Tomáš Hanáček is a second year PhD student at the Institute of Urban Planning and Land-Use Planning at Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava, as well as the Faculty of Philosophy UKF in Nitra, focused on traditional culture and art. He graduated at STU Faculty of architecture with an MSC diploma in 2011. His research topic is focused on the waterfronts character revelation according to high quality public places requirements. Applying the methodology of PLACEMAKING and the innovative method URBAN WALK (participative planning of public spaces), he access the tools of regeneration, which generate specific environment interactions (natural, artificial, social, cultural). He operates as the coordinator of the TRENČIN is YOU, river Váh regeneration project, in the city of Trenčín in Slovakia.