Field research in the Cresenzago neighborhood, Milan
n October, another round of field research was carried out as part of the project. This time, team member Selena Vračar visited Milan, where she conducted field research in the Cresenzago neighborhood. Cresenzago is part of the “Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods for Resilient Communities” program, selected due to its high heat risk and high population density of vulnerable groups. The transformation of […]
Participating in the Generative Art conference 2024 in Venice
From December 17- 19, 2024, we participated in the international interdisciplinary conference Generative Art 2024 – GENERATIVE ART WHERE THE BEAUTY VOICE SURVIVES: Future Visions on Past Steps, held in Venice, Italy, at the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Castello 4930, 30122 Venice. The conference covered a broad range of topics, […]
Transformative 3D structures workshop
In RELATE’s work package VI, we are diving into creating transformable 3D structures designed to add life to urban spaces and spark learning about the space itself. One of these structures is a participatory art installation, where a group of students will help to bring this conceptual design to life through a hands-on workshop. The […]
January 2024. Relate project transformation

Starting from 2024. the new coordinating body of the Relate project will be the Faculty of Media and Communications, Singidunum University. FMC will be leading Work Package no. 1, 2, 4 and 5, contributing to the spatial pedagogy research expertise, concise overview of the case studies, game design, data analysis and management.
Neighborhood Curriculum Game Jam in Kouvola
In Kouvola, Finland, the Neighborhood Curriculum game jam took place at Tehtaanmäki Primary School as part of the Architecture and Urban Planning – An Outside Curriculum research project, led by Principal Investigator Marta Brkovic Dodig. This game jam highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of the project by including two professors and a game design student from XAMK University, who were instrumental in […]
June 2023. Paper presentation at the international conference „MoNGeometrija 2023“
At the 9th International Conference “MoNGeometrija 2023.” held in Novi Sad, June 7-10, 2023, the paper entitled “LEARNING WHILE PLAYING – THROUGIE PLATFORM FOR CREATING MODELS OF SPATIAL STRUCTURES” by Dr. Marija Obradović and Dr. Slobodan Mišić, members of the RELATE project team, was presented. The paper describes the process of creating the “THROUGIE” platform […]
RELATE has been selected as a part of a New European Bauhaus initiative
Project RELATE has been selected as one of the projects in the ’Transformation of a places of learning initiative” by New European Bauhaus (NEB). Currently the project has a status of a friend of the initiative. The project is now a part of the NEB Community and the NEB Lab. Through the initiative the RELATE […]
November 2022. LEA Symposium „Participatory development of learning spaces“, PH Luzern, Switzerland

On November 3rd 2022 our PI Marta Brkovic Dodig gave a lecture during LEA Symposium „Participatory development of learning spaces“ at the University of Applied Sciences in Luzern, Switzerland. She spoke about the transformative potential of participatory games for children in architecture–a research developed with Prof. Jelena Vranjesevic from the Faculty of Philosophy, The University […]
Spector–The Sustainability Inspector” game played in Primary School Drinka Pavlović
In the Relate project we are warming up our methodology and testing gamified participatory research with primary school pupils and children. The game ‘’Spector–the Sustainability Inspector’’ is a participatory post-occupancy research tool to investigate what is important to young people in their schools. Pupils (age 12-14) and teachers from primary school ’’Drinka Pavlovic’’ in Belgrade, […]