Program workshop hack the neighbourhood

Strijp-SCHALLENGE: Hack the Regeneration

Question: How can media technologies be utilised to create a neighbourhood-feeling between Strijp-S and the areas around it?

Drents DorpCHALLENGE: Hack the Motivation

Question: How to build a community through a communal design and transformation process of a local sports park?

Gloeilampplantsoen CHALLENGE: Hack the Ownership

Question: How to turn the Gloeilampplantsoen into a place that serves the interest of the general public again?

SCHEDULE

MONDAY 19 OCT 9:00 Start09:30-09:45 Introduction09:45-10.30 'Civic City’ by NPK Design10:30-12:30 Tour du Eindhoven 12:30-13:30 Lunch Oude Rechtbank13:30-14:00 Hackathon Challenges 14:30-15:30 Hacktime!15:30-17:00 Intermezzo 117:00-17:30 Hacktime!17:30-19:00 Intermezzo 219:00-20:00 Dinner at van Piet

TUESDAY 20 OCT 9:00 Coffee and walk-in09:30-11:30 Intermezzo 311:30-12:30 Lunch Oude Rechtbank12:30-16:00 Hacktime!16:00-17:00 Finishing touch17:00-18:00 Dinner Oude Rechtbank18:00-20:00 Public Pitches and Drinks

You can sign up for meals upon arrival Monday morning:Lunch: Oude Rechtbank: € 8.50*Dinner: Monday € 15.00* (incl. 2 drinks) / Tuesday € 19.00* * No additional costs for official congress participants

CREATIVE ENGINE

The workshop will be lead by the Creative Engine made up of three Young Professional Planners (YPPs) selected by the ISOCARP organisation from a pool of 150 international applicants: Tessa Steenkamp , Carlo Francesco Capra & Erin Kelly.

CONTACT

Oude Rechtbank T 040 720 [email protected] the discussion on FACEBOOK

Workshop Location Oude RechtbankStratumseind 325611 ET Eindhoven

P Parking garageQ park Stadhuisplein

B Bus StopsStadhuispleinSmalle Haven

Railway Station

WHERE TO GO

DRENTS DORP

GLOEILAMPPLANTSOEN

STRIJP-S

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WORKSHOP HACK THE NEIGHBOURHOOD, part of the ISOCARP 2015 Congress

Hosted by Brabant Academy

Challenge Hack the Regeneration

HOW CAN MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES BE UTILISED TO CREATE A NEIGHBOURHOOD-FEELING BETWEEN STRIJP-S AND THE AREAS AROUND IT?Challenger: Baltan Laboratories

As occupants of the Natlab building, Baltan Laboratories is situated on the border between two very different neighbourhoods. The Natlab is part of the ‘trendy’ Strijp-S area, but looks out over a less designed neighbourhood, Drents Dorp, which used to be resided by the workers of the Philips factories. It seems like there is no or little interaction between the two neighbourhoods once so closely connected. Could media technologies be utilised to created a neighbourhood-feeling between Strijp-S and the areas around it?1.Is this observation true? Is there no interaction between the two areas, or is it just not visible?2.Can a method be found to support this interaction? Are there ideas or technologies that narrow the gap between the social, economic and cultural differences? Is there a way to create the ‘we’-feeling?

Challenge Hack the Ownership

HOW TO TURN THE GLOEILAMPPLANTSOEN INTO A PLACE THAT SERVES THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AGAIN?Challenger: Vincent Wittenberg, Vrienden van het Gloeilampplantsoen

Behind one of Holland's most ‘notorious’ train stations, there is an empty lot that used to be known as the Gloeilampplantsoen, or ‘Light-bulb Park’. The park is part of the collective memory of Eindhoven, and essential to the city’s history. It’s situated right next to Strijp-S: the area that tells the story of Eindhoven becoming a big city through the growth of lightbulb manufacturer Philips. The name is also reflected in a lightbulb-shaped network of walking paths.Designer Vincent Wittenbergh started a series of interventions in 2012. Together with designers Cindy vd Bremen, Berry Sanders and Ellen de Vries he reactivated the former park by mowing the lightbulb shaped path, making it accessible to the public again. He founded the ‘Vrienden van het Gloeilamppark’, or ‘Friends of the Lightbulb Park’ together with local residents. Together, they restored the old walkways, and cleaned out the park.When the landowner was arrested for fraud, the park was put up for auction. The friends squatted the park to show investors that the park is not a forgotten piece of land. The city council was planning to place a bid. However, behind the scenes, a deal was made, and the land is now owned by a another investor. By zoning laws, the developer won’t be able to build on the land.Knowing this, how can we deal with this impasse in a clever way, and find a new, social function for the park? The right strategy might be 'temporary', but still meaningful for locals, and if played smart, also for landowner.

Challenge Hack the Motivation

HOW TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THROUGH A COMMUNAL DESIGN AND TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF A LOCAL SPORTS PARK?Challenger: Rob van der Wijst

Neighbourhood Drents Dorp was originally built in 1920, to accommodate the new workers attracted by Philips. The electronics company was in charge of the project, and only well-behaved employees of Philips were selected as residents. Currently, a local corporation is in charge of renting out the houses, and the social composition of residents has changed tremendously, which is leading to social problems, and decline in social cohesion.The last few years, local professionals and local residents have initiated projects with ‘community building’ as main goal. This lead to successful activities in the neighbourhood. Still, a relatively small amount of people became active residents. Eventually, this passivity led to the ending of the neighbourhood football club.After trying to revive the football club and other amenities in the local sports park, the municipality decided to transform the facility into an urban sports park. Some - already active -residents proposed to guide a design and build process in which all residents of Drents Dorp would have the opportunity to be involved.But, how do you actually motivate people to take part in this process? And, once the transformation of the sports park is completed, how do you keep people involved in managing it?

HACK THE NEIGHBOURHOODChallengesWorkshop participants will work on concrete bottom-up solutions to three local challenges submitted by local organisations and designers for post-industrial Philips' neighbourhoods and industrial sites. The theme of the challenges is how to react when traditional industries move away.

Intermezzo 1

COLLABORATIVE TOOLS AND PROCESSES Working from Within

How have you explored the ‘potential of participation’? What was your process for re-articulating a collective ‘problem’? How motivate for participation when the network or consequence is invisible, or the impacted stakeholders are not yet motivated? What are the limits of a participatory process? What are the methods of building cross connections? Why work from within? How does this method incorporate dynamic knowledge transfer?

Authors: Wei Xu (Analysis on the Integrated Development System), Anne van Strien(Reinventing Eindhoven from Within) Pablo Martinez-Diez (Atnight Project), DorotaKamrowska-Zaluska (Social Change from the Solidarity)

What is your experience with participation and connections?

Intermezzo 2

CROSS CONNECTIONS What Happens

When Industry Moves Away?

What are the elements of impact that industry and the migration of industry have upon cities and regions? What do these common ingredients suggest for the future of planning?

Authors: Naniek Priyomarsono (Revitalization of Batik Business), Xiaodi Guo (Exploration of Industrial Transformation), Yan Lin (Research on Revival Method)

Has your city encountered similar challenges? Have you been involved in such transformations?

Intermezzo 3

RITUALISED SPACE Methods

How has the creation of new rituals shifted perception from within? What is the role of ritual in the reinvigoration of cities? What role does pride (personal, collective) play in having a future-oriented dialogue?

Authors: Amira Ahmad (History and Rebirth), Paul Grover (Liverpool), Jie Liu (Generation Mechanism)

What are your experiences and thoughts on these questions?

HACK THE NEIGHBOURHOODIntermezzosShort bursts of facilitated dialogue on working methods and insight from the Congress papers, intended to introduce methods and lessons learnt from other cities, and from ‘industries’ beyond planning.