The Pilot Project
Covadonga Urban Lab, a new space for collective creation and innovation in Sabadell
Within the framework of the UCITYLAB project, funded by the ERASMUS + program of the European Union, the Autonomous University of Barcelona is developing te Covadonga Urban Lab pilot project. With this proposal where the university is linked, from its broadest meaning, with the city and the territory, it wants to build a new space for experimentation, co-creation and collective innovation.
As an urban laboratory, it is an open space for citizens and different urban and social agents who want to collectively imagine, create, test and implement solutions to the main social, urban and environmental challenges facing the Covadonga district and the city of Sabadell in general.
Throughout the year 2020, the implementation of the Covadonga Urban Lab pilot project will be carried out through different activities and events, opening the possibility for all those interested to participate.
The Challenges
What are the main urban and social strategic challenges for Sabadell and the Covadonga district?
Innovation, knowledge & culture district
What are the steps needed to build a rich ecosystem of innovation and knowledge in the neighborhood?
Sport & Health District
How can innovative urban design promote healthier, more active lifestyles?
Circular District / Energetic
& Ecologic transition
How can we deal with environmental and climate challenges by eveloping and testing innovative solutions?
Inclusive district
How can innovative participatory processes promote citizen participation and inclusion in urban design?
District
Entities
Faculties
Universities
Universities
The project in numbers
The local network
The pilot project is developed in relation to two working groups: the Local Interest Group, which provides the challenges and the local knowledge and and the Academic Group, which brings the expertise and creativity to respond to these challenges.
The Acadèmic Group
During the Pilot four higher education institutions with different expertises will participate in a transdisciplinary and collaborative space.
Together with the Local Interest Group, they will work jointly to come up with possible responses to the social and urban challenges of the city and neighborhood.
Grau en Psicologia Social
Grau en Empresa i Tecnologia
Grau en Geografia
Grau en Smart Cities
Mínor en Emprenedoria i Innovació Social
Postgrau en Economia Social i Solidària
Master of Landscape Intervention and Heritage Management
Grau en Estudis d'Arquitectura
Postgrau en Smart Cities
Grau en Estudis d'Arquitectura
Grau en Disseny
Master in Management / Digital Transformation
Master en Tecnologías para las Smart Cities y Smart Grids
The Acadèmic Group
The Local Interest Group
Within the framework of the quadruple helix, the project is counting with the collaboration of diverse agents coming from the public administration, the university, the business fabric and the citizens.
Academia / Research
Public Administration
Business / industry
Citizens / society
Activities / events
The team
Konstantinos Kourkoutas, PhD
Urbanist
Coordinador CORE Smart Cities UAB
Investigador Principal
Marta Carrasco Bonet
Urbanist / Arquitect
Tècnica de Coordinació
Àngela Serrano Ferigle
Head of Unit of Research Strategic Developement,
UAB