Maja Simoneti

Participation in redevelopment processesMaja Simoneti, IPoP, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Sustainable Urban Regeneration I Experiences of Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Brussels, Thursday October 10th

Building: SQUARE - Brussels Convention Centre. Room: Hall 300

Who are we ?

• IPoP – Institute for Spatial Policies• research, consulting and NGO• sustainable development• urban policy, urban regeneration• participation

• local, national, transborder, EU level

• public and private clients• partnerships with NGO‘s, municipalities, ministries,

university, business

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Maja Simoneti

Why participation?

• to combine old and new community• to involve new actors• to improve cooperation of actors• to involve local actors and knowledge

• to gain legitimacy• to develope ownership & responsibility

• enables

• connects

• empower

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Participation helps building

• trust

• capacity for cooperation

• responsibility of actors

• common langugae of regeneration

Tobačna tovarna, Ljubljana, Slovenija The case of Tobacco Factory, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Maja Simoneti

History, part 1

• 1871: new tobaco factory, biggest in Ljubljana, goodand large employer

• a town within a town, rich cultural and social life

• after WWII: modernisation, Administration buildingsold to ISKRA electronic company

• 1991: privatisation of Tobačna factory - sold to international tobacco corporations

• 1992, privatisation of ISKRA offices at Administrationbuilding on Tobačna 2 starts

• 2004, the production of tobacco stops

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History, part 2

• 2006, design competiotion for redevelopment

• 2007, Project „Tobačna city“ starts: demolishing of severalbuildings, construction of 11 highrise appartmentbuildings

• 2009, IPoP rents an office at Tobačna 2

• 2013, reconstruction starts but stops due to thebankrupcy of the developer

• Tobačna 2, the ex Administration building keeps operating

• 2015 cultural festivals start happening at Tobačna 2

• 2017, Tobačna 2 is declared local cultural monument

• 2019, new buyer of the Tobačna City apears

2009, IPoP at Tobačna 2

• 2009, IPoP rents an office• the Tobačna 2 gets known for the ateliers and working

spaces• 2012, IPoP organises first urban walk - Jane‘s Walk –

starting at Tobačna 2 walking around the constructionsite

• 2015, artists organise first local inhouse cultural festival named Open ateliers

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Open ateliers & other events orgnised by local community

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2018, IPoP gets involved in EU project

• Urban Education Live (UEL) • to create and test a new model of collaboration

between universities and urban communities

• University of Ljubljana and IPOP, Ljubljana, SI• Tampere School of Architecture, Tampere, F• Sheffield School of Architecture, Shefield, UK• ATU and Ion Mincu University, Bucharest, RO

• Funded by JPI Urban Europe – ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF)

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Maja Simoneti

Urban Education Live

Three phases of Social mapping in Tobačna

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Phase 1

Apr 2018-Aug 2018

Identification ofsocial-spatialconnectionsbetween the

Tobačna actors

Phase 2

May 2018-Jan 2020

Targeted activitiesto empower local

communities

Phase 3

Jan 2020-Mar 2020

Observation andunderstanding the

change of social network of Tobačna

actors

Social mapping & cohesion Urban Walks

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Open workshops & urban walks

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Disscussing the future of the „Tobačna city“ withcommunity of Tobačna 2 and the city municipality officials

Dialogue with stakeholders

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Building local community at Tobačna 2

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Improving working conditions with support of the Citymuniciplality of Ljubljana

2019, community manages small interventions

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In the times of uncertainty, local community can provide some stability.

Participation builds community and identity of locationwhile protects the value of location.

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