Last May Ecosistema Urbano was leading a workshop at the international architectural event, curated by Stefano Boeri, FESTARCH 2011 (festarch.it). It was held at Terni in the Italian region of Umbria.
Jose Luis Vallejo (@jlvmateo) and Domenico Di Siena (@urbanohumano) from Ecosistema Urbano (@ecosistema) were working with a group of young european architects, students and local citizens experiencing the complexity of the city.
These are the different strategies followed during the workshop to activate aspects of the city of Terni: (Our special thanks to Pier Francesco Duranti, the most creative Terni citizen, who helped all of us during our days in Terni)
THE GARDEN OF THE CITY GARDEN
(Reopening a hidden social building and community garden in the center of the city-garden neighborhood)
elvira lópez vallés (@elvirilay) – sonia Pettinari – claudia roselli
RESPECT ME
(is Terni a bike friendly city?)
Fabio Facchini – Giulia Schippa – Albert Domingo
PUBLIC POST-IT
(A new temporal urban furniture to promote citizen’s expression?)
Martina Minnucci (@martyminn) – Lina Monaco (@Li_m0) – Valeria Leoni
TERNI INSIDE CAOS
(Caos cultural Center in Terni is linked to Terni local artists?)
Sara Armento (@tamaraorens) – Roberta Barbieri – Anthony Hackmayer
FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL MEDIA
When we left Terni the local media were talking about it
[…] esperimenti di attivazione di coscienza sociale. A mio parere, e come ho sperimentato nel workshop festarchlab di Terni, il salto nella qualità della partecipazione sta tutta in questo scarto tra un processo […]