DREAMHAMAR I I [ a collective dream to redesign the city centre of Hamar ]

Client: Hamar Kommune Date: Built in 2014 Program: Participation process and design development for Hamar square. Scope: Concept, participation pro- cess and urban design.

Dreamhamar is a participation and network design process aimed at redesigning the public space of Stortorget Square in Hamar, Nor- way. During the activities citizens took part in a collective brain- storming process to define their new square. This is a pioneer ap- proach to the construction of new public spaces or transformation of existing ones, supported by work- shops, lectures, urban actions, communication and participation tools.The project involves various stakeholders who become part of the community of Dreamhamar and participate in some of the sev- en working areas currently being developed:

URBAN DESIGN, a technical re- search and urban approach to public space. PHYSICAL LAB, “pop up office” where workshops, lectures and exhibitions take place. Academic Network ONSITE WORKSHOPS, workshops 256 Students 9 Academic Institutions Curatorial Network Hamar and lectures led by local and inter- 19 Professionals 7 Countries national creative guests to create Professional Network 9 Experts 8 Countries Gdańsk Hamburg Limerick Amsterdam a large database of citizen ideas. Berlin Warsaw Art Network URBAN ACTIONS, a way for citi- 19 Artists 4 Countries Lyon Ljubljana zens to experience directly on the Digital Network MilanVenice Macerata 12 Countries Boston A Coruña Rome Pescara public space possible uses of the Madrid Alicante future square. Mock-up scale 1/1 Valencia DIGITAL LAB, participatory web Tel Aviv platform linked to social network Cairo channels, to follow the week- ly broadcasts, online workshops and use the mobile application, dreamhamar.app. Guatemala

ACADEMIC NETWORK, Dream- Maracaibo hamar as the course case study for universities linked to this glob- al participatory brainstorming. CULTURAL RUCKSACK, students from local schools share their WHERE? WHAT FOR? WHO? HVOR? HVORFOR? HVEM? ideas for Stortorget HVORFOR? Mjosa