Projects that are already running.

In collaboration with the City of Dendermonde and local youth outreach workers, we realised a Cubby installation at Pater Ruttenplein. The square was recently completely redeveloped, with a strong focus on social interaction and public space.

With Cubby, sports and play equipment is easily accessible to local residents and young people. The goal is to further activate the square as a meeting place and create stronger connections within the neighbourhood.

In Baasrode we worked together with the City of Dendermonde and youth organisation Uit de Marge vzw to install an UrbanCubby in the public space.

Local input decides which materials best match the needs of the area, with the aim of activating the neighbourhood and stimulating positive interactions.

One of the ten pilot sites within a large-scale project. This UrbanCubby focuses specifically on young children and young parents, with balance bikes, scooters, bean bags, buckets and a rubber kubb game.

The installation sits near the Winter Circus and the De Krook library, helping to reactivate the square as an accessible and lively public space.

The second of ten pilot locations. The skatepark combines urban sports with additional fitness equipment: battle ropes, a weight set, barbells and kettlebells. Local skaters are consulted on which extra materials enhance the park.

The installation is fully autonomous with a solar panel and anchored with screw piles, making it flexible without permanent interventions in the public space.

Located near Minus One and youth centre Özburun, Rabotpark is a lively site with strong sports and youth engagement. Basketball is especially popular here.

A unique feature of this site is personal storage: one locker is reserved for visitors who want to store their own belongings — runners and walkers use it for backpacks and water bottles.

The fourth location within the pilot project, where the official launch took place together with the Alderman of Sports and local partners.

Pierkespark sits in a vibrant neighbourhood with a second-hand shop, a coffee house, community hall Trafiek, Bij' De Vieze Gasten and local hospitality venues — a strong social hub that the UrbanCubby strengthens.

The fifth location within the pilot project. The Watersportbaan is one of the best-known sports and recreational zones in the city, with space for running, exercising and relaxing around the water loop.

The UrbanCubby complements the volleyball court, basketball court and large grass field, making the existing infrastructure accessible to a wider audience.

The sixth location, on the former Fluvius site — an area with a closed, industrial character that is gradually being turned into a temporary neighbourhood park.

Together with OCUP vzw an UrbanCubby was placed to strengthen this temporary facility and give residents easy access to sports and play equipment.

The seventh location. Corridor is an urban sports hub under the E17 viaduct, where a formerly vacant area became a vibrant meeting place for football, basketball, skating, boxing and urban movement.

The UrbanCubby complements the available materials and lets the infrastructure be used more broadly by the neighbourhood and partners.

The eighth location: a green urban park with strong historical value near Saint Bavo's Abbey and Portus Ganda.

The park is strengthened as an accessible neighbourhood space where sport, play and social interaction happen in a low-threshold way.

The ninth location responds to daily student life and the many “dead moments” on campus, giving students easy access to sports and play equipment.

Artevelde is also a partner in the broader Flanders Circular initiative: this site doubles as a research environment into sustainable models for borrowing equipment and which pricing models are feasible and scalable on a campus.

The tenth and final pilot location, integrated into a more enclosed part of the campus so only students have access.

The offering is tailored to quick group activities between classes, such as volleyball and badminton, with nets that are easy to set up.

On the lively market square, the town hall “Het Centrum” is a central meeting point with high daily foot traffic, housing administrative services, a library and a cultural hall.

Combined with the nearby Park of Tervuren and local businesses, it is an ideal spot for an UrbanCubby in a place where people gather, relax and pass through.

In a quiet residential neighbourhood, an UrbanCubby was installed under a covered structure near sports hall De Steenberg and youth centre De Kaaf.

Thanks to the covered installation the equipment stays protected and accessible, letting the location grow into a permanent meeting and play zone.

The field at Chiro Duisburg is a popular gathering space where young people and residents come together to play and relax.

The UrbanCubby makes equipment such as kubb, spikeball and football easily accessible, so the field becomes even more a place where people connect and stay active.

Next to the historic pastor's house, public petanque courts serve as a permanent meeting place for local residents in a calm green setting.

The UrbanCubby adds extra play equipment to the existing facilities and strengthens the sense of community at this location.

In this social housing neighbourhood the focus is on affordable living and stronger community connections, with a mix of housing, open public space and new neighbourhood sports initiatives.

The UrbanCubby gives residents — especially children and young people — barrier-free access to sports and play equipment, borrowed autonomously through simple digital access without permanent supervision.

The area around the town hall already offers a significant amount of public sports infrastructure, but much of it remained underused due to limited visibility and access to equipment.

With UrbanCubby residents can borrow sports and play materials on site, lowering the barrier to participation and turning the square into a more dynamic and socially active space.

The UrbanCubby is installed near the town hall, close to Zomerbar Lambert along Boudewijnstraat — a central civic space where services, leisure and temporary initiatives come together.

The municipality strengthens the year-round usability of the site by enabling easy access to sports and play equipment directly in the public space.

An UrbanCubby was installed in the front garden of the care home, a shared meeting space between residents and the surrounding neighbourhood, on a campus that combines residential care, social housing and public space.

By making sports and play equipment available in the communal garden, the space is activated for movement and interaction between older residents and neighbours. The project was made possible with support from Cera.