URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner 2nd Chance – Waking up the "sleeping giants" Using vacant buildings for the neighbourhood development Meeting report 19 th – 20 th October 2017 Caen, France 2nd Chance participating partners _City of Brussels (Belgium) _City of Caen (France) _City of Lublin (Poland) _City of Naples (Italy) URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner Using vacant buildings for and with the community This was the main theme that brought the cities of Caen, Brussels, Lublin and Naples for a two-days meeting on the peninsula of Caen in October 2017 together: to listen, exchange and learn how vacant buildings can be used for the community and neighbourhood development . The meeting itself took place in such a former vacant building: Le Pavillon , a public space to inform, discuss and exchange about the future development of the peninsula with the citizens of Caen. The meeting started with a first inspiration by Nicolas Geray, founder and project manager of the 1st European collider , the MoHo project in Caen. The projects seeks to reuse a former automotive manufacturing hall close to the train station to create in Normandy a place of international scope dedicated to a new generation of entrepreneurship. Based on the D-DAY values such as courage and commitment, this place aims at giving rise to vocation, encouraging its users to change history, creating links between users from all over the planet to impact tomorrow’s world and reinvent their lives via projects and encounters in one inspiring place. Another highlight had been the presentation and discussion of projects that have successfully reused vacant buildings for and through communities. The project examples came from 2 nd Chance and non 2 nd Chance partners and the URBACT City Festival in Tallin. The projects show a variety of cultural and social uses as well as management and financing options for such projects. Also Caen’s target area , the former harbour area, a peninsula, and tools and means developed for its reactivation were presented. A walking tour was organised, visiting the target buildings of the 2 nd Chance project: the Tunnel and the Barrel . Click the links to receive further information! For any questions and remarks, contact the 2 nd Chance Lead Expert Nils Scheffler, [email protected] . URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner Bi-/trilateral Meeting: 2nd Chance – Waking up the "sleeping giants" Using vacant buildings for the neighbourhood development Date : 19 th October – 20th October 2017 Table of Content 1 Activating vacant buildings for community purposes ................................... 2 Schaubühne Lindenfels – Leipzig (Germany) – A community based theatre.................................. 2 Peißnitzhaus – Halle/Saale (Germany) – Cultural and educational activities for families and children ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Cascina Roccafranca – Turin (Italy) – The community centre ..........................................................5 Old market hall “Stava Trznica” – Bratislava (Slovakia) ................................................................. 6 Spazio 13 – Bari (Italy) – The Creative Hub......................................................................................7 Culture as the intermediary – Aarhus (Denmark) – Youth community centres............................... 8 Pop-up to date – Antwerp (Belgium) ............................................................................................. 9 NGO house – Riga (Latvia)............................................................................................................11 Recyclart – Brussels (Belgium)......................................................................................................12 The House of Words – Lublin (Poland) – Activating the local community .....................................13 The "PAVILION": Involving the citizens of Caen in the redevelopment of the peninsula...............14 2 Interesting revitalisation projects in Caen and region ................................. 16 The MoHo project – 1st European collider ....................................................................................16 Le Havre docks reactivation project..............................................................................................18 3 Caen’s target area....................................................................................20 The peninsula: 1000 years of history.............................................................................................20 A masterplan for the peninsula.....................................................................................................22 The development of a new district: Tools and means developed..................................................23 Caen’s sleeping giants ..................................................................................................................25 The peninsula in 2040 – Newspaper headlines..............................................................................27 4 Meeting Agenda ..................................................................................... 28 1 URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner 1 Activating vacant buildings for community purposes Use – Management – Finance Schaubühne Lindenfels – Leipzig (Germany) – A community based theatre History & Background The listed building, 1.000 m² from 1876, was build by a private person where the society of Leipzig met, ate, danced and watched theatre and cinema. In 1987 the building was abandoned and the cinema, which was still in service, closed. In 1993 theatre actors from Leipzig, dreaming of an own theatre place, took over the building and re- opened it as theatre and cultural cinema, renting it from the city for 12 years. The challenge was the long-term financing of the operation, the rehabilitation of the building and being capable to buy the property, worth 200.000 €. Objectives & Project description The goal was to reopen the builing as a community based theatre with a cinema and gastronomy, to organise music and literature events and to provide presentation space for young artists in Leipzig. The artists, running the building also support and take part in cultural neighbourhood activities. The feature of the Schaubühne Lindenfels is the foundation of a charitable, non-profit stock company, which uses their stocks as community shares to aquire funds for the project. Results & Achievements; Community uses A new cultural centre within the neighbourhood could be establised. Through the involvment of the shareholders a strong identification with the Schaubühne Lindenfels could be achieved as well as the strengthening of the civic engagement. Finance & Management To finance and run the project the charitable, non-profit stock company Schaubühne Lindenfels was founded. People can buy stocks of the company for 24 € per stock, which – of course – are not traded at a bourse. They can be bought directly from the company. The stocks are art prints from Leipzig artists. So far there are around 1.200 shareholders, through which 112.800 € was earned for the project. The shareholders do not receive a yearly dividend (as the project makes no profit), but the dividend is the cultural performances in the neighbourhood and they have the right to participate in the annual shareholders' meeting with voting power. Further income is generated through donations, crowd-funding and entrance fees for the theatre, the cinema, the exhibitions, the music and literature events and through the gastronomy. These incomes cover around 50 % of the costs of the project. The other 50 % is gained through public cultural subsidies (~ 276.000 € p.a.). For the rehabilitation of building they received 360.000 € through the urban redevelopment assistance programme – a joint programme by the national government with the federal states of Germany. 2 URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner The house is managed by the Management Board of the non-profit stock company, which is responsible for operational management. The management board is advised and controlled by the Supervisory Board, consisting of three members. The three members of the Supervisory Board are appointed by the shareholders during the Annual General Meeting (each shareholder one vote). At the Annual General Meeting the shareholders are informed on all developments and plans for the further development of the Schaubühne Lindenfels. Fundamental questions are discussed and the Management Board relieved. Further information www.schaubuehne.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schaub%C3%BChne_Lindenfels http://neue-nachbarschaft.de/immovielien/schaubuehne-lindenfels/ 3 URBACT III Action Planning Network Bi-trilateral Meeting, 19.-20. October 2017 Caen, France Hosting Partner Lead Partner Peißnitzhaus – Halle/Saale (Germany) – Cultural and educational activities for families and children History & Background In 1893 the building was erected on the island Peinitz in Halle (Saale) and used as an excursion locality with gastronomy