Download - Shared Urbanism
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Shared UrbanismStudent housing as a pioneer
of sustainable living
Image: Brenda Vértiz
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The story of Finnish housing is a story of welfare state being born.
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Finland has an incredibly strong agrarian tradition even when we think of urban living.
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Challenge of urban planning: Form follows which function?
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Information is less and less limited by location. As our basic needs are fulfilled, we move forward to lifestyles.Our home needs to fulfill greater social, societal and economic goals.
flickr dr.jd (cc)
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New Urbanism is a massive shift.
FREEDOM FROM
FREEDOM TO
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Urban introverts Urban culture
Urban activismUrban sprawl
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And that´s not the whole story.
http://demos.fi/files/politics_of_happiness.pdf
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Age of Wicked Problems
Problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and changing requirements. The effort to solve one aspect of a wicked problem may reveal or create other problems. (Wikipedia)
Scarce Resources
Community-oriented individuals
Global economy
Technologicalplanetarism
Changing population
http://demos.fi/files/The_Well-Being_of_the_Metropolis.pdf
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Hoas Lab
Partnership of Helsinki Region Student Housing Foundation and
think tank Demos Helsinki.
Hoas Lab is a two-year design project developing new models for shared and
responsible living.
Part of the official programme of World Design Capital 2012 Helsinki.
Image: Brenda Vértiz
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Hoas is expected to be a frontrunner
1. Its tenants are the leaders of tomorrow (home owners, residents, parents, builders, designers, decision makers, consumers).1. Its tenants are the future (more experimental, more educated, more diverse).3. Hoas has an excellent reputation and good relations with land owners.4. Hoas has economics of scale.
Image: Brenda Vértiz
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Traditional ways of influencing living
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Price Design Regulation
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Hoas Lab Toolbox is bigger.
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• Peer-to-peer (time bank)
• Involvement (focus groups)
• Community action (urban gardening)
• Information (Walls and Stickers)
• Social norms (Electricity savings competition)
• Tonality (few tips)
• Middle Man (hoas hosts)
• Convenience (food store in jatkasaari)
• Fulfilling real needs (shared kitchens)
Price Design Regulation Peer-to-peer
Involvement Shared action Information Social norms
Information Middle men Meeting needsConvenience
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Endorsing friction
New Urbanism: Lessons from Copenhagen
Making the community visible
Leaving room for DIT (Do It Together)
https://blogs.aalto.fi/tommilaitio/2012/03/11/kasper-the-friendly-host/
Community of Geography
Community ofInterest
City AdministrationCity Council
Residents of Helsinki
(Demos & NOW) 2nd prize in www.greaterhelsinkivision.fi
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From cities as machines to cities as ecosystems.
http://www.demos.fi/julkaisut (Parempi diili)
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Testing ground this Summer: World Design Capital Pavilion
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http://demos.fi/files/The_Well-Being_of_the_Metropolis.pdf
Demos Helsinkitwitter: tommilaitio
tommi.laitio (a) demos.fiwww.demos.fi
blogs.aalto.fi/tommilaitioslideshare.net/demoshelsinki
facebook.com/hoaslaboratorio