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MAINCODE | MAINstreaming nature to CO-DEsign urban climate shelters in schoolyards

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  • MAINCODE aims to frame "urban climate shelters" as a promising cooling demonstration project to transform schoolyards into climate refuges using Nature-based Solutions along with co-design processes to engage children, local communities, policy makers and practitioners.
  • MAINCODE is based on the concept of “open schooling” that ensures schoolyards are a safe, welcoming and accessible space to everyone, fostering pathways to heat resilient and healthy cities.
  • MAINCODE advocates urban climate shelters as the “main code” to unlock regenerative urbanism, testing their potential in schoolyards of Turin (Italy) and Halandri (Greece) to inspire other European cities.

Explore MAINCODE Partners

MAINCODE Partners share the mission of mainstream nature by co-designing climate shelters in schoolyards.
We are a powerful alliance of six diverse Partners from across Europe, composed of universities, change-makers, innovation-driven enterprises, and municipalities. Our team combines expertise in climate and social vulnerability, participatory methods, and planning and design with NbS to foster solutions for adapting cities to climate change.

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Event

MAINCODE Capacity Building Event with Teachers of Carlo Levi Primary School in Turin

On 18 March, MAINCODE organised a capacity-building event for teachers of Carlo Levi Primary School in Turin....

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MAINCODE Co-Design Workshop with Students in the 4th Primary School of Halandri

Co-design workshops at the 4th Primary School of Halandri continue as part of the MAINCODE project. On...

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MAINCODE Co-Design Workshop with Stakeholders in the 4th Primary School of Halandri

Following the local kick-off event and the selection of participating schools, the first stakeholder workshop takes place...

Conference

MAINCODE at Participatory Lab Conference at the Agricultural University of Athens

MAINCODE took part in the Participatory Lab Conference: Spatial Justice in the Era of Climate Crisis, held...

Event

MAINCODE 1st Year Plenary Meeting in Halandri

MAINCODE held its 1st Year Plenary Meeting in Halandri on 4–5 December 2025, bringing partners together for...

Symposium

MAINCODE at Urban Resilience Symposium at HafenCity University Hamburg

MAINCODE participated in Session 4, “Bouncing forward? – What is still needed?”, at the Urban Resilience Symposium...

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MAINCODE has been funded by the Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (MUR), the Innovation Fund of Denmark (IFD), and General Secretariat for Research and Innovation (GSRI) under the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership which has been co-funded by the European Commission. MAINCODE runs from 2025 to 2027