BIP Urban Phoenix: Brownfields Reborn
As part of the series of Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes realised in Ostrava in collaboration with the U!REKA Lab: Urban Commons, a new edition is planned for 2027:
Urban Phoenix: Brownfields Reborn: physical part in Ostrava 18. 4.-23. 4. 2027 (virtual dates: 9. 3. + 2. 4. 2027)
We are looking for new colleagues and students! Contact: majstrikova@vsb.cz, adela.valentova@vsb.cz
Past BIP exchanges focussed on the following topics:
2026: Alternative application of waste materials to reduce carbon footprint – the path to a circular economy. Building materials history, present and future.
2025: How to understand brownfields – threat or opportunity (Faculty of Civil Engineering). Students’ tasks focussed on the following three challenges and locations – Skip Tower František, Bravantice Castle, Agricultural brownfields in protected landscape area Poodří.
2023: Common Regeneration – How can urban commons transform an industrial and mining region? Case study: Ostrava (Faculty of Civil Engineering). Students’ tasks focussing on the three locations with three different social and technical challenges – searching for potential solutions using commons principles.
