PALIMPSEST was not only a research project, but a journey shaped by animated dialogues, intense experimentation, and a rich collective learning process. Through continuous moments of ‘creative collisions’ among partners, creative agents, policymakers, and local communities, each pilot gradually identified and combined its own unique “ingredients”, generating local “recipes”.
PALIMPSEST created spaces for dialogue and place-based experimentation grounded in participatory and co-creation processes. At its core, the project explored how urban practices can be transformed through culture, creativity, and care. Its legacy is already visible: in the processes it activated, in the shifts of mindset it fostered, in the knowledge it produced, and in the new collective imaginaries it helped to shape.
This short film captures a glimpse of the three-year PALIMPSEST journey: the people involved, the environmental challenges addressed, and the visions imagined together for a more sustainable future.
Published on: May 27, 2026
