It was a session packed with information. We presented the NEB Lab (what, how, who) and the first generation of the Community-led and Commission-led NEB Lab projects.

A novelty introduced together with the launch of the NEB Lab will be opening our community to for-profit organisations and public authorities through the Friends of the NEB.

All information about the NEB Lab, explanations on how to apply with a project to enter the Lab, descriptions of the running projects and forms to apply for a Friend of NEB status will be published on 7 April on our website and the community platform.

While waiting for that, please find the recording of the working session here. Below you can also find all presentations used last Friday:

• NEB Lab presentation
• Community-led project presentations:
  • New European Bauhaus goes South connects six south European counties which join forces to reflect on and improve education through architecture. (contact: Tereza Calix)
  • Nordic carbon neutral Bauhaus is an open forum to discuss how architecture, design and art can help achieve a carbon neutral built environment in an inclusive manner. (contact: Matti Kuittinen and Helena Bjarnegard)
  • New European Bauhaus of the mountains seeks to improve the quality of the built environment, and citizens' quality of life, in rural and mountain areas. (contact: Vesna Caminades)
• Commission-led project presentations:
  • Labelling strategy project will invite experts, academics and professionals in sustainability, inclusiveness and aesthetics to contribute to building a compass and self-assessment tools that will help ensure projects are well-aligned with the  New European Bauhaus values. (contact: Lorenzo De Simone)
  • Regulatory analysis and experimentation project will explore how the regulatory framework, from the local to the European level, can support the development of New European Bauhaus projects. (contact: Nadja Najjar)
  • Innovative financing project focuses on an exploration of innovative funding solutions for NEB projects (contact: Borislava Woodford and Maria-Elena Camarascu)
  • Transforming places of learning is currently looking for projects focused on the transformation of places of learning that connect a tangible place with innovative pedagogical methods and the local community. (contact: Vera Winthagen)

We are super thankful to the whole community for helping us shape the NEB Lab framework through co-creation activities and critical feedback, and hope many of you will actively participate in the NEB Lab projects.