Sleeping Beauty

Integrating Nature Based Solutions with New European Bauhaus values for sustainable, inclusive and resilient societies

Coordinated by the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT ), Sleeping Beauty unites 21 organisations from 9 European countries with one shared goal: to awaken the potential of overlooked, underused, and forgotten public spaces—what we call “sleeping beauties.” The project will work across six pilot sites in Riga (LV), Wroclaw (PL), Fröseke (SE), Bolzano (IT), Kozani (EL), and Collegno (IT). These sites are embedded in diverse climatic and socio-spatial contexts, ranging from rural to urban, and face a variety of challenges such as urban heat islands, depopulation, limited greenery, or light pollution. Each site will be reimagined as a beautiful, multifunctional living space, designed through the integration of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) and New European Bauhaus (NEB) values. By combining sustainability, inclusion, and aesthetics, the project aims to reconnect people with nature and redefine what public space can be

Duration: June 2025 – May 2028