Following the opening of our coliving in center Madrid, the monthly Spanish newspaper El Economista – Inmobiliaria came for a tour of the space. Read the full article in Spanish aquí or a translation to English there.
Following the opening of our coliving in center Madrid, the monthly Spanish newspaper El Economista – Inmobiliaria came for a tour of the space. Read the full article in Spanish aquí or a translation to English there.
Following the opening of our coliving in center Madrid, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo came for a tour of the space. Read the full article in Spanish aquí or a translation to English there.
How our core values define the way we design spaces? .
User-centered design, an approach of creating innovative products and services with strong user participation, has been widely adopted by the startup community in recent years. Thousands of companies worldwide have been putting tremendous effort to build products people love.
The idea of user participation in the real estate industry however is new. Regulations, financial planning and construction efficiency make it hard to adopt innovation.
At Urban Campus we believe this must change. We challenge ourselves to create an environment where our members feel and perform at their best – both at work and in their leisure time. We design and develop spaces not just for the people, but together with them.
In the last months, we’ve been working hard to welcome new members in our first shared living community in Madrid – the first rooms will be available in Madrid Gaztambide (Chamberi) by the end of June!
To make this happen, we’ve reached out to people interested in our initiative and gathered them in our co-working space in the center of Madrid – Jerónimo. Javi, Majida, Shay, Macarena, Alexander, Sophie, and the architect’s team – thank you so much for all your help, you are the best!
We had an intense workshop to understand better our current and future members and how to create the best experience for them to work, live and have fun.
Bridging the gap between living and working communities has been a big part of why we started Urban Campus. We were happy to see that the participants see their future lifestyle in a similar way as we do. We were even happier to see them challenge some of our hypothesis and brainstorm new ideas with us!
Even though the workshop was centered around co-living, the work-life balance has constantly come into the debate. Aside from having a place to live and relax, our participants are looking for an environment where they can focus, be productive, advance in their personal and professional projects as well as express their creativity and relax after hours – we’ve got you covered!
At Urban Campus, our core mission is bringing people together. Having participants with all different backgrounds in the room (countries, jobs, ages, interests, passions…) allowed us to make sure every voice is heard. We were impressed by the energy and creativity of all of you, both when designing private and common spaces in our co-living: maker workshops and music studios just to name a few.
A well-furnished studio or a room, quality service, decorated with a heart…each of these points are important parts of co-living experience for our members. But beyond the material aspect, it’s the culture and community that participants truly value: meeting new people from all walks of life, learning from their experiences, living with others who share the same values (respect, share and caring). We are making extra effort to make sure we incorporate what matters to our members in the design of our next co-living space and the future projects.
Why do good times pass by so quickly? The evening extended around food and drinks on the terrace of Jerónimo. More than a workshop full of valuable insights from our current and future members, this evening was the opportunity for us to meet people inspired by the same values that those that drive our team.
We can’t get enough! We can’t wait to start having you in our co-living space, be it for a visit or for a longer stay. We are already planning our next community workshops and think of ways to empower the most active members of our community.
If you are interested in joining our co-living in Madrid, don’t forget to apply!
Entrepreneurship and gastronomy go hand in hand with the opening of the Foodlab by Urban Campus & Gastroemprendedores, the first space dedicated to gastronomic entrepreneurship in Madrid, with features unique to Europe.
This new co-working and co-cooking space was inaugurated yesterday by Seth Goldman, the entrepreneur who founded Honest, which is one of several launches of Coca Cola into the ecological drink market, thereby becoming “Total Beverage Company”.
– FOUNDER, HONEST
Foodlab is intended for entrepreneurs, startups, and professionals in the restaurant and food and drink industry who need a professional space to transform their ideas and creations into a reality.
– CEO & FOUNDER, EATABLE ADVENTURES
With an intense calendar of events, designed by Urban Campus and Eatable Adventures, the Foodlab will generate a self sustaining ecosystem enabling its members to establish new professional relationships and collaborations with different experts and sector leaders: chefs, press, influencers …
– COO, URBAN CAMPUS
“Oye, y esto, que va a ser?” (Hey, what’s this going to be!?) Seems to be the question on everyone’s mind as they walk by the recently finished Foodlab by Urban Campus and Gastroemprendedores.
The neighborhood is buzzing with excitement as passer’s-by peer in through the glass door curiously squinting to see what the new space has to offer.
The Foodlab, right in the heart of Madrid, is designed specifically for those who are passionate about gastronomy.
Aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs, chefs, and lovers of food and beverage, will have the opportunity to create, innovate, experiment, test, and share their ideas in a vibrant community of like-minded people.
With its modern yet rustic design, the Foodlab will soon become the pinnacle of culinary creativity in Madrid.
The upstairs space is comprised of an intimate coworking area with brick lined walls, a chill out zone, a communal kitchen, and a meeting room. On the lower level, a shared professional kitchen with state-of-the-art equipment and one of Madrid’s magnificent historic caves.
The ergonomic and versatile space along with business support and mentoring provided by partner incubation program, Gastroemprendedores, offers members an ideal workplace to focus on their Food & Beverages projects and an ambitious community intended to encourage partnerships and collaborations.
Urban Campus’ expertise lies in fostering communities that inspire creativity and innovation. The new Foodlab sets out to strengthen this mission while asserting itself as an integral member of the already existing culinary scene in Madrid.
– Community Manager
Co-Liv! was the first global conference dedicated to the co-living movement. It was organized by PUREHOUSE LAB from 7-9 December 2017 and attracted more than 100 participants from all over the world.
Co-living means different things to different people and there are multiple economic models that are emerging. However, the overall objective is the same: to create a housing offer that is attractive, community-based, and affordable.
John van Oost and Christopher Bledsoe, co-founder, and CEO of Ollie, spoke about the risks and opportunities of financing co-living ventures offering both the US and European perspectives. Leading institutions, developers, and REITs have noticed the co-living movement and are starting to be active investors in both the buildings and the operators.
The social housing sector in France represents 5 million residential units and houses 18% of the French population.
It faces many challenges. How to adapt its existing residences to changing demographics and lifestyles? What services needs to be offered to tenants? How to break social isolation?
Batigère, a leading player in the French social housing sector, organised a series of workshops on November 9th 2017 to address these questions and discuss concrete solutions. More than 250 employees from Batigère contributed ideas.
John van Oost led two workshops on ?Co-location, co-living and other emerging housing formats? and ?the digital transformation of residential buildings?. He also presented how Urban Campus? technology could be deployed in large residential portfolios.
Urban Campus is expanding its existing campus in the center of Madrid with the forthcoming opening in February 2018 of a foodlab located 150m away from the Mercado San Miguel.
Project Manager
Created in partnership with Eatable Adventures, a leading incubator, it will become a focal point for Madrid?s thriving culinary scene and Spanish food industry.
COO
Urban Campus explotará 11.000 m2 de espacios en Antonypole.
Urban Campus es miembro del consorcio liderado por Linkcity (Bouygues Construction) que se adjudicó el derecho a reurbanizar la zona industrial de Antonypole (Ile-de-France). Antonypole forma parte del mayor polo científico y tecnológico de Francia, con una concentración única de escuelas de ingeniería, laboratorios de investigación e incubadoras de clase mundial.
«La ciudad de Antony entiende perfectamente que los nuevos usos del espacio requieren la construcción de edificios centrados en las personas y con una gestión comunitaria dinámica. Esto es exactamente lo que hace Urban Campus».
Maxime Armand – COO
Urban Campus gestionará un campus de 11.000 m2 con co-living (170 estudios), co-working y una variedad de espacios F&B/sociales abiertos al barrio.
También albergará una incubadora de 3.000 m2 gestionada por Creative Valley. Urban Campus desarrollará una serie de eventos, talleres y actividades para su «comunidad de mentes curiosas». El campus, diseñado por Clément Blanchet Architecture, será financiado y propiedad de uno de los inversores institucionales más prestigiosos de Francia.
«Ganar este concurso es un nuevo hito en el desarrollo de Urban Campus. Establece nuestros campus como una atractiva clase de activos inmobiliarios para los inversores institucionales que entienden que las tendencias sociales y tecnológicas están perturbando fundamentalmente la industria».
John van Oost – CEO
With a portfolio of more than 155,000 residential units housing 230,000 people, Batigere is one of Europe?s largest and most active real estate investors. John van Oost was invited to present the Urban Campus? concept and discuss the impact of societal changes on the necessary transformation of existing real estate portfolios.