re(cycle) Limburg 10

Setup
Urban Living Lab Weert hosts its second international design week to transform Spoorzone Weert through placemaking and tactical interventions. Students will co-create designs rooted in local values, enhancing connectivity, ecological resilience, and social vitality.

Workshop Goals
• Design tactical urban interventions for selected areas in Spoorzone Weert
• Prototype adaptable solutions linking to vision of making Spoorzone Weert more vital, connected, and green.
Proposals will be reviewed with local stakeholders. Selected ideas to be realized in Spoorzone with the support of the municipality and other partners.

Organization
Smart Urban Redesign (SURD) research centre at ZUYD University of Applied Sciences, led by Prof. Dr. Nurhan Abujidi is organising the 10th edition of the (re)cycle Limburg design workshops, which will take place from 17 to 21 November 2025, in Weert.
(re)cycle LIMBURG 10 is realised by a collaboration between national and international knowledge institutions and the municipality of Weert.
Sponsored by City Deal Kennis Maken > Limburg University, the workshop aims to promote urban transformation in cities in Limburg, the Netherlands, by engaging students and young professionals in addressing urban challenges.
-The workshop will be held in English
-For more information, visit the website at https://surd.nl

Application & Selection
Bachelor’s and Master’s students, along with young professionals from fields such as the built environment, architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, spatial planning, or other related disciplines can participate in this workshop.

Candidates will be selected based on their portfolio, along with a brief motivation statement. Participation is subject to a limited number of places. Interested students are kindly asked to submit the required documents via email to Elif Ertemiz (ertemiz@staedtebau.rwth-aachen.de) by Monday, 13th of October. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.