Un bell'esempio di partecipazione

Launching 25 March 2015

DESIGNING THE URBAN COMMONS

The range of activities permitted in urban spaces is becoming increasingly narrow.Many streets and squares are now managed by private owners and those held by the state are sanitised and policed to protect property values. Commoning, the collective ownership and management of resources, is currently being reimagined across social, political andeconomic debates as a response to this challenge facing all cities today. How can space be created for people to come together in public to produce and use the city’s resources outside of market demands? 

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Commons are not static pieces of architecture. We are seeking designs through which the social act of commoning could take shape, by enabling citizens to co-produce urban resources from culture & knowledge to housing, energy or democratic processes.

Entry to the competition is free, online and open to anyone, enabling diverse teams to work together. Architects, community organisers, performers, artists and activists for example, and even ordinary citizens, are all encouraged to take part. 

http://theatrum-mundi.org/activities/designing-the-urban-commons/

#UrbanCommons  @TheatrumM

designingtheurbancommons.org 
(full website 25th March)