“A Vila do Mañá” book aims to give value to public spaces among children

“A Vila do Mañá” book aims to give value to public spaces among children

Faro de Vigo   07/03/2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Vilagarcía has a new bibliographic reference for the youngest people thanks to the presentation of the book that collects the activities carried out in A vila do mañá program developed in the town. The Councilor for Mobility, Paola María, highlighted in the presentation that it is an idea very much in line with our city model because the concept of the city is not achieved only with works, but with awareness, especially of the children who will be the future mayors of these cities. In Europe, it is conveyed to us that the well-being of cities is measured in public spaces for people. We believe that the most important thing is to live in cities and enhance the interaction of the children with cities.

Ravella publishes a thousand copies of a book about the activities framed in “A vila do mañá”

Ravella publishes a thousand copies of a book about the activities framed in “A vila do mañá”

Diario de Arousa   07/03/2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Vilagarcía Council will distribute a total of a thousand copies of a book in which they collect in detail the activities related to the “A vila do mañá experience, carried out with children from the municipality. This was pointed out by the mayor of the city, Alberto Varela, who alluded to the fact that the initiative was a good example of the city model that his government defends. The publications are financed by European Feder funds and will be distributed both by the educational centres and by the neighbourhood centres of the town.”

Students from San Francisco School: “A Vila do Mañá” protagonists

Students from San Francisco School: “A Vila do Mañá” protagonists

La Voz de Galicia   28/11/2019                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Throughout the past week the “Plaza de A Independencia” had some very special visitors. The students from San Francisco School were the protagonists of A Vila do Mañá, which ended yesterday with a very special activity.”

“A Vila do Mañá” in Vilagarcía’s Praza da Independencia

“A Vila do Mañá” in Vilagarcía’s Praza da Independencia

Faro de Vigo   28/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    About 340 students from San Francisco School carried out various activities in the Plaza de la Independencia, which, for a few months, has already closed to traffic the street that is intended to be added to the recreation area. Hand in hand with the program developed by the architect Sandra González Álvarez, the children worked in this space with the line, the plane and the three-dimensional element, imagining what the city of tomorrow would be like, in which they raised many gardens and a Vilaking.”

Travel across the Vilagarcía of tomorrow, from A Independencia

Travel across the Vilagarcía of tomorrow, from A Independencia

La Voz de Galicia   20/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Are the works going to start? Drivers asked themselves that question days ago, when signs appeared announcing that parking in the Plaza da Independencia was going to be prohibited. They asked with the same perplexity with which a woman, yesterday afternoon, looked at the tangle of coloured threads that cross the square in all directions. I did not know it, but those brightly coloured strings are part of a time machine that will transport more than three hundred schoolchildren from the neighboring San Francisco School to A Vila do mañá over the next few days.

Children take A Praza da Independencia

Children take A Praza da Independencia

Faro de Vigo   20/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Students from San Francisco School took the Praza da Independencia yesterday morning within A vila do mañá program, an initiative of the councils of Urbanism and Education of the Vilagarcía City Council to claim the streets as places of meeting, coexistence and recreation. Thus, children go back to playing in the street, as was usual until not so many years ago.”

Children take the squares

Children take the squares

Diario de Arousa   20/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The bustle of screams and children’s laughter was yesterday’s soundtrack of all those who passed through the Praza da Independencia. Dozens of children from San Francisco School took this central square to kick off a new edition of “A Vila do mañá” initiative. Games of all kinds were the main attraction of the morning and will continue to be throughout this week. And the idea is not far from the image that the local government wants for this environment in just a few months. In fact, the works that will pedestrianize two of the three sides of this square will begin imminently. Meanwhile, that enjoyment of the street by pedestrians is experienced by the children.

Vilagarcía’s kid reflect on the city they want as adults

Vilagarcía’s kid reflect on the city they want as adults

Canal Rías Baixas   19/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            The chosen location was not a coincidence. A Praza da Independencia will soon undergo a major refurbishment, in which people will gain ground on cars. More than 300 children will pass through this space between today and Friday, or what is the same, 300 inhabitants of tomorrow’s Vilagarcía.”

“Children are the future of a city: if it is good for them, it is good for everyone”

elDiario.es   13/11/2018                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The architect Sandra González has developed her work “La Ciudad del Mañana / A Vila do Mañá” in several Galician towns. It has one goal: to make cities more accessible to children and families. Today’s children live in a box, they travel in a smaller box the car and they arrive at a larger box: the school, the shopping centre, the sports centre or the playgrounds. They do not know the city they live in. She has presented it at the Child in the City World Conference in Vienna: I think it is not necessary to look outside our territory, we have an example of how a city can change and become livable: Pontevedra.”

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