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Waiting Spaces as Spaces of Negotiation in the SWOT-Mobile Design Studio

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ABSTRACTThis article discusses the topic of temporary use of Waiting Spaces in the framework of the Solidary Mobile Housing Design Studio, organised as part of the Innoviris Co-create project ‘SWOT-Mobile’. We claim that this project is an illustration of how safeguarding the solidary character of temporary use of Waiting Spaces with citizens in need can help establishing landscape democracy. First we elaborate on the methods we developed and tested to empower houseless people, who usually don’t have a say in their housing situation, and how we put them at the heart of the project. Then we illustrate how fostering a dialogue about urban Waiting Spaces with different stakeholders (students, houseless, NGOs, experts and authorities) in the design studio, created opportunities for spatial and community development. We describe how the Solidary Mobile Housing Design Studio turned urban Waiting Spaces into ‘spaces of negotiation’ where questions on the city were raised and experimentation and innovation took place.
Book: Landscapes of Conflict, ECLAS Conference 2018, Ghent, Belgium, Conference Proceedings
Pages: 502 - 510
ISBN:978949 1564 130
Publication year:2018
Accessibility:Open