On Friday, 12 December, as part of the Annual Conference of the Urban Rehabilitation, Renovation and Regeneration Group (3R) organised by AVS and AVS Euskadi, held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a panel discussion was held on “Innovation projects in the field of

GAIA and Bilbao Municipal Housing, partners in the European BIRTUOSS project (Opengela), welcomed several representatives from the INBUILT project, coordinated by Université Côte d’Azur and made up of 16 partners, to the TorreUrizar living lab on the 25th of November. This project is developing innovative

Picture: Durango Town Council The project, which involves eight buildings and a semi-detached house in the San Sebastian neighbourhood, represents a total investment of €15.1 million. It also includes the redevelopment of public spaces, landscaping work and energy and sustainability

Picture: Durango Town Council The renovation of 130 homes and the reurbanisation of the neighbourhood have involved an investment of €10.8 million, of which €3.3 million (30%) comes from the Department of Housing and Agenda. The project integrates nature-based solutions

This year, Torreurizar, the iconic social housing building designed by Ricardo Bastida in 1919 and converted into the living lab of the BIRTUOSS-Opengela project, will be open to visitors as part of the Open House Bilbao 2025 programme. Visits will

The Basque Government has approved the second amendment to the agreement reached in 2022 with the local council of the town in Vizcaya, which will enable the renovation of 12 buildings comprising 126 homes. In addition, the Technical Office for

One of the 11 doorways in Vista Alegre that is being refurbished The historic neighbourhood of Vista Alegre, in Sestao, faces the final stretch of its transformation thanks to an ambitious comprehensive urban regeneration project that will be completed in

Bilbao City Council and the Basque Government are carrying out an ambitious urban regeneration plan in Uretamendi, one of the 25 neighbourhoods belonging to the Opengela programme. This initiative seeks to improve the living conditions of its inhabitants by rehabilitating

ManagEnergy, the European Commission’s initiative for regional and local energy agencies, has published an article on its website exploring how the Basque Country is transforming its older neighbourhoods into models of inclusive and climate-resilient living through the Opengela programme. As

Opengela Roadmap and Opengela Communities are two tools created by Cíclica and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), with funding from the Basque Government.   With this method it is possible to work on a hypothesis of what will happen to