HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03 | FABRICATE 2.0 – Neighbourhood Experience, Health & Wellbeing through Living Labs

FABRICATE 2.0 is a pan-European New European Bauhaus (NEB) initiative coordinated by Yıldız Technical University (Türkiye), bringing together municipalities, universities, NGOs and strategic networks to explore how neighbourhood experience, health and wellbeing can shape inclusive green transformation.

The proposal is being developed under:

HORIZON-NEB-2026-01-PARTICIPATION-03
“Understanding inhabitants’ experiences of neighbourhoods to support health and wellbeing”

The project focuses on neighbourhood-scale transformation through Living Labs implemented across urban, peri-urban and rural contexts in Europe.

Current pilot structures include:

• Istanbul / Küçükçekmece; Türkiye

• Athens; Greece

• Bratislava, Slovacia

• Ville de Caen; France

• Breda, Netherland

• Toronto, Canada

FABRICATE 2.0 investigates how neighbourhood environments influence:

• health and wellbeing,

• social cohesion and belonging,

• participation and local democracy,

• inclusion of vulnerable groups,

• energy poverty and climate vulnerability,

• access to public space and everyday urban life.

The consortium combines:

• participatory planning,

• public space co-design,

• community engagement,

• citizen science,

• neighbourhood observatories,

• AI/GIS-supported analysis,

• and local governance innovation.

The project aims to co-create implementable neighbourhood actions aligned with the three core New European Bauhaus values:

• sustainability,

• inclusion,

• and beauty.

Planned outputs include:

• neighbourhood wellbeing and social fabric assessment tools,

• co-creation and participation methodologies,

• policy uptake and replication toolkits,

• public space and tactical urbanism pilot actions,

• and comparative European learning between pilot areas.

Additional discussions continue with:

• sociology and psychology departments,

• local design offices,

• neighbourhood associations,

• public space practitioners,

• dissemination and replication partners.

We are currently looking for:

• NEB-oriented design teams,

• public space and tactical urbanism practitioners,

• wellbeing and health experts,

• citizen engagement specialists,

• and local innovation actors interested in co-developing implementable neighbourhood transformation approaches.

FABRICATE 2.0 aims to strengthen the social dimension of Europe’s green transition by ensuring that neighbourhood transformation is not only sustainable, but also socially embedded, participatory and meaningful in everyday life.