One of the most neglected and abandoned areas of design are related to neighbourhood spaces. These are public or semi-private places in the immediate surroundings of our apartment. Recently appreciated large-panel construction estates, so-called urban bedrooms, are appraised mostly for spaces in between buildings: their spatial assumptions, scale, greenery, and internal pedestrian communication. Contemporary housing tends to forget about this space, which results in the lack of neighbourhood relations. This subject and its significance is being rediscovered not only in Poland. Across Europe, we observe a turn in shaping public space to the local scale, closest to places of residence. Here, we can recall the last Oslo Architecture Triennale in 2022, entirely dedicated to the role and importance of neighbourhood. The whole program of this event was built around the slogan “Mission Neighbourhood”. The eight edition of this triennale turned into a month-long cycle of meetings around the pursuit of the best ways of shaping neighbourhood by means of design, architectural, and urban planning operations. Also the idea of a 15-minute city has enjoyed a great success, because it refers mostly to developing, and sometimes restoring and returning spaces in close proximity from home.
Keywords: public space design, pocket parks, neighbourhood spaces, urban strategies, public spaces