VORORT-Dessau is a cultural project done by students of the University of Applied Sciences Anhalt Hochschule Anhalt (FH) Department Design. It addresses the specific cultural conditions of Dessau, a shrinking city in Eastern Germany, suffering from cuts in the municipalitie`s budgets. The aim was to intervene on a day to day level in the public spaces in the city center by creating unexpected encounter and by doing so stimulating exchange between the Campus and the city.