Note
- Cities and local governments interested in learning how to use the digital tools, participatory methods, and gain expert support to tackle challenges related to urban renovation should instead apply for the Learning Accelerator programme.
- The Curiosity Network is a more open platform for learning and exchange, intended for those of you who are not part of a local government.
What is the BLUEPRINT Curiosity Network?
BLUEPRINT: is a research project funded under the New European Bauhaus (NEB). focusing on the potential of digital tools and stakeholder participation for the holistic urban renovation of the built environment, from building to district scale. Building on the experiences of five existing pilots (cities and/or districts), the project equips you with proven digital tools, participatory methods, and expert support to tackle challenges related to urban renovation in your city.
The Curiosity Network is a diverse ecosystem for learning, replication, upscaling, and exchange. We aim to reach technical experts, digital innovators, NEB Community members, policymakers, and broader audiences in discussions around possibilities for the digital tools and their uses, linking this to the experiences of the five project pilots.
In doing so, we aim to cross-pollinate ideas, integrate underrepresented voices in governance and connect multidisciplinary expertise (across geographical levels), including involving underprivileged stakeholders.
Levels of engagement
The extent and timing of engagement will be completely flexible and open to the particular interests of different participants (the registration form also allows you to indicate your interests). While some of you might be more interested in learning about the outcomes (receiving information about the digital tools), others may be more interested in shaping policy agendas, joining shared events, etc.
Examples here are dependent on the stated interests of those participating, examples here might include workshops, webinars, policy roundtables, digital tool demonstrations, etc.
What you gain from joining
Early access to insights from pilot cities, opportunities to influence emerging policy and/or tools, getting to know about exclusive events, exchanges and site visits, visibility within the NEB ecosystem, etc.
Who might be particularly interested in participating in the Curiosity Network?
Civil society actors: e.g. addressing related policy issues like energy poverty, the affordable housing crisis, and democratic deficits, by helping the project to ensure effective inclusion and involvement of underprivileged communities in the project’s pilot sites and thinking how digital tools can best support effective engagement.
Those located in the same region or country as the pilots: e.g. updates on pilot processes, opportunities to give input on pilot plans, participate in site visits, etc. Pilot locations: Balla (Ireland), Issy les Moulineaux (France), Athens (Greece), Budapest (Hungary), Benetutti (Italy).
Academics and NEB community: e.g. project updates, possibilities to engage in cross-project events and other synergy initiatives, creation of links to other NEB events, etc. City networks and initiatives like the 100 Climate Neutral Cities Mission can also obtain inspiration for how to support other cities using the digital tools.
Practitioners (architects, engineers, real estate developers, etc.) information and dedicated training sessions on integrated digital tools, from Digital Twins, AI decision support to VR/AR methods for co-design. Guidance could be provided on how these could be effectively used in different fields.
TimelineÂ
- The Curiosity Network processes will run from October 2026 to March 2029
- Applications will be accepted from July 2026 onwards.
Get involve!
We invite interested parties across Europe to join the BLUEPRINT Curiosity Network for Participatory Urban Renovation and become part of a growing movement shaping inclusive, sustainable and beautiful built environments. Registration takes less than 5 minutes 🙂