Carvalho Araújo GNRation : Capital Europeia da Juventude 2012 criatividade experimentação dinâmismo cultura irreverência trabalho lazer internacionalização identidade : European Youth Capital 2012 creativity experimentation dynamism culture irreverence work entertainment internationalization identity The GNRation project for the old National Guards building (GNR) was the legacy of a headquarters program for the organization of Braga European Youth Capital 2012. We tested a strategy for low cost rehabilitation and a dynamic of uses that would strengthen the clustering of creative agents in Bragas urban centre in an attempt to gather scattered initiatives.