Urban development agency · Zagreb
Urban Factory helps cities change together with the people who live in them — from research and strategy to public spaces, transport and built results.
Directions
Festivals, forums and participatory processes that bring residents, experts, business and city teams to one table.
More about this direction: Engagement & EventsCity and territorial strategies, public transport and cycling networks, housing programmes — built to fit real budgets and real operators.
More about this direction: Strategic Planning & MobilityStreets, parks and public spaces designed together with the people who will use them — from concept to competition brief.
More about this direction: Urban Design & ArchitectureSelected work
Rostov-on-Don · 2014–2023
How cycling became part of the transport system of Rostov-on-Don — from a city request and Urban Factory’s research with cyclists to a design tender, a city cycle network scheme and cycle lanes built in phases from 2021.
Projects
Rostov-on-Don · 2013–2023
A tram network concept — new lines and reconstruction of existing track — that informed the city’s tender documents and the 2023 programme of 119 km.
Projects
Zverevo · 2018–2019
A 3.1 ha boulevard designed together with residents: from first workshops to a complete design package handed over to the city.
Projects
Rostov-on-Don · 2017–2019
Bringing a neglected city river back into public life — a non-profit, an international partnership with Recife and the First Mile of a linear park, opened in 2023.
Projects
Zverevo · 2018
A development strategy for a small mining town, written together with residents and adopted by the city council in December 2018.
Projects
Rostov-on-Don · 2013–2014
A city festival about public space, held in 2013 and 2014. It brought Rostov’s urban initiatives together for the first time, left behind a new public square and gave birth to Urban Factory.
ProjectsApproach
Urban Factory takes a project from research to a tender-ready brief and remains available as an adviser during implementation. The tram and cycling concepts for Rostov-on-Don went from first sketches to tender documents, and both projects went on to construction.
Geography
Founded in Rostov-on-Don in 2013, headquartered in Zagreb since 2020, with projects and partners from Recife to Yerevan.
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