Places by people.Impact through creativity.

VOLCANO is a creative placemaking agency working with cities, developers, and cultural institutions across Europe.

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The VOLCANO story

We didn't start with placemaking. We grew into it.

In 2008, VOLCANO began in music — putting young creatives in charge of real budgets, real audiences, real stakes. Our co-founder Kristian Riis knows that from the inside: as guitarist of the band Nephew, he helped sell more than 500,000 albums and played Orange Scene three times. That's where our whole point of view comes from — culture isn't decoration on top of a place. It's the reason people choose to stay.

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Tools — VOLCANO Sight Score™

Measure what makes a place work.

A good place is more than its buildings, square metres and property values. Its value is also shaped by how people experience it, how they use it and whether they choose to stay, return and take part.

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Projects

Every place we've worked on, from network-scale placemaking to single-season interventions.