Projects

Kids First (K1)

Creating greener, safer school zones for kids, parents and neighbours

Project Description

  • Public Realm
  • 1 January 2022
  • 31 December 2022
  • CENIT- RTD Group of CIMNE
  • €195 890

Schools are important spaces in the city and often a second home for children. In Barcelona, Spain, and Milan, Italy, K1 (Kids First) is working on improving the safety of children’s access to school by introducing traffic calming, more green spaces, and installation of benches using a tactical urban approach. The cities selected envision school zones as safe, comfortable, and healthy public spaces and meeting places for children, and along with the families and neighbours, have a clear strategy to achieve this vision. 

In Barcelona, the project complements the City Council’s strategy, Protegim les escoles, to provide safer school zones. Meanwhile, the tactical urbanism programmes Piazze Aperte and Strade Aperte, are being expanded to school spaces in Milan, in a bid to achieve the “15-minute-city” that prioritises accessibility of high-quality and safe public spaces. 

Challenge


Maximising use of urban spaces while reducing traffic and congestion, improving children’s safety, and creating greener public realm.

Main Objective


To transform the selected schools’ immediate environment to provide safer, greener, and more convenient access to schools by initiatives

Output


Traffic calming, expansion of public spaces, more green spaces, and better street lighting to make the area safer in the selected school zones.

Partners


Count5

Project lead


Paco Gasparin Casajust
CIMNE
francesc.gasparin@upc.edu