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![…]

Telling memories to build the future…

POC Raconte-moi Berkem La Madeleine Telling memories to build the future… “A local resident showed us the pictures she took every day of the demolition of the old factory in front of her house. Listening to the people in the workshops, you discover treasures. When you go through the neighbourhood, you may think that there Read more about Telling memories to build the future…[…]

Let’s map factory chimneys together!

POC Participatory Chimney Mapping Let’s map factory chimneys together! “The region’s chimneys are a reminder, a testimony of the past “for Jean-Claude, a passer-by from Tourcoing. Omnipresent at the beginning of last century, today only a meagre legacy is left of these “giants of work”,whose history and future prospects remain still unknown to the general public. All the testimonies, consultations and studies Read more about Let’s map factory chimneys together![…]

Shared micro-architectures

POC LCD – Local Computational Design Shared micro-architectures What place does climate data have in urban development projects? Couldn’t this data contribute to the creation of local architecture? Could citizens be allowed to use this data to facilitate the construction of bioclimatic micro-architecture? Isn’t the future of urban territories in data sharing and citizen participation? Read more about Shared micro-architectures[…]

Housing patience and affordable purchasing map

POC MEL Accession abordable Housing patience and affordable purchasing map Whom do I contact if I want to buy a home? What aids are available? Am I eligible? What are the steps to take and the ones to avoid? In short, buying a home is a bit of an uphill battle! Collaboration in a complex Read more about Housing patience and affordable purchasing map[…]

Online and around the corner

POC Sheefoo Online and around the corner What place for the small city center business competed so far by large retailers and now also by e-commerces? Sheefoo app’s idea is to combine the advantages of both: the convenience of online research without the need to wait for delivery or travel away from home,since what is bought Read more about Online and around the corner[…]

Bring the stakeholders to a boil!

POC Hub by Suez Bring the stakeholders to a boil! What’s the link between an app that allows households to better manage and control their water consumption, a mediation team that reaches out tofamilies having difficulty paying their water bills and a water fountain program set up in cities and public places? These 3 projects, among Read more about Bring the stakeholders to a boil![…]

Mapping out third places!

POC La Compagnie des Tiers-Lieux Mapping out third places! Need a machine? Want advice on how to move forward with your project? Tired of working at home? Want to get involved in your neighbourhood?  Explore the territory’s third places! No totem places, no demonstrations, but a journey through Lille in order to discover all these Read more about Mapping out third places![…]

Citizens design the Heart of the City

POC Coeur de Ville, La Madeleine Citizens design the Heart of the City How would you like La Madeleine’s city centre to be? How do you picture today’s Market Square?What is your personal use of this place? And above all, what will you do there tomorrow?  “I imagine my heart of the City”was a consultation Read more about Citizens design the Heart of the City[…]