network design philosophy behind dreamhamar process

As architects regarding the city as a complex and multi-layered phenomenon, during the past years we have been facing deep change in the way we relate to urban issues. We have learned – by doing – that knowledge and creation are becoming hybrid and diffused phenomenons, transforming traditional, closed and fixed structures, into open and flexible network structures. The image above is a visualization of dreamhamar process based on an image by Ecosistema Urbano and a network visualization by Nancy White.

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Architects creating communities before buildings

During last months I’ve been working hard for dreamhamar network design process to transform the design of a public space in Norway into a collective dream. While I was working from Ecosistema Urbano in Madrid as a member of the DIGITAL LAB TEAM, another team was moving to Hamar in order to coordinate onsite activities.

A few days ago Noa, one of my colleagues in Hamar, published “Learning from Hamar”, a short essay about her 2 months experience in Norway. I think it is a great report and a touching text; it explains how a network design process goes beyond the pure participation process, by building a networked community (both local and international) to work on a mutual case.
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workshops en ligne dreamhamar : inscriptions ouvertes

Pendants ces derniers mois, j’ai dédié une grande partie de mon activité professionnel au projet dreamhamar, un processus de création participative et network design de Ecosistema Urbano.

Avec le but de redessiner et de revitaliser la place principale de Hamar, en Norvège, Ecosistema Urbano a proposé, au lieu de développer un projet d’architecture traditionnel, de mettre en place un processus transparent et ouvert basé sur un réseau participatif local et international. La principale difference de cette methodologie (dénommée network design) par rapport aux autres projets participatifs est que, au lieu de chercher un consensus generale autour d’une seule proposition, elle encourage la multiplicité et la non-linéarité des differentes propositions, permettant aussi une expérimentions à l’échelle 1:1 par la realisation de constructions temporaires (mock-ups).

Depuis Ecosistema Urbano, nous invitons les étudiants, les architectes et les créatifs de tout le monde à participer au processus de création collective dreamhamar, en s’inscrivant aux workshops en ligne que nous décrivons par la suite.
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What is Network Design Methodology?


Image: Creative Networking by Amber Case (Flickr)
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The article begins by explaining a networked-learning project carried out at Ecosistema Urbano, called Urban Social Design Experience, and explains how this project allowed to define network design methodology. At Ecosistema Urbano we are actually applying network design in the project dreamhamar.
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The article has been originally written in Spanish for La Ciudad Viva and then it has been translated by @la_madalena for dreamhamar blog
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“Learning is not a product of schooling but the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein

For several months we have been developing in Ecosistema Urbano a project focused on expanded education. These last few weeks, we gave it a close look and we would like to share our thougths with you.

The project in question is Urban Social Design Experience (USDE) and we presented the first session – which ended recently – as a series of online courses (experiences). During these experiences innovative approaches and lines of work in urban culture and urban management were presented.

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Ecosistema Urbano Air Tree : vers une architecture Creative Commons

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Cet article est une adaptation de “Shanghai Air Tree | Le premier projet d’architecture Creative Commons”, publié par HDA | Hugh Dutton Associés sur complexitys

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L’agence espagnole Ecosistema Urbano a annoncé récemment la publication du premier projet d’architecture entierement Creative Commons: il s’agit de l’Air Tree (Arbre d’Air) dessiné pour le pavillon de la ville de Madrid à l’Expo Shanghai 2010.

Cela signifie que désormais n’importe quel architecte, agence d’architecture, mairie ou institution, pourra librement télécharger tout les dessins d’exécutions de l’Arbre d’Air et ensuite modifier le projet, le construire et, bien sur, le revendre.

Voici les liens de téléchargement des dessins d’exécution du projet (en anglais):

Ecosistema Urbano – Air Tree Commons | Index
Ecosistema Urbano – Air Tree Commons | Architecture
Ecosistema Urbano – Air Tree Commons | Facilities
Ecosistema Urbano – Air Tree Commons | Structure

Si vous avez des problèmes avec les liens ci-dessus, vous pouvez aussi utilisez le lien suivant:

www.scribd.com/airtreecommons

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