by Lucia Errandonea | Jun 8, 2018
Image source: https://imacias8.wixsite.com/opus
| Country |
Ecuador |
| City |
Quito |
| Name |
Operación Urbana Sostenible – OPUS La Mariscal (Sustainable Urban Operation – Opus La Mariscal) |
| Date |
2015 |
| Description of the project |
The Sustainable Urban Operation – OPUS La Mariscal is located in La Mariscal, a historical neighborhood in Quito. The project initially aims to repopulate La Mariscal neighborhood, and revert current deterioration.
Early 2015, La Mariscal community started a process for creating sustainability in the neighborhood by launching a model which aims the creation of an auto-regulated territory, looking to ensure prosperity in the neighborhood resulting from the best possible balance between social, environmental and economic needs. This will be achieved by working with the community in the following axis: Security, Urban Agriculture, Social Services, Public Space and Mobility.
The model continuous to be validated by the community and external participants with the use of an app which supplies indicators to be used as a channel for social needs and accountability in a process we call “Public Moral Intuition”.
In-house, hand-on-hand community networking has allowed to take possession of several abandoned lots, which were used mostly for delinquency. Today they are operated by the community for several social needs that were absent around the area. This is the case of two houses which now hold a Community House and La Mariscal’s own Police Station.
In order to weave social bonds among the community, the model ensures community involvement by providing workshops, meetings, and gathering areas in each line of action referred in the project. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Strong |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
http://imacias8.wixsite.com/opus |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Source : website and https://www.facebook.com/opuslamariscal/
Contact : info@opuslamariscal.org |
Quito
by Francesca Spigarolo | Jun 8, 2018
Image Source: Think Tanger Facebook Page, https://www.facebook.com/thinktanger/
| Country |
Morocco |
| City |
Tanger |
| Name |
Think Tanger |
| Date |
– |
| Description of the project |
The project Think Tanger is created by the Association Arty Farty Tanger together with Racines & Technopark, with the aim of bringing together artists, academic experts & private companies to reflect on the transformations that the city of Tanger is undergoing and to develop a creative answer to the major socio-cultural & educational challenges faced by the city. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Strong |
| Tech Justice |
Strong |
| Project Website |
http://www.think-tanger.com/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Think Tanger, Morocco. Source: Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/thinktanger/?fref=ts; Official Website; Med Culture http://www.medculture.eu/about/grantprojects/southmed-cv/subprojects/think-tanger |
by Francesca Spigarolo | Jun 8, 2018
Credits: © 2016 L'Observatoire
| Country |
Marocco |
| City |
Casablanca |
| Name |
Atelier de l’Observatoire, Art et Recherche |
| Date |
– |
| Description of the project |
The Atelier de l’Observatorie develops different projects in the area of Casablanca involving artists, students, researchers and institutions acting at local, regional and international level.
The Atelier experiments with alternative and participative approaches in the field of education ((MADRASSA), research (LES INVISIBLES), artist and culture (LA RUCHE). Additionally, it has activated different projects of urban regeneration and artistic participation in public spaces.
They created and manage the MUSEE COLLECTIF, a collective museum dedicated to the city’s memory, and they are engaged in a process to regenerate the ancient city aquarium, L’AQUARIUM, closed since 2007 ( and already partially closed since the 80s9 and recognized by the community as a space holding a strong collective value. The Atelier de l’Observatoire has also created an open and partecipative space called LA SERRE, dedicated to creating the conditions to necessary for cultural development and community building. La Serre is located in a rural area outside Casablanca, but since 2015 a mobile version of it has been created and placed in different urban locations, in order to engage the community in artistic processes and in reflections about art and culture.
The Atelier de l’Observatoire enjoys the support of the Moroccan Ministry of Culture, the French Embassy, the Institut Français, the Heinrich Boll Foundation and many other local actors.
Betwen the Atelier’s partners we find the Art Center “L’Usine” located in the Aïn Sebâa neighborhood of Casablanca. The ex-factory has been regenerated and transformed into a space dedicated to art and culture thanks to a process activated by the Fondation Chraïbi Abderrazik. In the new structure, together with the old machineries kept in place with the aim of preserving memory, it is possible to find an exhibition center, a printing atelier, a research laboratory and residence for artists. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Weak |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Strong |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
www.atelierobservatoire.com |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Website L’Atelier de l’Observatoire | L’association (atelierobservatoire.com) ; questionnaire
Contact : atelier.observatoire@gmail.com |
casablanca
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image source : https://www.allmende-kontor.de/
| Country |
Germany |
| City |
Berlin |
| Name |
Allmende Kontor (Commons Office) |
| Date |
2010 |
| Description |
Allmende Kontor is the name of both a community garden located in Berlin, in the area of the ex-airport Tempelhof, and of an association. The association, which created the garden and manages it, is also playing a fundamental role in the creation of a network of urban gardens and gardeners. The network is committed to the advocacy of a stronger support for urban gardening, which should become a common practice and should be recognized, regulated and facilitated also by policy makers. Allmende Kontor is calling for a paradigm change, both in policy making and in production and consumption behaviors, and is at the same working on community building and knowledge exchange. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Weak |
| Tech Justice |
N/A |
| Website |
http://www.allmende-kontor.de/
http://thegardenedit.com/blogs/journal/17101096-allmende-kontor |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Websites
Contact : garten@allemende-kontor.de |
berlin
by Chiara De Angelis | Jun 8, 2018
Image credit : http://redcomovamos.org/
| Country |
Columbia |
| City |
Bogotà |
| Name |
Red Colombiana de Ciudades, Cómo Vamos |
| Date |
1998 |
| Description |
In 1998 the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, the Editorial House El Tiempo and the Corona Foundation implemented the Bogotá Cómo Vamos project to evaluate the changes in the quality of life of the city through a follow-up to the fulfillment of the Development Plan.
After emerging in Bogota, this initiative expanded to other cities in Colombia, which together make up the Red Colombiana de Ciudades Cómo Vamos (RCCCV) where more than a third of the Colombian population lives. The RCCCV was born with the purpose of generating reliable, impartial and comparable information on quality of life, citizen participation and issues related to the city. The network also contributes to the development of effective and transparent governments, and creates more informed and responsible citizens.
Citizen control programs have also emerged at the sectoral level, such as Vamos Vamos en Salud and Educación Compromiso de Todos, promoted by the Corona Foundation, which has been replicated in other countries such as Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. As a result of the RCCCV process, the Latin American Network for Fair, Democratic and Sustainable Cities and Territories was created at the continental level. |
| Urban Co-Governance |
Moderate |
| Enabling State |
Moderate |
| Pooling |
Moderate |
| Experimentalism |
Moderate |
| Tech Justice |
Moderate |
| Project Website |
http://redcomovamos.org/ |
| References, sources, contact person(s) |
Website
Facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/RedComoVamosCol
Contact : redcomovamos@gmail.com
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