Damiano Cerrone

Damiano Cerrone — urbanist and educator

Practice
Co-founder of SPIN Unit, an urban research and innovation practice based in Helsinki, and CoPlanAI, a platform for collaborative urban planning. Earlier, co-founder of UrbanistAI.
Think tank
Works on wicked problems at BAITT, a think tank on behaviour and architecture. Formerly at Demos Helsinki.
Research
Academic projects at Tampere University and the Estonian Academy of Arts on urban research and policy design for local and national governments.
Teaching
Lectures on urban studies and AI at universities in Finland and abroad.
Info
Mechelininkatu 23, Helsinki, Finlanddamianocerrone@gmail.com

Current projects

Current academic research

BIODENCITY

Biodiversity-sensitive urban densification across Europe

Tampere University

BIWE

Biodiversity interventions for well-being: rewilding, microbiota and health

Tampere University

EDITUA

An AI-supported incubator for green urban regeneration

Estonian Academy of Arts

Future Cities Platform

Culture, creativity and design for more resilient Baltic Sea cities

Estonian Academy of Arts

Practice-based research

Street Revival

Co-designing street furniture to revitalise public space in four European cities

CoPlan AI

CORE Spaces

AI-assisted planning, digital twins and participation for climate-neutral urban space

CoPlan AI

Deep Carbon Shift

A European alliance building skills for cities' climate transition

SPIN Unit

Some of the projects I worked on

CoPlan AI

Vienna Supergrätzl

2026

SPIN Unit

Pärnu Parking Analysis & Strategy

2026

Tampere University

Neighborhood deadwood and yard rewilding modulate commensal microbiomes and inflammatory signals among urbanites

2026

Independent

Sustainable rewilding of urban spaces increases microbial diversity

2026

UrbanistAI

Humanizing Digital Twins

2024

SPIN Unit

Tallinn Service Accessibility Analysis

2024

UrbanistAI

Re-Imaging the Car-Free City, Munich

2024

UrbanistAI

Helsinki Summer Streets

2023

SPIN Unit

Tallinn 1.5 — A Plan for a Planetary City

2022

SPIN Unit

National Study of Shrinking Patterns in Estonia

2022

Recent

Invited expert, oral evidence on AI in planning — London Assembly Planning and Regeneration CommitteeLondon Assembly — How is AI changing planning decisions in London? (press release, 30 Sept 2026) ↗Other2026TICO — Officina della Conoscenza, Bolognacoplanai.com ↗Project2026BSR Cultural Pearls - Participatory methods webinarcoplanai.com ↗Talk2026Future4CitiesFuture4Cities 2026 — festival programme (event 28, “AI al servizio delle città”) ↗Talk2026The Mandate to Imagine — keynote for the Danish Association of Architects (Arkitektforeningen)Arkitektforeningen — AI – hvad gør det ved vores samarbejde om arkitektur og byplanlægning? (event page, 21 Sept 2026) ↗Talk2026
Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authoritiescoplanai.com ↗Project2026FutureECOSInterreg Europe ↗Talk2026Experiencing and envisioning La Statalecoplanai.com ↗Project2026The relationship between land cover and the incidence of non-communicable diseasesCommon Ground — 16th International Conference on The Constructed Environment, Universidad de Navarra, 14–15 May 2026 (the slides are 2026_Pamplona - Damiano Cerrone) ↗Talk2026Neighborhood deadwood and yard rewilding modulate commensal microbiomes and inflammatory signals among urbanitesMicrobiome 14(1), 181 (BMC/Springer Nature) ↗Publication2026
Everything