ordinary people making an extraordinary city
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Capital of the Future:
Ordinary People makingan Extraordinary CityDavid Barrie, David Barrie & Associates
M17 Contemporary Art Center, Kiev, Ukraine. May 25, 2011
Mail: [email protected]
Website: http://about.me/davidbarrie
Twitter: @davidbarrie
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We like objects of desire
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But fashion is fickle
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And global recession requires
a new view of value creation
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I run an economic consultancyand project production
company that enables capitalgrowth in cities and the
improvement of people's lives.
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what we do: Help design & deliver new urban
infrastructure, buildings and public places in
cities Support the start-up of new for-profit and non-
profit social ventures in cities
Enable service innovation and the growth of
creative economies Help clients win development agreements
and approvals and capital growth in cities
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We do this by: Creating and implementing creative and
social action plans for cities
Mobilizing communities
Creating and managing new social
business ventures
Designing and delivering public projects
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Clients and end-users of our
work include:
National and local government
Real estate, housing and constructioncompanies
Entertainment industries
NPO & NGO organizations
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My early professional
background was in mediaproduction
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Producing, directing and
executive producing TV
documentaries on economics,
society, art & culture
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As a form of communication
design, media production
demands effectivesequencing of action
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Attention to building
audiences and communitiesof viewers
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And entertainment narrative
thrives upon the creationof tiny epics
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This has influenced my work
in urban renewal - but also,the power of crowds
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A love for the extraordinary
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And the power of human
networks, revolutionized inmodern culture by the internet
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In the making of cities, you
need to pay attention to thecomplexity of modern culture
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Hit a key sweet spot
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And find opportunities for
people to exchange interest,initiative and knowledge
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Here are some projects that wehave been involved with and
speak to the theme of ordinary
people helping to make an
extraordinary city
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The Peoples Supermarket
http://www.peoplessupermarket.org
(2009 - present)
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The revival of a vacant retail
premises as a commercial
enterprise with social benefit
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Members volunteer to work in the
store in exchange for a discount
on the price of their shopping
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Every member has a say in the
direction and strategy of
the venture
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The store is an experience, both for
those who work for it, own a share in
it and the 6000+ customers a week
who visit and often buy lunch fromour in-store recycled food waste
service: The Peoples Kitchen
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The contribution of ordinary people to
the store in membership and time,
enables us to discount the cost ofcertain basic products
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The Castleford Project
(2002 - 2007)
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The improvement of eleven public
places in a town in Yorkshire,
England - including new publicspaces, community ventures, art
installations and sculpture by local
and international artists
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The creation of newly designed places
featured the active creative, practical and
decision-making involvement of andvolunteering by local communities
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Local people and businesses were atthe centre of the process of
designing and delivering urban
development - acting ascommissioner and client of the work,
not just its beneficiary
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In other words, the initiative
promoted and delivered
innovation by changing thehierarchy of power relationships
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Middlesbrough Healthy Town
http://bit.ly/igmfmV
(2006 - present)
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Citizens of the town cultivate
food in empty urban spaces
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Developing and diversifying
popular use of the cityscape
through the initiative of a looselyconnected federation of citizens
and civic organizations
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People elected to participate
in the initiative andchose sites for cultivation
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People were able to learn
how to cook their crop in
cookery classes calledKitchen Playgrounds
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The final harvest was celebrated
in a town meal -
curated by an artist and attendedby thousands of people
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Designers mapped the initiative
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Productive urban landscapes are
now informing the spatial
development of the town but are alsoa key part of its programme to
improve the well-being of citizens
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The initiative also market-tested the creation of growing
spaces in a large docklands
development site on the edge
of the town
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Digital Butetownhttp://digitalbutetown.wordpress.com/
(2009 - present)
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A new digital media skills agency in
Cardiff, Wales: a social venture
started by a local creativeorganization that we have supported
on behalf of a client who is an
investor in real estate
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The venture is designed to upskill
local young people who live in
the area in programming, codingand web production/design
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The venture is linked to the
development of major new
creative industries clusterin the city
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The first phase is close tocompletion with the creation
of new drama production studios
for the British Broadcasting
Corporation
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The next phase of work is the
construction of a new Digital
Media Center
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The area adjacent to the site
is deprived - but has a powerful
creative and cultural history
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Its physical urban landscape is
often barren of street life
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But if you map local peoples life
online, you find lots of vital
human interaction
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Could some of that energy and
interest contribute to the
economic and social prosperity ofthe area offline?
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Phase 1 of Digital Butetown has
provided some early support to
local schools and existinglocal blogs
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Extraordinary cities can
be designed and built
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Cities can be become
extraordinary by providing
new, fun experiences
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Art has a role to play -
especially art that is located in the
environment of the everyday
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Beautiful new architecture
can be valuable
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But economic advantage and civic
and social change can also be
realized by enabling the expressionof one value in particular
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Give people opportunities to
be who they want to be
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Enable the innovation of products
and services that support
the economic growth of cities
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Be true to the personality and
identity of yourown culture
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Dont let your competitors
define you
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We have idols but no models to follow.
You have to define your own model.
Nicolas Ghesquire, Balenciaga
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Thank you!
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David Barrie
David Barrie & Associates, London
project design & delivery - creative/economic planning -
public involvement - social ventures
Web: http://about.me/davidbarrie
Mail: [email protected]
Twitter: @davidbarrie