Services
Three lines of work connected in one process: research and engagement of residents and stakeholders, strategy and concept, design and implementation support.
Engagement & Events
Change in a city starts with conversation. Urban Factory designs and runs events and participatory processes that bring residents, experts, business and city teams to the same table, and turns their ideas into a project brief.
Formats
- City festivals and public-space events
- Forums, conferences and expert sessions
- Participatory workshops and community engagement
- International exchange of experience and study visits
- Discussion series and video interviews
- Government relations: municipalities, regional and national authorities
- Partnerships with business, universities and NGOs
Strategic Planning & Mobility
Urban Factory prepares strategies that a city can afford: from development strategies for small towns to tram, rail and cycling networks for a metropolitan region and a housing programme for displaced families. The work is built around real budgets, real operators and real timelines. That is why projects are prepared from the start to be implementable.
Formats
- Urban research: surveys, mobility data, stakeholder interviews
- Development strategies at every scale: district, city, agglomeration, region
- Public transport: tram and light rail, urban and suburban rail, bus and trolleybus; interchanges and integrated fares
- Active mobility: walking and cycling networks
- Housing programmes
- Project economics and partnership models
- Briefs and documentation for design competitions and tenders
Projects
- TUN Foundation: land and homes for displaced families, Armenia2023–present
- Cycling Rostov-on-Don2014–2023
- Rostov Tram: from network concept to city-wide programme2013–2023
- Rostov 3002020
- Temernik River Park2017–2019
- Great Rostov: agglomeration rail and a high-speed rail station2016–2019
- Socio-economic development strategy of the town of Zverevo to 20302018
- Gagarin Square cycle and pedestrian bridge2013–2015
Urban Design & Architecture
Public spaces are designed together with the people who will use them. Streets, boulevards, parks and riverbanks — from the first workshop with residents to a concept, a design package and a competition brief.
Formats
- Concepts for streets, squares and boulevards
- Parks, rivers and waterfronts
- Transport design concepts: tram redesign, a cycle and pedestrian bridge
- Settlement planning
- Modular and temporary installations
- Participatory design
Have a city, a street or a river to work on?
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