YouRban Festival is coming to Vienna from 7 to 10 May, 2026!
YouRban Future Lab: Shaping Circularity | Karlsplatz Vienna
After Milan and Barcelona, the open learning and experience zone dedicated to circular economy and polymer recycling is coming to Vienna from 7–9 May, 2026 at Karlsplatz | Ressel Monument. Featuring a mobile recycling unit, a diverse educational programme, workshops, and hands-on stations, YouRban is free and open to the public.
YouRban is part of the New European Bauhaus initiative and a contribution to the Climate Bienniale Vienna 2026.
In workshops and guided tours, industrial plastic is explored not as waste, but as a material for transformation. Through practical examples, participants discover how glass fibre–reinforced plastics can be turned into functional objects for urban spaces. Technical knowledge meets creative reflection, revealing the hidden potential of materials often considered useless. The sessions invite exchange and question how design can respond to ecological and social challenges.
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS
Thu, 7 May
10:00 & 12:00 – School workshops
11:00–17:00, every full hour – Guided tours | Expert exchange, in English. Please register tamara.koenig@designaustria.at
15:00–17:00 – Workshop »YouRban Kids: Build Your Own Wind Wheel – Spin, Paint & Play«. Free. No registration.
Fri, 8 May
11:00–17:00, every full hour – Guided tours | Expert exchange, in English. Please register tamara.koenig@designaustria.at
Sat, 9 May
11:00–17:00, every full hour – Guided tours | Expert exchange, in English. Please register tamara.koenig@designaustria.at
14:00 & 16:00 – Workshops: YouRban Future Lab: Shaping Circularity.
15:00–17:00 – Workshop »YouRban Kids: Build Your Own Wind Wheel – Spin, Paint & Play«. Free. No registration.
A cooperation between designaustria, the Institute of Design Research Vienna (IDRV), and Politecnico di Milano.