
Creative Drivers For Sustainable Living Heritage Landscapes
παλίμψηστος < palimpsestos, ‘again’ + ‘scrape’
Welcome to PALIMPSEST
PALIMPSEST is an Horizon Europe funded research project that aims at regenerating the lost sustainability wisdom in heritage landscapes through co-creation with creative actors, technical stakeholders and civic society. Three pilot locations with cultural identities and environmental problems will be used to experiment and envision novel landscape scenarios.
The 3 layers of PALIMPSEST

Landscapes as
text and papyrus
PALIMPSEST aims to re-shape landscapes through co-creation of sustainable solutions that connect human actions, heritage and sustainability, using innovative practices in architecture, design, and art.

Arts, design and architecture
as re-writing practices
PALIMPSEST blends arts, design, and architecture to revive lost wisdom in heritage, promoting sustainable solutions through co-design experiments and engaging local/international cultural actors in pilot landscapes.

Sustainability transition
as a direction
PALIMPSEST revives lost wisdom to create sustainable transition landscapes through experiments in arts, design, and architecture.
Project Information
Duration:
Start Date:
1st March 2023
End Date:
28th February 2026
Call:
HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01
Topic:

The New European Bauhaus – shaping a greener and fairer way of life in creative and inclusive societies through Architecture, Design and Arts