactivation
On July 10th, 2024, HeritACT hub in Ballina hosted a successful Heritage Day pop-up event on Pearse Street, where community members of all ages came together to shape the future of their town. The event featured an innovative voting survey for adults and engaging Minecraft gameplay activities for children, both aimed at reactivating key heritage sites in Ballina.
Green, full of life and culturally pluralistic, Elefsina’s future from the point of view of the locals
Memorable findings (moments) from HeritACT’s first three months bringing together community voices able to unlock the collective vision of the city.
A Recap of the HeritACT General Assembly in Patras
The sea, a city surrounded by Greek islands, tasty food and some saharan dust in the air. These could be simple highlights of how the environment was feeling in the first HeritACT General Assembly hosted by the University of Patras in beautiful Greece.
HeritACT wrapping up first year: here’s what happened this 2023
From the kick-off in early 2023, HeritACT has embarked on a journey, not just to contribute to cultural heritage but to reimagine it through contemporary design and community engagement.
Two HeritACT partners among the winners of the New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023
The Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) University College Dublin are among the awardees for their projects Tova and Ripple, respectively, that aimed to reconnect with nature, shape a circular industrial ecosystem and support life-cycle thinking.
Chronicle of a kickoff: the HeriTACT project and how to enhance cultural and historical heritage
Some days ago, we held a very special kickoff meeting in Milan of the HeriTACT project, an EU funded project under the auspices of the New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative. HeriTACT aims to bridge the past and the future of urban heritage in a more inclusive, sustainable and participatory way.
Today the HeritACT team from Milano explored the educational farm and beehives of Cascina Linterno
The HeritACT project will test the toolkit and solutions for a better communication and participation in cultural heritage in three demo-site: Milan (IT), Ballina (IR) and Elefsina (GR). In this sense, the Italian pilot brings together the past and the future of heritage to establish ecological practices and collaborative design installations through a traditional rural way of living estates called cascine.