POC Passage de la Soie ‘Passage de la soie’ to weave connections ‘Passage de la Soie’ is located in the neighbourhood of Virolois in Tourcoing. New buildings stand side by side with old ones, giving it a certain identity, source of a dynamism linked to the rich industrial past of the place. Could this space Read more about ‘Passage de la soie’ to weave connections[…]
POC NICE2035 Living Line Neighbourhood of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship Should urban communities be seen as inherent parts city organisms?Underappropriate conditions, an urban community will lead the innovation chain rather than become its tail, and community members will become co-creators rather than merely consumers. A community-supported ecosystem for future living The Living Line is the first project under NICE Read more about Neighbourhood of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship[…]
POC « en plein centre » Collaborative approach right in the city centre! Urban-centric businesses are heckled by big-box stores and online sales. Vacant spaces keep growing within cities. How can we fight the increase of empty shop windows and abandoned streets, by giving a second chance to these vacant shops? Experimenting in vacant spaces Tourcoing’s city-centre Read more about Collaborative approach right in the city centre![…]
POC Off-Campus, Milano- IT Sharing ideas in a real market How can we consolidate the need for a proactive community located in one of the most vibrant and emerging neighbourhoods of Milan? “Off-campus”, a project started in 2018 by Polimi DESIS Lab, sets out to define spaces and services for a neighbourhood living-lab. To be launched in Read more about Sharing ideas in a real market[…]
POC ADN Textile School «beyond walls» What if the territory’s textile DNA could be used to forge new social ties? This is one of RE_ACTextile’s propositions, a project carried out by the students and teaching staff of the Textile Design section at the ESA – Academy of Fine Arts of Tournai. Open workshops The Textile Design Read more about School «beyond walls»[…]
In the Collaborative City, products, services and public policies are collectively designed, elaborated and developed. Collaboration ensures greater efficiency and integration, it rebuilds social connections, promotes inclusion (and helps to restore a balance). (More responsive) field design Cultivating the territory (to ensure food continuity) Making the city (differently) Give (more) to your neighbour Restore the commons (and Read more about Producing (resilience) together[…]
