Hybrid places for a community-based psychiatry

POC Recovery.Net, Milan- IT Hybrid places for a community-based psychiatry Can digital platforms increase the potential of engagement with mental healthcare patients? Can we develop digital literacy and accelerate digitalisation, so as to go beyond the physical boundaries of institutional care? We need to rethink community-based psychiatry in order to enhance its networking and communication potential… Toward Read more about Hybrid places for a community-based psychiatry[…]

Cooperating for a non-disabling environment

POC Gulivers campus Cooperating for a non-disabling environment Is it the people who are disabled… or the environment that is disabling? In 2020, our built environment still leaves out the most vulnerable: the disabled, the elderly, the sick… How can we get rid of the “hand in cap”, the luck and inequality game? How can Read more about Cooperating for a non-disabling environment[…]

Sorting waste out of the trash

POC Suez Environnement – l’apport volontaire vers un service intelligent, propre et connecté Sorting waste out of the trash “having a bottle bank outside your house can be a livinghell: the noise of bottles breaking any time of day and night, all the junk people leave behind, alcoholics emptying what little is left in the Read more about Sorting waste out of the trash[…]

Reinventing teaching

POC CRÉAlab Reinventing teaching Do you remember all the fun you had when your teacher told you stories with small figurines? It is the reason why Céline imagined Story Apron, with 9 different pockets that allow to put the figurines into context at each stage of a story. At CRÉAlab, Céline trains students to become Read more about Reinventing teaching[…]

Participating to change behaviour

POC Ephemer Participating to change behaviour How might we bring a better understanding among people of present and future ethical issues, and particularly around environmental matters? Is placing individuals in role-play situations and making them actors more effective than the more classical pedagogy based on awareness raising discourses? Ethics and collective commitment EPHEMER, which stands Read more about Participating to change behaviour[…]

One access card for all city services

POC Card4all, Gijón- ES One access card for all city services Every day, citizens, tourists and enterprises access a range of city services and resources and, in some cases, pay for them. Meanwhile, city councils develop policies to boost healthy habits and social behaviours that improve life quality. Gijon’s City Council in Spain fulfils both these actions Read more about One access card for all city services[…]

Re-imagining our interactions in the city

Amelle Meliani and Alexis Zouechtiagh Re-imagining our interactions in the city As individualism increasingly shapes our contemporary societies, and has even become ingrained in city planning (e.g. anti-homeless spikes), we have taken some time to ponder the significance of emerging spaces of encounter and exchange, which foster the cooperation of different actors in order to Read more about Re-imagining our interactions in the city[…]

Infrastructures for Public Space Interaction

POC IPSI Infrastructures for Public Space Interaction Public space is under attack. Today’s emergencies, such as social inequality, climate change and pandemics underline its fundamental role as the main space for interaction. This project proposes to reinforce public space with temporary interventions, using both physical and digital approaches. From Speculation to Implementation IPSI is a Read more about Infrastructures for Public Space Interaction[…]

Designed to Return to campus

POC Returning to campus Designed to Return to campus Currently, the epidemic situation has been effectively controlled in China, and colleges and universities are about to reopen their campus. How can we prepare in advance in order to return to campus in a safe and organised way? What should students do to ensure their own and Read more about Designed to Return to campus[…]

Living streets lab

POC Living Streets Lab Living streets lab Terraces in front of bars instead of parking places? Car lanes turned into cycle lanes? Streets closed to traffic and turned into playgrounds? There is a need to rethink public space mainly due to the current physical distancing measures, but also in order to anticipate scenarios of more sustainable Read more about Living streets lab[…]