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We shape places in Utrecht that make you think: nice here.*

*with nice we mean shaped in a dialogue, sustainable, impactful, creative and community-led.

We are City Makers and Storytellers

focused on public space design through community-led approaches and creative thinking.

Our passion lies deeply in people, their relation to cities, and how to empower citizens

to shape cities in a manner that allows all users to be accounted for. 

What we do

What we do

We work on the intersection of Placemaking and Storytelling through community led-approaches.

Placemaking

Creating places in a dialogue. That means shaping it with the people, sharing responsibility, and making it inclusive. Yes, you can be visionary, we even invite you to but it needs to be practical, flexible, and adaptable. It’s about turning a house into a home. 

And we all know it, there is no place like home.

Civic Engagement

In order to create cities that are open to everyone, inclusively designed and perhaps have something playful in store we need to acknowledge the importance of involving citizens in the process. We involve the citizen in the process of action-taking and doing research, linked together by critical reflection.

Storytelling

We all carry an imperative to imagining cities for all, to engage more meaningfully with different urban actors and their different sensibilities through their stories. Storytelling for us,  is a playful tool to induce understanding and compassion and, most importantly, motivate people to take action.

Action Design Research

Focusing on understanding the needs of people and the context in which they live, and then using these insights to inform the design of interventions services. It is an iterative process to help stakeholders identify problems, understand the underlying causes, and design solutions that are tailored to their local context.

Projects

Projects

From voting to action:
practical skills for a better Europe.

How do young Europeans create a better, more aesthetic, sustainable, and inclusive Europe?


We are co-hosting the Dutch UP2NEB Living Labs and learn from international and real-life cases. Meet young change-makers like yourself, get inspired, and become a leader for nice and positive change.

#NewEuropeanBauhaus

#LivingLab

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Contact

Get in touch

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Leave us a nice message at nicehere.utrecht@gmail.com

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