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Krakow / Nowa Huta joined the ATRIUM Cultural Route

13 September 2024 (Carbonia, Italy)

From 10 to 13 September, the European transnational event "Crossroads of Europe" and the General Assembly of the Association ATRIUM took place in Carbonia, celebrating also the 10th anniversary of its recognition as an official Cultural Route of the Council of Europe. While thanking the Municipality of Carbonia for its hospitality and the excellent organisation of the event, as well as all the members and friends of ATRIUM, we are pleased to inform you that at the General Assembly of the Association the city of Krakow was approved to join the cultural route. As a matter of fact, Krakow boasts not only a splendid cultural and architectural heritage, but also the vast area of Nowa Huta, an impressive manufacturing complex as well as a residential and service district, built in the 1950s by the communist regime. Krakow also represents a very important crossroads of the 20th century European history; therefore the involvement of this city in ATRIUM is a source of pride and great satisfaction for us.

ATRIUM involved in international workshop

4 June 2024 (Waldschule, Bogensee, Wandlitz, Germany)

Toolbox Dissonant Heritage

On 4 June, the Dissonant Heritage Action Group of the Culture and Cultural heritage Partnership of the Urban Agenda, an initiative promoted by the European Commission, brought together a number of experts in dissonant heritage relating to 20th century Europe. The objective of the workshop was to discuss the ‘Toolbox’ for local, national and international stakeholders prepared by the KITE communications agency on request of the Urban Agenda.

ATRIUM participated in the work with two members of the Scientific Committee, Patrick Leech (University of Bologna) and Stephen Gundle (University of Warwick). The workshop saw the participation of a number of people and institutions with whom ATRIUM has collaborated over recent years including Marie Louise Jansen of the Contested Histories project (also a member of the Scientific Committee of ATRIUM), Dora Ivanova of the Buzludzha Foundation and Alessia Zampini (University of Bologna). The workshop was held at the Forestry School near Bogensee, in a building which fittingly exemplified the dissonance of some of Europe’s difficult past. The School is now housed in the summer residence of Hitler’s propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels.

The MemoriApp project - Twentieth Century City Guide

April 2024

The "Twentieth Century City Guide" is a tool to learn more about history and architecture of the 20th century. The web app was developed by ATRIUM, European Cultural Route of the architectures of the European totalitarian regimes of the 20th century, along with the Municipalities of Cervia, Cesena and Tresignana, in the framework of the "MemoriApp" project co-funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region.

Discover more in the official press release (Italian | English)

Press release on the project "Architecture as propaganda"

April 2024

Thanks to the innovative project "Archietecture as propaganda", carried out by the association Pro Torviscosa in collaboration with ATRIUM, both will participate in a CoE conference in Strasbourg.

On 4 April 2024, the educational project "Architecture as propaganda"  will be presented at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg as part of the "European Innovation Days in History Education 2024". 

The event is organised by Histolab, a joint project between the European Commission and the Council of Europe that focuses on issues in history education and highlights innovative initiatives in teaching practices.

Read the press release.

View the programme of the event.

Four new projects approved

January 2024

The ATRIUM Association engages in variety of new projects:

NEXT ROUTES - Upskilling of staff through digital, creative gamifcation and innovative strategies for the enhancement of EU Cultural Routes (funded by the EU Erasmus+ Programme, Atrium is a partner) 

AR.C.H.ETHICS - Innovative urban planning methodologies for the regeneration and cultural-tourist valorization of “dissonant architectural heritage” (funded by the European Territorial Cooperation Programme Interreg URBACT IV, Municipality of Cesena, some ATRIUM members are partners) 

EURBAN DECO - Exploring EU urban landscapes for a deconstruction of colonial narratives (funded by the EU CERV – Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme – European remembrance 2023)

BPF-DH - Developping an Inclusive Process for Communicating Dissonant Heritage (funded by the EU CERV – Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values Programme – European remembrance 2023)

Interview of ATRIUM's Director

December 2023

Claudia Castellucci, Director of the ATRIUM Association was interviewed by another certified cultural route, European Routes of Emperor Charles V, on the role, the values and the importance of the ATRIUM Cultural Route, while explaining the concept of dissonant heritage.

Read the interview [in English language]