GEMEINSCHAFTSWOHNEN IM WEDDING INFOBOX Anna Rosa Schäfer, Eddie Millard, Elina Pechonova, Kilian Flade, Lydie Talouarn

Context General Information: The concept of community living is at the core of the project, in which Community living project in Wedding with shared future residents will share apartments or common living spaces. apartments or community living spaces Most of the residents have already been selected and formed groups for the shared living spaces through an extensive participation process. The building is currently being constructed and is scheduled to be Project partner: finished by the end of 2018. Housing cooperative “Am Ostseeplatz”

Problem The neighbors’ main concern is to be properly informed about the Status of the project: project and to get to know their new neighbors, while the residents want Ensuring engagement level among future residents to engage with each other before they move in and ensure their new remains high and negative misconceptions of neighbors have a positive perception of them. neighbors are eliminated Planned outcome: Solution Ensuring engagement level among future residents The solution is twofold, as the neighbors and future residents have remains high and negative misconceptions of Creating a poster prototype different needs with regards to participation. neighbors are eliminated “Bridging the engagement gap” will consist of two events, one serving to test with the neighbors as instruction for the residents to plan a kick-off event to mingle with the neighbors as well as the kick-off event itself. Expected Impact The central tools for bridging the gap are participation guidelines pro- While the residents will benefit from the chance to develop their PLANNED SOLUTIONS vided by the cooperative as well as nebenan.de – a neighborhood social standing in the neighborhood before they officially move in, the network. neighbors’ previously negative perceptions are removed and they are „Bridging the Engagement Gap in Community Living“ The neighbors on the other hand will be informed of the project and any invited to engage in the social development of their Kiez. events through posters on the building fence as well as through open Consequently, the cooperative will profit from an improved reputation, Planned Solutions: nebenan.de events and communication. which will likely yield more support for future projects. • Self-organized events by the residents via a closed Finally, nebenan.de could potentially generate more traffic on their group on nebenan.de during the construction phase of website if they sponsor the kick-off event, as the area Sprengelkiez has the project the most active nebenan.de members in Wedding. • Info poster about the project / events for the neighbors Channels: • nebenan.de • posters • participation guidelines

Key Partners for Implementation: • Residents • nebenan.de

Key Ressources and estimated costs: • Time investment • Event sponsorship

Who will benefit: • Residents • Neighborhood • Cooperative

Keeping resident engagement high during the construction phase

GEYER MEDIENHÖFE NEUKÖLLN INFOBOX David Eckel, Edgar Sotelo, Galileo Vidoni, Hosea Dirschauer, Laura Sanchez Ferreyra

Context children from the Kiez in a neighborhood project. It is meant to be a General Information: The private housing developer BUWOG bought the Geyer Medienhöfe temporary intervention in public space, but it could also be used as Private housing project at a historically important movie from the Bavaria Movie company to build around 250 apartments. a permanent asset for the beautification of the courtyard. studio in Neukölln. The existing building had and still has a big importance in the history of The third part of our solution is a big Kiez collage made up from pictures Fear in the neighborhood of gentrification processes. the German film industry and will stay there because it is under heritage and drawings that are printed on the tarp of the scaffolding. The Kiez Project partner: protection. Located in the Harzer Kiez in Neukölln near the former residents can send us their contributions through our webpage, giving BUWOG AG: border area it still is a isolated, calm and socially heterogeneous area. them the opportunity to build Kiez identity through a creative and performative urban intervention during the construction works. German- Austrian complete solutions provider in the real estate living buisness Problem In the fourth step we will launch a Movie Competition in which the The BUWOG company said that they would like to have the residents of neighbors can propose their ideas for the permanent future use of the Status of the project: the neighborhood as „ambassadors of their project“. That‘s why they courtyard. We organize a series of supervised, professional movie Rehabilitation works on the old buildings already started. organized a public information event for everyone interested in Summer workshops in which residents and local institutions can make their The Bezirksamt Neukölln works on the land development 2017. However, neither the employees of the companies located at the contributions. With this idea we want to encourage creativity, relate the plan right now. Geyer- Höfe, nor the nearby living residents seem to care much. In addi- neighbours to the history of the building and let them co-create ideas. tion most things had already been decided and construction works have In the end a Jury votes for the best draft and the winner can co-design Planned outcome: already started, which makes real participation very hard to realize. the courtyard according to their ideas together with architects. Mixed quarter that combines living and working. Around 250 flats, office spaces and two new courtyards Solution Expected Impact opened for the public are planned till the end of 2019. The first aspect of our solution is to simply raise a bigger awareness Our solutions offer much more street visibility, information for about the project with an Infopole that is providing meaningful neighborhood residents, and the inclusion of local stakeholders information to every resident, whether on the history, on the planned during the process. Most of all we give people the opportunity to PLANNED SOLUTIONS project or on neighborhood activities. At the same time we launch a build their own Kiez identity through creative and performative urban webpage with all the relevant information online. interventions, make steps towards a real participation process and „Performative Co- Production in a historic building“ The second step is the Light Ball Installation that is integrating school let them decide on the future use of the courtyard. Planned Solutions: CO-DECISION CO-DECISION Step by Step Implementation of • Infopole CO-DESIGNING CO-DESIGNING the four planned interventions at • Light Ball Installation CONSULTATION CONSULTATION the Geyer Medienhöfe with • Kiez Collage INFORMATION INFORMATION different levels of participation • Movie Workshops and Competition → Awareness raising measurement → create more visibility for the for the development at the project on the streets Channels: Geyer-Medienhöfe → integrating people‘s identity to • Website for information and uploads → showcasing the former the project and giving them • Infopole for information and events import ance of the building in a public stage for their ideas the movie business • Posters and flyers to promote the Movie Workshop • Direct contact with local initiatives and schools → showing the future development Key Partners for Implementation: INFOPOLE • Public Authorities (f.e.: Bezirksamt Neukölln,..) KIEZ COLLAGE • Public Institutions (f.e.:Hans Fallada School,...) • Jury Members (f.e.: BUWOG, Architects, Neigbors,...) May/June 2018 March 2018 • Movie Specialists Key Ressources and estimated costs: April/ May 2018 June - September 2018 • Infopole: 7000€ (Design, Use Permit, Maintanence,...) LIGHT BALLS MOVIE COMPETITION • Light Balls: 6000€ (Material Cost, Electricity,Personnel) • Kiez Collage: 5000€ (Printing, Marketing, Personnel,...)

→ create visibility through an → collect different ideas and • Movie Competition: 13000€ (Movie experts, Equipment) outstanding element in the wishes of the people for the public space courtyard and the Kiez Who will benefit: • Social and educational institution in the neigborhood, → reducing the barrier of → from temporary use to long entering the project site term urban Co- Production f.e. the Hans - Fallada school and design of the courtyard • Kiez residents (get informed about the project, can → taking a step from information to performative Co-Production → bringing people to the project co-create their ideas) site • BUWOG (will gain much more interest and acceptance CO-DECISION CO-DECISION for their project CO-DESIGNING CO-DESIGNING CONSULTATION CONSULTATION Street testing with one of the INFORMATION INFORMATION first prototypes of the Infopole Designing Smart Cities - Urban Design Thinking 3 THE NEW GARTENFELD INFOBOX Ajinkya Waradpande, Alex Vu Nguyen, Alexander Kendziora,Juan Pujo, Sama Mirshahvalad

Context agreement on what is needed and General Information: The Gartenfeld project area is located in the northwest of Berlin, near desired in those spaces. The new Gartenfeld is a UTB project that will be the Haselhorst, and Siemensstadt, and south of the Tegel airport. Located The methodology of each workshop future residence of thousand of neighbours and a part in the middle of two canals Gartenfeld presents itself as an island. is thought according to the trending of the Berlin of the future. Since 1912 and until 2002, Gartenfeld island was characterized by topic of the Kopro machines. containing industrial activity. The participants of the different Project partner: Nowadays, there are witnesses of these activities, for example the huge workshops can registrate UTB Projektmanagement GmbH Belgienhalle, which is under protection, so it will continue to themselves into workshops and exist in the future. receive more information at an info and registration desk. Status of the project: The Problem Maintaining contact is a key task Waiting for Tegel airport closure in 2020 Building has not yet begun as it is dependent on the closure of Tegel in the creation of co-production airport. That’s why there are currently no future residents who could communities. be asked to participate in appropriate processes. Besides, the neighbours of Haselhorst and Siemensstadt are mostly not Expected impact Planned outcome: interested or unaware of the existence of the project. The solutions will have a deep 373.000 m² living area, 3.600 apartments, 21.600 m² of So, the challenge was how to approach local neighbours in order to be impact on the Gartenfeld project. green space and 5.000 jobs. involved in the participation process events of Gartenfeld, if they don’t By the Kopro machine and of know about the project. course the event series, information about demands The Solution and wishes will exchange on an PLANNED SOLUTIONS In order to attract neighbours into Gartenfeld’s participation process improved level. Due to the and inform them about the project, we developed the gamification aspect, people will be „Building bridges between future neighbours“ “Kopro machine”. This machine is an offline tool located in local stores forced to join, think and then have a around Gartenfeld, in which people from the neighborhood can say. In this way, investors will know Planned Solutions: participate by voting the option they like most. The asked questions more about the needs of the • „Kopro machine“ change regularly and the results of the vote can be seen due to the neighbours. • Gartenfeld Fleamarket in Belgienhalle method that is used: inserting small balls into transparent pipes. Then they will find the best • Info and registration desk These voting balls are available at the store cash out or reception. solution through negotiation • Workshops. Prototype of the „Kopro“ Machine To generate awareness of where and how the space could be as some people become project transformed, we plan to organize a fleamarket in the Belgienhalle companions. This will gain them Channels: every two weeks for two months. This event is made up of different a lot of trust within the community. • Flyers, posters and local initiatives newspaper activities like a tour around Gartenfeld and workshops. The fun atmosphere of our event • website In every fleamarket, investors, neighbours and local initiatives get to series leads to a better perception • info & registration desk. know each other better. within the neighborhood towards In the workshops people can debate and tell other stakeholders what the project. Key Partners for Implementation: their needs and experiences are and what they like to have there. Kopro series will renew the trust on • UTB Investors They also can inform, train themselves and reach a mutual urban development of Gartenfeld. • Local stores • Manufacturers Planned steps for the • Local initiatives Implementation of the Kopro Key Ressources and estimated costs: Space for rent in local stores, engagement of local initiatives, data flow of people and know-how to organize an event. The whole solution costs around 30.000€. Who will benefit: • UTB Investors • potential and future residents • local stores, venders and neighbours

ALTE MÄLZEREI LICHTENRADE INFOBOX Abdelrahman Mohamed Sameh Helal, Daniel Soto Espinosa, Jule Klandt, Sebastián Felisiak, Shelby Kay Thomasson

The Context General Information: Housing project around the Alte Mälzerei in Lichtenrade. The Alte Housing project around the Alte Mälzerei in Lichtenrade. Mälzerei was a former brewery and malt warehouse. Different actors: the developer (UTB), Aktive Zentren and It will be converted into a multipurpose space, with special emphasis groups of local initiatives have already worked together. on cultural activities. Also, in its surroundings, a new housing project Project partner: is planned. Different actors, the developer (UTB), Aktive Zentren and UTB - Projektmanagement Gmbh groups of local initiatives have already worked together to define the reconversion of the Alte Mälzerei. Workshops and activities were carried out in this space as well. Currently meetings are held around the Wohntisch Lichtenrade to discuss the characteristics of the Status of the project: housing project. Participation process has already taken place, but with a lack of diversity. The participants mostly have fairly The Problem homogeneous sociodemographic characteristics. Although there is an ongoing process of cooperation between the different actors, the citizen participation is not heterogeneous enough Planned outcome: to be representative of the inhabitants of the district. In particular, Improve the participation and the involvement of resi- citizens who are not involved in local initiatives do not actively dents in this project and future projects of public interest participate, and the participants mostly have fairly homogeneous in Lichtenrade. sociodemographic characteristics. This leads to a bias in the process and prevents to find out the different needs and opinions of the residents. The main reasons given by those who do not participate are: PLANNED SOLUTIONS lack of time to attend to meetings, lack of confidence, and bad considerations about participatory activities (boring). „Improving Coproduction in Lichtenrade“

The Solution Planned Solutions: The “Lichtenradar” is a mobile, modular and flexible box-system with The Lichtenradar: information about the different initiatives of public interest in A mobile, modular and flexible box-system with Lichtenrade, and a data collector to be used in the several meetings and information and data collection for projects of public Testing of the prototype together with „Aktive Zentren“ workshops that take place in the town. It also has boxes for exchanging interest in Lichtenrade books and records, and games for small children. The mobile character of the proposal allows it to be arranged in Channels: different spaces in which people usually spend some time waiting, such • Kick-Off event as the train station (S Bahnhof Lichtenrade), the library, the • Public spaces in which people usually spend some time “Bürgeramt”, etc. Each module is associated with a particular actor who waiting must take care of the content. It is flexible because it is adaptable to • Online/Offline Surveys other projects of public interest at any given time. The materials used Key Partners for Implementation: try to offer the sensation of a non-commercial, artisanal and striking • Aktive Zentren instrument. The box-system will be presented in a Kick-Off event of • UTB relevance for the community (Frühstück in der Bahnhofstrasse). • Local Initiatives from Lichntenrade The management of this box system would be in charge of Aktive Zentren. Key Ressources and estimated costs: 03-06/2018 2019 - Expected Impact Funding for the building, the Kick-Off event, and the

Preparation Upon the use of the Lichtenradar it is expected to improve citizen maintenance for the first 6 months and the material PREPARE KICK-OFF ESTABLISH SUSTAIN TRANSFER participation on issues of public interest in the locality. Total: 6500 € Particularly to engage people who do not have time, do not trust or do not feel convoked by conventional forms of participation. It also Who will benefit: 02-03/2018 06-12/2018 06/2019 - expected to achieve a more heterogeneous participation in s • The developers ociodemographic terms and to increase the process of co-production • Aktive Zentren that currently takes place in Lichtenrade. We think that the possibility • Local Initiatives from Lichtenrade of having a recognized instrument and a thematic about the • Citizens of Lichtenrade 500 1.200 4.320 € ? community increases the credibility of the current participation processes, on top of that it can also be used as a convenient tool for Planned Steps for the Implementation of the Lichtenradar future initiatives in the community.

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