What makes a bottom up city? As opposed to bottom down. How are cities developed today compared to the ways in which they were developed in the past.
Climate change and the shift in the global economic structure bring new challenges to the resilience and the development of our cities.
How can communities be engaged in the development process so that they are not shut out of the cities they end up living in. How can the web be used to engage communities in the design process. Does it work, or is it just a formality in the design process? Which are the ways in which communities affect the places they live in...?
This talk will explore the ways in which communities can be involved and engaged through technology to design their own cities.
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DIYCities?
I really like the sound of this talk...I've observed (from afar) www.diycity.org - is that something that you'll be talking about Francesca?
DIY
Hi Guy,
I have not looked into diy, but the vibe seems spot on...Looking forward to hearing about more examples of participatory cities....
Couple of suggestions
you should check out this amazing not-for-profit startup: www.criticalcity.org
Also, as you give your talk, Milano is holdin a barcamp on Expo2015. Google expo2015 camp
Example in Berlin
www.freiraumlabor.org/html/ - sorry just in German, but a nice example, located next to the famous club Berghain
Good proposal - I'd like to take it somewhere else though...
...and what I'd like is to take a non-technological look at this as well.
Local communities need to open up to participation, technology doesn't really work for this, but maybe it can be developed/improved so that it could be more useful.
And what constitutes a "city" anyways? Do you really need a high level of cohesion (a buzz-word in Danish where it's called "sammenhængskraft") on a macroscopic plane, isn't the local community more important?
So I'd like to focus on how we can improve "block-level" cohesion.
Great examples in Copenhagen would be Skydebanegade on Vesterbro or maybe the better known Freetown of Christiania, which is great but actually not integrated with the rest of the city.
So the cohesion is important, openness is key, and free "trade" between the block-level, highly coherent communities can spread the cohesion like rings in water.