Ephemeral installation for long-term projects…

POC les Beaux Endroits Ephemeral installation for long-term projects… Why organise workshops with the neighbourhood population to design things that will be dismantled after 3 months? The ephemeral installations called “Les Beaux Endroits”are a pretext to trigger collaboration between stakeholders who normally ignore each other and for starting projects between them.  Create desires Les Beaux Endroits, Read more about Ephemeral installation for long-term projects…[…]

Eco-schools of tomorrow…

POC Ecorenov Rev3 Ecoles de demain Eco-schools of tomorrow… Schools are central public places in the life of a neighbourhood. Yet in 50 years, schools have hardly changed. Premises have deteriorated and buildings certainly don’t embody the changes needed to address the climate challenge. How do you take on the massive eco-renovation of schools (more Read more about Eco-schools of tomorrow…[…]

Pedagogy of the student conductor

POC PRéLUDE Pedagogy of the student conductor  “When I went to university, they helped me customise and build my career. I was able to mix learnings from different educational modalities: face-to-face or distance learning. I was able to adjust the timing of the training, speed up or slowdown in order to do internships abroad, pursue Read more about Pedagogy of the student conductor[…]

Municipal public services as link

POC Le service public municipal comme un trait d’union Municipal public services as link Inaugurated in March 2020, Armentières’ new Cultural and Social housing project ‘Trait d’union’offers its users a shared reception comprising multiple public and associative services, gathered in one single place: “We no longer have to go to different sites of the city to make Read more about Municipal public services as link[…]

To see the air quality

POC Trinum Lilliad – Université de Lille To see the air quality How can visitors make the best use of public buildings? Could they be given information that helps them decide what to do there, and how? What kind of data on the environment offered by the building would be needed to adapt their own Read more about To see the air quality[…]

Design for Emergency

POC Design for Emergency, Boston- US Design for Emergency Can design promptly respond to a global crisis through a human-centred approach? How can designers collaborate to develop meaningful products and services addressing the fears, hopes, and needs that characterise this historical moment? Design for Emergency provides a data + design platform tolearn, act,anddesigna new normality, together. Understanding people’s Read more about Design for Emergency[…]

Second left after the dragonfly: who lives in your neighbourhood?

POC Biodimètre Second left after the dragonfly: who lives in your neighbourhood? Whether it is ordinary or extraordinary, biodiversity today is hardly known to the citizens, walkers and other visitors of the neighbourhood Rives de la Haute-Deûle. Measuring biodiversity to raise awareness about the neighbourhood How could citizens be made aware of the neighbourhood ‘s Read more about Second left after the dragonfly: who lives in your neighbourhood?[…]

Hydrological communities in the city

POC Brusseau, Bruxelles- BE Hydrological communities in the city Faced with tensions in water management that often oppose citizens and city administrations (urbanisation neglecting hydrography; constructions in flood-prone areas; systematic waterproofing of surfaces and excessive densification in the city; lack of means and consideration for decentralised management practices; etc.), the project BRUSSEAU, financed within the framework of Read more about Hydrological communities in the city[…]

Let’s explore Lille’s hidden side!

POC Insolille Let’s explore Lille’s hidden side! Cities, we live in them, we travel through them and in many cases, we have been walking through them for several years without ever having explored other neighbourhoods. Citizens, do you really think you know your city? Tourists, don’t you feel likeyou are missing out the very essence of the city you are visiting? What if there was a Read more about Let’s explore Lille’s hidden side![…]

Residents a la carte!

POC Cart’ier Residents a la carte! The project Cart’ier, developed in 2016 by associations Interphaz and Nasdac, generated the first tourist and heritage map of the neighbourhoods of Fives and Hellemmes. Today, the map is still being used by its residents, going from schoolteachers to neighbourhood associative structures. It holds a strong intention: strengthening social links in Read more about Residents a la carte![…]