RE-Lab: Research and Residency in Spacemaking The project, "RE-Lab" aims to create a bridge between two significant towns as Madrid and Kadikoy, with the help of reading local urban politics, checking the pulse of participatory projects in both cities and spacemaking processes that began to be supported by local institutions. Tandem Turkey 2016-17 Community development Cross-sector collaboration Participation & Active citizenship İstanbul Madrid Community arts Public Space Flavia Introzzi Hablar en Arte Madrid, Spain Onur Atay Tasarim Atolyesi Kadikoy (TAK - Kadikoy Municipality Design Atelier) Istanbul, Turkey Onur Atay is an architect and researcher studying visual culture of cities. He is currently working on the methodologies of civic participation in local urban projects. He has been supervising architectural and urban participative projects and workshops in Design Atelier Kadikoy, which is a non-profit public research-development space. oa.onuratay@gmail.com The connection "RE-Lab: Research and Residency in Spacemaking": a connection between Madrid (Spain) & Istanbul (Turkey) The process