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

In 2016, the Municipality of Athens renovated the Municipal Market of Kypseli into a non-profit hub for culture, social innovation, and creative entrepreneurship, hosting exhibitions, workshops, and cultural events. It marks the first application of such a model in a public space in the city, revitalizing the local economy and community life.

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.
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Topics:

Community Hubs & Cultural Activities
Public Space Development & Management
Urban Regeneration & Rehabilitation

Resilience Challenges:

Economic & livelihood resilience
Social and cultural resilience

Type of Civic Engagement Supporting Neighborhood Resilience:

Advocacy and capacity building
Art- and culture-based civic engagement
Long-term, more institutionalized engagement
Short-term, more flexible project-based engagement
Volunteer and community service projects

Level of Civic Participation:

Collaboration or co-operation
Empowerment or co-production
Involvement or participation

Stakeholders Involved:

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