Placemaking: activate co-design processes with local communities

RES.P.I.R.E - RESilience and protection in a refugee environment

Implementing Agency: OVERSEAS - EDUCAID
Implementing partner: StudioAZUE
Donor: The Italian Agency for Development Cooperation
Site: Shuafat Refugee Camp, Est Jerusalem
Period: 2016-2017

OBJECTIVES: To fully guarantee children’s rights to education through the rehabilitation of 3 UNRWA schools according to the Universal Design principles and by following participative design processes.

PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE CO-DESIGN LAB:
– Overseas, Educaid, StudioAzue
– Interested Teachers, Students and Parents representative, Schools directors/deputies, local NGOs and Technical and Educational Departments of UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East)


RES.P.I.R.E, RESilience and protection in a refugee environment

RES.P.I.R.E, RESilience and protection in a refugee environment

RES.P.I.R.E, RESilience and protection in a refugee environment

List of priorities arisen during the co-design lab


A Zughèr - Street games art and music festival

Patronage: Municipality of Bologna, District of San Donato - San Vitale and IncrediBOL!
Sponsor: Bologna Fiere
Site: piazza dei Colori and Croce del Biacco, Bologna - Italy
Period: 2017

OBJECTIVES:
- To promote the suburban area and its organizations through a street festival open to the public
- To foster social inclusion by playing and through the arts, theatre and music performances and food
- To regenerate the public square by following participative design processes

PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE CO-DESIGN LAB:
- Participatory Design Table of the District of San Donato - San Vitale of Bologna
- the community of piazza dei Colori



A Zughèr - Street games art and music festival

A Zughèr - Street games art and music festival

One of the meetings of the Participatory Design Table of the District of San Donato - San Vitale of Bologna


A Zughèr - Street games art and music festival

Progetto Sani - international design competition for the masterplan for the Former Sani Barracks in Bologna

Design team: Insula architettura e ingegneria, SUMs architects e DeA società di ingegneria
Site: Bologna, Italy
Period: 2017

OBJECTIVES:
To apply the participative design approach within a design competition in order to submit an idea of the future of the area based on local community suggestions

PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THE CO-DESIGN LAB:
– Casaralta Che Si Muove association
– the community of the district


co-design for the masterplan for the Former Sani Barracks in Bologna

co-design for the masterplan for the Former Sani Barracks in Bologna

Sketch with suggestions written by Casaralta Che Si Muove during the meeting


co-design for the masterplan for the Former Sani Barracks in Bologna

One of the panels submitted for the competition designed by the working team



co-design for the masterplan for the Former Sani Barracks in Bologna

Functional uses as a result of the dialogue with local stakeholders