UrbanLab Galway

17/09/2026

Open Door @ UrbanLab for Culture Night

Explore Galway City through interactive maps, AR model projections and public imagination.

Venue: Altenagh House, Nun's Island

17/09/2025

We had a wonderful time at this weekend's Climate Action Fair as part of the Climate Inspirations Festival.

A big thank you to Donncha from the Galway Volunteer Centre for all his hard work organizing the Climate Action Fair. It was an inspiring showcase of the incredible efforts by community groups working to make Galway a better place for current and future generations.

We're also grateful to everyone who stopped by for conversations and participated in our creative visioning exercises. We were inspired by the depth of knowledge and creative vision people shared about transforming our urban spaces.

17/09/2025

We had a wonderful time at this weekend's Climate Action Fair as part of the Climate Inspirations Festival.

A big thank you to Donncha from the Galway Volunteer Centre for all his hard work organizing the Climate Action Fair. It was an inspiring showcase of the incredible efforts by community groups working to make Galway a better place for current and future generations.

We're also grateful to everyone who stopped by for conversations and participated in our creative visioning exercises. We were inspired by the depth of knowledge and creative vision people shared about transforming our urban spaces.

08/09/2025

Looking forward to taking part in the Climate Carnival this Saturday!

21/11/2024

We are down to our final week of hosting SCCUL and partners community consultation on the UrbanLab mobile app.

We have been receiving brilliant feedback so far about peoples experience of living in the area, what supports the area might need and some wonderful ideas as to how Ballybane could be made better for residents and in the broader context of the city. You have the opportunity to view all the contributions so far within the app once you contribute yourself.

If you haven’t shared your thoughts yet, now’s the time! The more voices we gather, the clearer picture we can create of the community’s needs and aspirations.

The UrbanLab app is available to download in the Play Store and the App Store.

31/10/2024

For the next 3 weeks the UrbanLab mobile app will facilitate a Community Consultation that SCCUL Enterprises and partner organisations are running. This consultation seeks to gather vital local voices and perspectives on what life is like in the Ballybane area and how it could be made better.

We are delighted that the UrbanLab mobile app can provide a digital platform for this community engagement. We hope that by using a tool like this, it can offer a greater amount of people the opportunity to have their say in shaping the future of their places and spaces.

25/10/2024

23/10/2024

We are down to the last week of Salthill Focused Questions on our Mobile App (for now!)

Your ideas and aspirations will be put together in a report showcasing what the people of Galway need and want, for the future of this very special public space. Now is the time to have your say.

Once the Leisureland focused app questions finish up you still have the opportunity to share any ideas or comments you have within the Insights section of our app.

08/10/2024

Really nice little video produced by the University of Galway from our event last Thursday in Salthill Park explaining our project Samhlú Salthill. Have your voice heard on the future of this special space by downloading our app, you downloads for i-phone on the App Store or for Android through the link at www.urbanlabgalway.ie

02/10/2024

We are hosting a Guided Talk on our project Samhlú Salthill tomorrow lunchtime at 1.10pm at the installation in Salthill Park.

All are welcome!