Urban Planning for Social Resilience –
Learn to Build Impact from the Ground Up

Urban Planning for Social Resilience – Learn to Build Impact from the Ground Up

Kypseli Municipal Market

Timeline: 2016

In 2016, the Municipality renovated the Municipal Market of Kypseli to optimize its societal benefits as part of a broader initiative to repurpose city resources.

About The Case Study

In 2016, the Municipality renovated the Municipal Market of Kypseli to optimize its societal benefits, as part of a broader initiative to repurpose city resources. This effort promotes culture, innovation, and creative entrepreneurship, thereby enhancing the quality of life within the local community. The primary objective was to transform the Market into a catalyst for revitalizing the local economy, aimed at attracting new audiences and generating interest in products and services for residents and entrepreneurs, while providing new experiences for the citizens of Athens.

Activities include: Social activities, exhibitions, adult workshops, in-store workshops, theatrical and musical and theatrical events. The market’s new operational model, non-profit in nature, emphasizes culture, education, social innovation, entrepreneurship, and the strengthening of the local economy. This represents the first application of such a model within a public space in the city.

Addressed Challenges:

Economic and livelihood issues, Social and cultural resilience

Types of Civic Engagement:

Volunteer and community service projects

Level of Civic Participation:

Empowering, Informing, Involving

Main Stakeholders Involved:

Community members, Local Government, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Private Sector

Funding Sources:

Hybrid Funding