Linkedin Instagram
01_MAINCODE_slideshow_crop
03_MAINCODE_slideshow-crop
02_MAINCODE_slideshow._crop
01_MAINCODE_slideshow
03_MAINCODE_slideshow
02_MAINCODE_slideshow

Discover MAINCODE

  • 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.

Keep up with MAINCODE

Conference

MAINCODE at the Cities Mission Conference 2025

The MAINCODE team was honoured to participate in the Cities Mission Conference 2025 in Vilnius, Lithuania, upon...

Event

MAINCODE Local Kick-off in Halandri

On June 2nd, the MAINCODE project officially kicked off in Halandri, Greece. Hosted at the Municipal Council...

Event

MAINCODE Kick-Off Seminar 

28 January 2025 marked the official launch of the MAINCODE project with an inspiring seminar titled “Urban...

Let’s keep in touch
MAINCODE Principal Investigator
MAINCODE Project Manager

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