Cécile DROUET and Marion RIEDEL Sharing rather than owning? Twelve minutes. This is the average time a drill is used over its entire life.[1]Since the past ten years, sharing and mutual aid networks have flourished in many neighbourhoods, encouraging neighbours to share their drills rather buying one for personal use. This progressive awareness is contributing Read more about Sharing rather than owning?[…]
Lucie SCHNEIDER and Léo KACZOR Facilitating and organizing collaboration between heterogeneous actors: a mirage of public policies or a new way of making the city? Collaboration between different actors in making the city is a modern phenomenon which responds to a democratic aspiration. However, it is a true challenge for the different stakeholders of a Read more about Facilitating and organizing collaboration between heterogeneous actors: a mirage of public policies or a new way of making the city?[…]
Aymeric Jaillais, Lucas Crouzetet Cheverry and Theo Mannechez Atypical partnerships, heterogeneous actors, ambitious initiatives or new conceptions of tomorrow’s society? Today in France, 1,000 schools need to be renovated because of their age and obsolescence. This worrying figure raises questions about the ability of public actors to act alone for a sustainable renovation of public Read more about Atypical partnerships, heterogeneous actors, ambitious initiatives or new conceptions of tomorrow’s society?[…]
Nathalie Joyeux, Camille Pichot and Camille Serrisier Participatory mapping, a tool for collaboration between citizens? From the Michelin paper map to the successful Google Maps app, maps are part of our daily lives: going on holidays, joining friends, finding a restaurant, going to a concert. Whatever the nature of our needs and profiles, maps seem Read more about Participatory mapping, a tool for collaboration between citizens?[…]
Workshop “around the table”: Design – participation, power and privilege François Jégou – September 2020 “At a time when politicians divide and rule, when social crises reveal pronounced differences, what responsibilities do designers have when facilitating the democratic participation of a neighbourhood’s inhabitants?” This is the question Laetitia Wolff[1]raised at the opening of the first Read more about Workshop “around the table”: Design – participation, power and privilege[…]
How can design facilitate collaboration in the city so as to create supportive, sustainable and democratic lifestyles? Within the context of Lille 2020, World Design Capital, the Maison POC Collaborative City explores more than a hundred local and global projects as a way of identifying emerging visions of sharing, mutual aid and cooperation. This publication Read more about Design Acupuncture[…]
Cléa Cochelin and Jade Hourman The co-construction of a vision for the territory, an inclusive approach to living better together While traditional urban planning is often unadapted to citizens’ expectations, design methods are a way to rethink the fabric of territory. Various stakeholders are involved in a process of co-construction, in order to share a common Read more about The co-construction of a vision for the territory, an inclusive approach to living better together[…]
Andréa Dague and Diane Darbon Space development in the service of co-production Third places that meet new needs in office real estate for more flexibility, for the benefit of freelancers, multi-tenants or new users. Co-producing together and animating emulation between the users of third places. In June 2017 the European metropolis of Lille launched a “call for Read more about Space development in the service of co-production[…]
Marine Faure and Virgil Mesnier A shared society, a sharing society: towards greater sharing in our contemporary world? The issue of sharing seems to become more and more important in our society and in the way we behave. It announces the return to a life based on exchange and a certain sense of community, the Read more about A shared society, a sharing society: towards greater sharing in our contemporary world?[…]
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[…]