A+287 Article: Building bridges by Hanne Mangelschots and Serafina Van Godtsenhoven

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12 Building bridges: designing processes for acceleration a+287 in a co-creative manner. If governments were to make these investments tax-deductible, the investors would have more impact and more return with their dormant capital than if their money stayed in the bank. It sounds logical. But it requires a complex interplay of local and supralocal stakeholders in which local networks, district ambassadors and stimulating, framework-providing authorities each play their part. The next big thing will be a lot of small things How do we activate the bottom-up energy into a swarm of projects that speed up change? After all, we can see that things need to be tackled in many places at the same time, and preferably together, so that they reinforce each other. Together, the provided examples form a call, not only to designers to conceive new projects and processes, but to new coalitions, new arrangements between supra-local authorities, municipalities, businesses and citizen organizations that can implement the necessary change in many places at the same time. Parts of this new approach are already taking shape in some places. Too often, however, the above examples remain exceptions to the rule, while we need the systematic and structural roll-out of future places if we wish to achieve our objectives. This is where platforms such as the Delta Atelier come to the fore. They are eager to bundle and link disseminated knowledge and initiatives and to represent the potential impact. These learning environments can serve to string together many ground-breaking but – in the light of the major challenges – small initiatives so as to form an ambitious movement. This article was written by Architecture Workroom Brussels on the basis of conversations with Mariska Vogel, Ronald van der Heijden, Elise Steyaert, Arie Lengkeek, Koen Schoors, Jandirk Hoekstra, Philippe Vandenbroeck, Hans ten Hoeve, Jan Verheeke, Koen Wijnants, Joost Schrijnen, Eric Corijn, Bob D’Haeseleer and Floris Alkemade (by order of appearance during the online Delta Atelier Conference on 3 July 2020). More info: www.deltaatelier.eu © Thomas Legreve for the Delta Atelier Delta Atelier Conference 2019 in the Atelier Bouwmeester
THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION Ambitious goals are more than abstract points on the horizon. Every house, every street, every neighbourhood and every landscape matters. ‘Future places’ are the biggest transformation project of our times. Let’s pool our capacities to multiply change. Together we build a library of strategies, a set of investment programs, and a festival of ‘future places’. thegreattransformation.eu The Great Transformation is an initiative of a growing group of actors with diverse expertise and social positions. We want to materialize and accelerate the transition to a resilient society, by combining the insights and strengths of entrepreneurs, investors, governments, researchers and civil society, and translating them into concrete future projects and investment programs. The initiative is facilitated by Architecture Workroom Brussels, with the support of the Flemish Government, the Brussels Capital Region and the Dutch National Government
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