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On 16 October 2025, the first Artwork for Mirafiori was inaugurated in Mirafiori Sud, the #ClimaGen pilot area in Torino. One year later, we look back at IDOLO, a work by British artist Mike Nelson that rests in the shallow water of the Sangone river. ©Mauro Vallinotto ✦ A wild river between the housing estates From the 1960s onwards, Mirafiori Sud developed as a residential area for factory workers, many of them employed in the FIAT plants. Between the tower blocks, the low-rise housing and...

From 29 September to 2 October 2026, the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), a partner in the #ClimaGen project, held OpenLivingLab Days #OLLD26 in Belgium. ClimaGen took part in a roundtable on scaling up living labs and presented the project at ENoLL’s city projects booth. This is ENoLL's flagship annual event and the global meeting point of the living lab community. It brings together living lab practitioners, public officials, academics, entrepreneurs and innovators who want to...

📍 From 23 to 25 September 2026, our consortium of cities and partners is gathered in Torino for the fourth #ClimaGen study visit, hosted by the City of Torino together with local partners LINKS Foundation, Fondazione Mirafior, Orti Generali and Urban Lab Torino. The visit centres on the co-creation and implementation of the first round of nature-based solutions (NbS) and other interventions in the city. 🗓️ The programme opened on Wednesday at LINKS Foundation, with a poster session on the...