Urban Planning for the Common Good

The Differentiating Point: The Subtraction Methodology
Our way of working is based on the Architecture of the Subtraction, an approach that summarizes three essential actions: Don't, Redo, and Undo. It means stopping what is unnecessary, recovering what deserves to be protected and dismantling what damages the territory. It is a way of managing space that puts awareness, sustainability and common sense at the center of every decision.

⭐Our Key Features
n 'UNDO's Technical Activism Fund is based on five pillars that make a difference:
• Methodological Innovation: We turn the critique of the urban growth model into a practical, clear and internationally recognized methodology.
• Scientific and Technical Rigor: We prepare reports and evidence-based alternatives, capable of dismantling harmful projects and defending the territory with solid arguments.
• Applied Activism: We transform citizen protest into viable proposals, providing technical tools that strengthen social action on the ground.
• Social Commitment: We accompany groups and communities with specialized knowledge so that their defenses are effective, respected and heard.
• Transformative Focus: Our method – Don't, Redo, Undo – offers a unique guide for more conscious, fair and sustainable territorial management.

🚀 Strategic Objectives of the Project
With this project we want to generate a real and measurable impact on the territory:
• Defend the territory: Act against harmful or unsustainable urban development projects.
• Transform protest: Turn citizen mobilization into solid and achievable technical proposals.
• Provide scientific rigour: Raise the level of argument of social and community campaigns.
• Strengthen capacities: Give associations tools to sustain their defense before institutions and courts.
• Building alternatives: Promoting fairer, more sustainable and shared urban models, based on the logic of the Subtraction.

Your support allows this technical rigor to reach the communities that need it today. It is the way to turn theory into action and action into defense of the Common Good.

More information and updates here: https://www.nundo.org/urbanismo-para-bien-comun

🧭 Our Mission: Transforming Resistance into Solutions

At n'UNDO we combine applied research, institutional recognition and citizen commitment to turn popular resistance into real and sustainable solutions for the territory. Our technical and academic work is the basis that allows communities to defend their environment with solid arguments and viable alternatives.

Our Purpose

We want to show that protecting the territory is not only possible, but necessary, and that it must be done with technical rigor, clarity and justice. This project was born from a shared urgency: to offer citizens, institutions and professionals reliable tools to confront harmful urban interventions and build more sustainable models.
Our motivation is simple and powerful: to transform protest into proposals, providing science, methodology and innovation so that criticism becomes constructive action.

👥 Who Is Our Project Aimed At?

Our methodology is designed for those who are on the front line defending the territory:
• Citizen groups and local associations: Who need technical support to sustain their defence and protect their environment.
• Affected communities: By harmful urban development projects that require rigorous analysis and clear alternatives to negotiate, challenge or reconsider.
• Public administrations and urban planning professionals: Interested in applying responsible, sustainable methodologies aligned with the logic of the Substra.
• People committed: To the environment and social justice, who seek to turn their resistance into well-founded and transformative proposals.

More information and updates here: https://www.nundo.org/urbanismo-para-bien-comun

🏛️ n'UNDO's Trajectory, Team and Experience

1. Trajectory: A Decade of Essential Urbanism

n'UNDO is a pioneering organisation with more than ten years of continuous work in defence of the territory. Our trajectory is based on three fundamental pillars:

• • Applied Research: We are a benchmark in innovative methodologies based on Not Do, Redo and Undo, a way of intervening that prioritizes sustainability and common sense.
• • Institutional Recognition: Our approach has been awarded and supported by national and international institutions.
• • Impact and Collaboration: We actively participate in forums, congresses and debate spaces, demonstrating that technical rigor can become a direct tool for social and territorial transformation.

2. Team: Integral Capacity and Multidisciplinary Network

Our strength lies in a diverse and committed team:
• Motor Group: Architecture, urban planning and research professionals who provide a comprehensive and methodological look at urban challenges.
• Network of Collaborators: A multidisciplinary network of academics and specialists that expand our capacity for technical and territorial response, allowing us to reach where we are most needed.

3. Experience: From Criticism to Sound Technical Proposal

Our experience translates into concrete results:
• Technical Documentation: We prepare evaluation reports, feasibility studies, urban alternatives and sustainable proposals with a scientific basis.
• Strategic Accompaniment: We work side by side with communities, associations and institutions in the active defense of their territory.
• Our Differentiator: We turn criticism into solid technical proposals, combining scientific rigor, social commitment and the transformative philosophy of the Resta.

Over the last decade, we have put our technical capacity at the service of the main environmental organizations and citizen platforms in the country, preparing expert reports and diagnoses that have been key in strategic litigation:

El Algarrobico (Almería) for Greenpeace: Preparation of the technical report for the environmental restoration and dismantling of the illegal hotel, demonstrating that the recovery of the ecosystem is not only necessary, but also technically and economically viable through the "Restra". (see report here)

Isla de Valdecañas (Cáceres) for Ecologistas en Acción: Development of the analysis report for the reversion of the illegal urban complex to its natural state, providing the necessary technical arguments to defend the integrity of the protected areas against speculation. (see inofme here)

Parque Sí in Chamberí (Madrid): Technical collaboration with the neighbourhood platform for the transformation of the old Canal de Isabel II golf course into a public park, prioritising permeable soil and citizen use over unnecessary infrastructure. (see report here)

These works demonstrate our ability to translate citizen resistance into rigorous technical documents that administrations and courts cannot ignore.

🤝 Community and Partnerships: A Network of Shared Commitment

Essential Urbanism is not built alone. It is a collective mission that unites academia, professionals and citizens. Our network of alliances is the foundation that sustains and amplifies our impact.
1. 🎓 Academic and Research Network (The Methodological Basis)
We collaborate with universities, research centres and national and international chairs. These alliances ensure the scientific rigor of our work and keep Subtraction Architecture at the forefront of innovation. (e.g.: UNIR, R+D EMCROTUR UMA, Degrowth Institute...)
2. 👥 Alliances with Citizen Collectives (The Social Engine)
Our work is born from the field. We collaborate with neighbourhood associations, platforms for the defence of the territory and social movements that transmit to us the real pulse of urban conflicts. We offer them technical tools to sustain their struggles. (Ex: Greenpeace, Ecologists in Action, Asociación Parque Sí, Acope...)
3. 💼 Professional and Technical Support (Ability to Execute)
We have a network of multidisciplinary professionals – urban planning lawyers, environmental engineers, sociologists, architects – who complement Grupo Motor. Thanks to this network, we are able to offer high-quality and fully informed technical answers.

This network is our greatest guarantee: it demonstrates that the transformation we propose is viable, solid and shared, from academia to the street.

More information and updates here: https://www.nundo.org/urbanismo-para-bien-comun