Noa Bonin Peer / @dolceoblio / noapeer.com March 2012 / thinkcommons.

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COMMUNITIES CREATING SPACES

GLOCAL

GLOCAL

NETWORK

GLOCAL

NETWORK

USER CENTERED

GLOCAL

NETWORK

USER CENTERED

TACTICS

CREATING CONDITIONS

habitat

Mixed-use development

public space

interactions within

Lavoir du Buisson Saint-Louis

Lavoir du Buisson Saint-Louis

interactions beyond

6B

6B

mixing interactions

Place au changement, collectif etc.

Place au changement, collectif etc.

EXPERIENCE@PARIS
creating a community between locals and visitors

Travelling today became a low-cost commodity therefore a less enhanced experience, easy to consume

THIS IS HOW YOUR PARISIAN JOURNEY LOOKS LIKE TODAY

A memory of Paris?

These tourists display a shared commitment to a non-institutionalized form of travel, which is central to their self-identification as backpackers. When travelling, they are constantly looking for a real experience related to the city and travel destination.
LITTLE ENOUGH

ADVENTURE

SINGLE / GROUP

BACKPACKER

EXCHANGE

FLASHPACKER

SINGLE / FAMILY

QUALITY

CONFORT

How can their experience be enhanced? How can they create something to the city rather then just consuming it? What kind of interaction can be created between locals and visitors? How can tourist undergo an authentic experience?

CITY EXCHANGE PLATFORM

HOSTEL

Creating new networks and connecting them with existing ones through an online city exchange platform working closely with the hostel accomodating various sleeping and living combinations

HOSTEL

Its transforms the hostel to a tangible space influenced by the interactions created around and within it

gym design theatre swimming dance

football

tennis

rugby concert bar conference NIGHTLIFE show Italian Japanese CUISINE

art litterature music CULTURE cinema architecture

SPORT

festival course ACTIVITY

club

spa

beauty

circus

WELLNESS ...

exhibition

French

experience@yourcity
slow SPEED fast SPACE creation indoor leisure morning PURPOSE medical midday shopping evening buisness afternoon children dating lover TIME OF DAY night nothing without PEOPLE with colleagues outdoor ACTION consu -mption

friends

From dancing classes to underground dinning, the city exchange platform holds a rich and diverse database of current, underground, ephemeral or conventional activities in the city, giving various solutions to different interests.

chambres

dortoirs

MODULAR
.

SLEEPING

capsules

SDB

cuisine

bar lms / bibliotheque

FLEXIBLE

HYBRID PROGRAMME

SHARED SPACES
cyber / coin travail

laverie

ickr twitter

restaurant shop bar snacks 24/24

SOCIAL MEDIA
facebook

youtube

SUSTAINABLE

free WiFi

TECHNOLOGICAL
LOCAL NETWROK

saveurs paris IDF ple emploi

Sorbonne

SOCIETAL

cordon bleu

institut franais

conservatoire

INNOVATIVE

isolation

CONSTRUCTION

circulation dair

terrasse

ENVIRONMENT

panneaux photovolti que

SELF-SUFFICIENT

urban farm

collector ep

superbude, hamburg

exprience
james,35 ans,ingnieur clibataire londres, uk
Jai choisi cette auberge car jen ai marre de voyager en suivant les conseils du guide Lonely Planet. Avec cette auberge jai dcouvert une autre ville, et jai pu composer mes propres expriences. Cest en tapant experience + travel que je suis tomb sur cette auberge. Ya un buzz de fou sur internet... Comme jadore goter aux cuisines du monde, le ct culinaire de lauberge ma forcment tout de suite appt! Si jai bien compris, lauberge a cr des partenariats avec des coles de cuisine franaise. Les tudiants y viennent faire des stages anims par de grands chefs et il y a un roulement qui assure la relve. Tous les jours on peut goter des plats gastronomiques petits prix. Dailleurs le restaurant est toujours plein! Mme les parisiens y djeunent et y dnent alors cest pour dire! Je voulais aussi goter laventure, et la possibilit de dpenser seulement 15 par nuit pour dormir dans une capsule ma permis dutiliser le reste du budget pour explorer la ville !! par ailleurs jai pu inviter une super jolie fille (que jai rencontr dans une soire rock & cake) dner chez Guy Savoy! Ici, lauberge, les capsules ont chacune des fentres avec des vitres teintes, du coup on na pas forcment limpression dtre enferm dans une boite. Quand jtais allong, javais toujours un champ de vision sur le couloir et la salle de bain commune. Il y a aussi une alcve sur tout le ct qui sert dtagre et de rangement. Cest vraiment bien pens. Comme javais la cl de ma capsule pour le temps du sjour, je navais pas besoin de ranger et sortir mes affaires tous les jours pour les mettre en consigne. a ctait vraiment pratique!Depuis que jai vcu cette exprience je dois dire assez inattendue, jai deux envies pour mes prochains voyages: - trouver une destination avec cette chane dauberge pour revivre quelque chose dassez local, - revenir un jour Paris (dans pas trop longtemps jespre) pour suivre des supers stages de cuisine franaise On verra bien! En attendant, je vais me remettre au boulot!
RSEAU LOCALE
restaurant

vlib capsules free WiFi

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

twitter google

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

bar coin travail

qui promouvoit les changes entre les clients et les riverains.

cordon bleu

intgre les outils de communication dans lidntit du lieu.

MDIAS SOCIAUX

soire rock & cake

shop

famille andersen,Oslo, Norvge, Anna 5 ans,Ingrid 8 ans, Kunt Andresen 41 ans, mdecin, Ida Andersen 35 ans, cratrice de mode.
Ida: Anna et Ingrid sont encore petites, mais mes souvenirs denfance sont tellement importants que je voulais absolument leur en offrir de tels. Avec mon mari nous avons choisi de venir dans cette auberge car nous nous considrons encore jeunes et dynamiques! Comme je travaille dans la mode je viens souvent Paris. Jai dcouvert cette auberge la dernire fois que je suis venue, lors dun de mes dfils avec un groupe de stylistes europens. Le magasine pour lequel nous avions t commissionn avait organis le repas ou tout le gratin se regroupait dans le restaurant de cette auberge. Apparemment ctait le lieu in du moment mais assez underground. Finalement jai rcupr les brochures et jai t sduite par les chambres et les lieux communs. Du coup nous sommes dans une chambre individuelle avec une petite mezzanine pour les filles. Elles sont ravies de monter dormir dans leur cabane! Le restaurant propose des petits djeuners parisiens tous les matins, avec un rapport qualit prix imbattable. Mais ce que nous apprcions particulirement ici cest la cuisine en libre-service. Nous adorons aller acheter de la nourriture franaise, les marchs, les charcuteries et les poissonneries. Nous ramenons toutes nos trouvailles et nous cuisinons le soir aux filles. Comme les filles doivent se coucher tt cest tout de mme mieux. Une restaurant fois quelles sont couches, mon mari et moi descendons dans le bar de MDIAS soire RSEAU SOCIAUX lauberge, profiter du bloody mary avec les tomates et rock &cleris du potager! les LOCALE cake intgre les outils qui promouvoit Certains entre les nous y avons donn rdv quelques-uns de nos amis qui soirs de communication changes les cordon clients Paris. vivent et les Lauberge offre une dans lidntit services, comme des cours de quantit de bleu shop du lieu. riverains. franais. Mais le mieux ctait la promenade sur la Seine. Nous avons eu un crneau de libre le jour mme (il faisait un temps splendide). Pour si peu cher nous avons pu dcouvrir Paris sur un petit bateau avec un guide. Les filles taient fascines... et nous aussi! Ingrid: Moi je dors en haut avec Anna. Cest notre cabane! Cest comme la maison! et puis lautre jour on a fait un tour de bateau et jai mme pas eu peur! institut
franais

exprience

vlib capsules free WiFi

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

twitter google

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

bar coin travail

parcours James
chambres

cuisine bar urban farm

facebook

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

restaurant

free WiFi

Qui produit de lnergie, nourriture, eau etc.

AUTOSUFFISANCE:

qui promouvoir les changes entre les clients et les riverains.

RSEAU LOCALE

cordon bleu

intgre les outils de communication dans lidntit du lieu.

MDIAS SOCIAUX

oting Paris visit

saveurs paris IDF

shop

cline,18 ans tout juste, qubec Depuis que je suis toute petite je rvais daller Paris pour mes 18 ans. Je
mimaginais toujours parcourir les rues de Paris seule... Jai eu le temps de le prparer ce voyage! Mes parents mont offert le billet pour mon anniversaire, et javais depuis un certain temps mis de largent de ct. Jai pass deux semaines Paris, et cest mon avant dernier jour aujourdhui! Javais cherch sur internet un lieu chaleureux o jallais pas me sentir seule! Et cest en fait par une amie que jai dcouvert cette auberge. Avec mon vlib budget en fin de compte a aura t parfait! En plus je ne recherchais rien restaurant de particulier... du moment que jeMDIAS Paris! suis soire
bar coin travail

exprience

capsules

free WiFi

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

twitter google

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

parcours James
chambres

cuisine bar urban farm

facebook

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

intgre les outils qui promouvoit les Lorsque je suis arrive lauberge,de communication la rception ma demand une employe changes entre les cordon dans lidntit de me prendre en photo. Mme si on parle la mme langue je nai pas tout de clients et les bleu shop du lieu. suiteriverains. compris! En fait, il y a un mur vivant dans lentre de lauberge. Tous les gens qui y rsident y sont affichs, avec leur prnom, leur nationalit et leur lieu de rsidence. Chacun choisi ce quil veut afficher. Le mur change tous les jours. Jai trouv a gnial. Jai pu voir que 11 qubcois ont sjourn dans lauberge pendant que jy tais. Mais cest surtout comme a que jai rencontr Federico. Je lavais remarqu sur le mur, et quand je lai vu dans le bar je nai pas hsit institutparler. Comme je savais quil venait dArgentine lui franais et que cest un pays qui me fascine, on est trs vite devenus amis. On a oting saveurs Paris paris regard des vieux films franais ensemble en dinant lauberge. RSEAU visit MDIAS IDF
qui promouvoir les changes entre les clients et les riverains.

RSEAU LOCALE

SOCIAUX

rock & cake

restaurant

free WiFi

Qui produit de lnergie, nourriture, eau etc.

AUTOSUFFISANCE:

LOCALE

cordon bleu

intgre les outils de communication dans lidntit du lieu.

SOCIAUX

shop

parcours Andresen
cuisine

facebook
google

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

dortoirs

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

terrasse reception

bar

lms / bibliotheque

bar snacks 24/24

qui promouvoir les changes entre les clients et les riverains.

RSEAU LOCALE

restaurant

intgre les outils de communication dans lidntit du lieu.

MDIAS SOCIAUX

swing party

mur vivant

golly bossy, split, croatie

vlib capsules free WiFi

mila,26 ans, russie; luisa, 28 ans, espagne; jane,27 ans, uk

intgre les outils qui promouvoit les de communication changes entre les sest rencontres en anne Erasmus Rome, et on parlait depuis Luisa: On cordon dans lidntit clients et les bleu shop deux ans de se retrouver Paris.. du lieu. un peu la ville qui nous fait toutes Cest riverains.

exprience

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

twitter google

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

bar coin travail

RSEAU LOCALE

restaurant

MDIAS SOCIAUX

soire rock & cake

parcours James
chambres

cuisine bar urban farm

facebook

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

restaurant

free WiFi

Qui produit de lnergie, nourriture, eau etc.

AUTOSUFFISANCE:

parcours Andresen
cuisine

facebook
google

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

dortoirs

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

terrasse reception

bar

lms / bibliotheque

bar snacks 24/24

parcours Cline

ickr

Sadapte aux besoins du client.

COUCHAGE

dortoirs

qui promouvoient les changes entre les usagers

ESPACES PARTAGS

bar

lms / bibliotheque

cuisine

qui promouvoit les changes entre les clients et les riverains.

RSEAU LOCALE

les trois autant rver puisquon est tudiantes en art. En plus Paris cest le point le plus accessible entre Moscou Madrid et Londres...Bref.. En fait, on a dabord cherch une sorte de parcours culturel Paris et sur internet on a t trs vite rfrences sur cette auberge. On ne connaissait pas du tout mais en ayant fait quelques recherches on a vite t convaincues. En plus sur le site de lauberge on comprend bien que a nest pas juste une auberge. institut Ici on a la possibilit de rserver des guides sur toute une liste de thmes franais oting saveurs historiques ou artistiques. On en a fait lexprience Paris ctait canon. En et paris RSEAU visit MDIAS IDF fait, en arrivant lauberge, on a vite rserv sur diffrents jours des guides LOCALE SOCIAUX qui promouvoirchoisi ensemble les thmes. Du outils dont on a les intgre les coup, sur nos 6 journes Paris, changes entre les de communication shop on a pass trois aprs-midi et une matine avec un guide diffrent. Avec un clients et les cordon dans lidntit bleu riverains. du lieu. des guide on a mme pris un th ensemble au bar de lauberge. Du coup on a fait connaissance et il en a profit pour nous montrer tous les lieux o il nous emmnerait. Dans tous les cas ctait toujours dun bon entrain quon partait avec notre guide flner dans les rues et les muses de Paris. Mila: On a tellement appris danecdotes avec ces guides cest incroyable! On ne les aurait jamais trouves dans nos vieux bouquins! En plus ils parlaient tous trs bien anglais. Ce systme est franchement gnial. En plus un des guides tait super sympa et mignon! Il est revenu le soir mme avec des copains nous retrouver au bar de lauberge. Apparement ils y tranent swing RSEAU MDIAS restaurant party assez souvent. Le soir ou ils sont venus le bar organisait des jeux en quipe. LOCALE SOCIAUX qui promouvoir drle. On a parl avec plein outils Ctait superles intgre les de monde et jai mme rencontr changes entre les unclients etqui a grandi dans le villagede communication russe les de ma grand-mre en Russie! Le monde mur dans lidntit vivant riverains. du lieu. est vraiment petit! Jane: Oui cest vrai! Moi ce que jai vraiment apprci ici cest la propret! On se sent vraiment bien dans cette auberge. Jai t dans tellement dauberges de jeunesse que je peux vraiment comparer. Parfois je me suis visitemode mme surprise marcher pied nus la salle de bain! Mme notre dortoir tandances pour 4 semblait tous les jours un peu plus propre. visite On la partag avec une fille, Cline, qui venait du Qubec. Il y a dans Parisroule chaque dortoir des placards par personne qui se ferment cls. visiteParis contempo Franchement je nen reviens toujours pas davoir pay si peu pour tout ce rain quon a vu et fait! visiteart
& histoire

5 FOR 1
creating a community between inhabitants

Tunnel de Friggit: the ratio of the housing prices index relative to disposable income per household

SPACE becomes a very precious commodity

+
+

...

DESIGN

OBSERVE

LOCALIZE FINANCE

MUTUALIZE

COMMUNITY

MANAGE INTERACT

PROGRAMME

DESIGN

OBSERVE

LOCALIZE FINANCE

MUTUALIZE

COMMUNITY

MANAGE INTERACT

PROGRAMME

FAMILY 4 FAMILY 3 FAMILY 5

FAMILY 1 FAMILY 2

FAMILY 4 FAMILY 3 FAMILY 5

FAMILY 1 FAMILY 2

BUILDINGS PERFORMANCE & QUALITY SITE ATTRIBUTES AND LAYOUT SHARED ELEMENTS

MEETING & WORKSHOPS

ORGANIZING FINANCIAL GOALS SCHEDULE LIFE PROJECTS

SHARED SERVICES: laundry, guest room, cinema, library, child care and garden PARKING: electric cars, scooters, strollers, bicycles STORAGE: Local tools, bulky DWELLINGS: a dwelling unit for guests (alternating) + 5 apartments

2007 Ministre du budget, des comptes publics et de la fonction publique

Site

Impression non normalise du plan cadastral informatis

programme
locaux privatifs Famille 1 Famille 2 Famille 3 Famille 4 Famille 5 sous total T3 T2 T5 T3 T4 SU 80 80 100 100 100 360

budget
surface SHON Lotissement logements espaces communs terrain TOTAL Budget fond propres prts TOTAL Famille 1 99m2 22% 211563 55607 113984 381155 80000 301155 Famille 2 99m2 22% 211563 55607 113984 381155 200000 181155 Famille 123m2 28% 262851 70773 145071 478695 230000 248695 Famille 5 123m2 28% 262851 70773 145071 478695 325000 153695 TOTAL 444m2 252760 948828 518111 1719699 835000 884699 1 719 699

locaux collectifs intrieur buanderie Bibliothque / salle de jeux / cinma locaux encombrants unit des invits T2 Entre sous total extrieur local outils local stationnement vlos/voitures enfants parking voiture lectrique local OM sous total TOTAL Espaces communs

SU 10,5 28,5 7 30 22 98 2 10 12 8 32 130

budget
cot de terrain notaire signature notaire cration de socit gomtre diagnostic du sol mission base architecte phase d'tude 660 par m2 5,00% 5,00% 40 par m2 Total H.T. uros T.V.A. 5,5 % : Total T.T.C.. uros : 400000 25000 25000 2100 24000 15000 491100 27011 518111

TOTAL

surface utile SHON

458 558,76

Phase dtude : laboration du budget

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budget & programming

family 1

shared spaces

service vs. flexible space

family 2

studio

family 4
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Plans R+1 / R+2 phase esquisse // chelle 250me

family 5

DREAMHAMAR creating a community around a public space

movement #15M in Spain

preliminary design

the physical lab

onsite workshops & lectures

academic network

urban actions

digital lab

the cultural rucksack

1 pupil = 1 idea
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS INDIVIDUAL WORK IN CLASS ACCORDING TO TOPICS [pupils x 54 classes]

1 team = 1 idea
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS TEAM WORK IN CLASS ACCORDING TO TOPICS [54 classes x 5 topics]

1 class = 1 team = 1 idea

1 team = 1 idea
32 GROUPS, EACH COMPOSED OF 3 REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS

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preliminary design info.

INFORMATION SESSIONS

guidelines + methodology

54 teachers

ENVIRONMENT
participation

1292 pupils

ACTIVITIES SEASONAL STRATEGY TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE

1292 ideas
A4

topic 1 topic 2 topic 3 topic 4 topic 5

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in-class selection

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research presentation

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format dened by the artists artists photo

ONLINE DATA BASE

OPENING EVENT

ONLINE DATA BASE

EXHIBITION

eb

Elise Bringslid

kb

Kathrine Berg

ehs

Esther Heln Slagsvold

aoo

Ansgar Ole Olsen

ko

Kari Oline verseth

eu

ecosistema urbano

ko

kommune

dreamhamar schoolbag project | making-of

dreamhamar

PHASE

August 01st September 16th MONTH WEEK DAY SCHOOLBAG PROJECT Place: School / physical lab EVENTS, MOCK-UPS Place: Stortorget WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS, LECTURES Place: Physical lab TOPICS DIGITAL ACTIVITIES Place: Online
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CONDITIONS

INVOLVEMENT

NETWORKS

COMMUNICATION

PROVOCATION

kommune (municipality)

community activators

local nodes

NETWORKS
group meetings

interviews

community activators

meetings

word-of-mouth

blog

hamar experience advertising

COMMUNICATION

local newspapers

national media

dreamhamar
PNING
Lrdag 17. september kl 14:00 | Basarbygningen, Hamar

en felles drm om fornyelse av Hamar sentrum

+ presentasjon av dreamhamar og av Stortorgets forprosjekt + kreativ workshop p Stortorget dreamhamar.org

dreamhamar stttes av.

foto: Geir Cock

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presence urban actions

PROVOCATION

FUTURE HAMAR BOOK

THE STORY OF THE DREAMHAMAR PROCESS BOOK VERSION 1.0

Dreamhamar a collective dream to redesign the city center of Hamar, Norway dreamhamar.org contact: dreamhamar@gmail.com info@ecosistemaurbano.com

1 . INTRO What is dreamhamar? 1.1 Intro Why creating a participatory process? 1.2 Philosophy: What is behind dreamhamar 1.3 Methodologies: How to create the conditions: the dreamhamar diagram 2 . EXPERIENCES Connecting hamar Story n1 An instant urban action to go Story n2 The missing link Story n3 The city as a playground Story n4 On stools and people Story n5 Indoor, outdoor Story n6 The agora of Hamar Story n7 Altering perspectives Story n8 Dream on the cloud 3 . FUTURE HAMAR From Dreamhamar network design process to urban design Collecting dreams Whats next? Things we have learned from hamar DREAMHAMAR FACTS / CREDITS

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1 AN INSTANT URBAN ACTION TO GO

CHANGING THE PERCEPTION OF THE SQUARE THROUGH A SIMPLE EVENT STORY N.1

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Being based in Hamar for 4 months was an opportunity to work closely with the community and to understand the existing issues...

Nowadays, worldwide, from Wall Street in New York to the paths of Delhi, a movement of disenchanted and leaderless citizens is reclaiming public space. The same generation is widely using Internet, where the possibilities for consumption and creation are endless, as the main tool for creating communities. As architects devoted to the 21st century society we cant work, as most architects did before or are still doing today, offering a well designed product to a well dened society. We are living in a world that is rapidly changing and constantly reinventing itself using the virtual world. The overload of information and mix of cultures and disciplines require new ways of thinking and working. In ecosistema urbano we believe there is no such thing as a universal solution. Each project is different, and Dreamhamar required multiple solutions for multiple challenges that only had one thing in common: Stortorget. We wanted to put forward the conviction that before planning a new square we needed to build a community of people who would use the square, who would keep it alive. A community is the foundation of a public space.. Yet, the truth is that the steps for building a community are impossible to plan. Nevertheless, we needed a plan and we found a concept that embraced all the possible solutions: we called it network design. Being based in Hamar for 4 months was an opportunity to work closely with the community and to understand its existing issues. Dreamhamar is about encouraging residents to become the creators of public space, instead of being just consumers. Its about starting conversations between different stakeholders, and doing things together in public space. Its about understanding Hamars current needs by iniciating a brainstorming and dialogue around the future design of Stortorget square, by means of workshops and urban actions.

INSTANT IMPROVEMENTS Painthamar was the rst urban action we performed in Stortorget, and the ofcial launching event of Dreamhamar. The idea was to rapidly transform the square, which until then had been a parking lot for years, by painting it. Then when people would come to see Stortorgets new colors, we could tell them all about Dreamhamar and how they could participate. It turned out this was not an easy task. Being the rst one, the very denition of the urban action was ambiguous. Its temporary and ephemeral nature created confusion regarding budget-result formula, and its hybrid nature made it difcult to effectively communicate the event to the targeted and needed community. We quickly noticed the need to generate interaction between the citizens, the Hamarsingen, would be an essential condition to iniciate the process. Interaction is very similar to a chemical reaction. We had A and B not reacting together. In order to make the reaction possible, we had to nd a catalyst. On September 27th a group of 25 third year students from the Bergen School of Architecture came to Hamar to imagine an instant urban intervention on Stortorget. They were part of Dreamhamars Academic Network. Their stay was short but intense and full of energy. Two and half days of workshop at the Physical Lab aimed to reactivate Stortorget, to get people aware of what was going on, to collect ideas, to have fun, to use the space in a different way, and to provide the conditions for people to react, become proactive, and make them socialize. During the workshop, two questions arose: - How can we bring people to the square? How can we create an atmosphere so they want to meet each other? - How can we make a mock up of what the nal square could become? How can we transform this former parking lot into a public space?

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During a 20 minutes brainstorming session, the students came up with 20 different possible ideas for a new urban action in Stortorget. Chairs, an outdoor cinema, a stage for music, a skate ramp, a balloon landscape, a talk show, a sound installation, free painting on the road, an open call to do crazy things, an area for gymnastics, a heated pool to take a bath, a barter market such as bring a shovel and take a horse, connecting the square with the lake, a labyrinth, celebrating an outdoor mass, a storytelling by people, a candle light in the evening, a dark night dancing competition, a temporary public library, relocating the Bazaar building in the square, making a hole in the asphalt and lling it with candy, a poetry square, wearing rubber customs, building a staircase to watch the lake, placing a trampoline for people to jump, creating articial clouds, making a barbecue, organizing a dancing competition on a slippery oor, a ski jump, a sleepover party or even making Stortorget an independent country with its own king and queen. They were all interesting ideas from which we selected the Cow - to provide fresh milk for the coffee - and the free public lunch - to invite everyone in Hamar to join the event and to mingle. The idea was also to take advantage of this meeting to encourage people to write down and share their ideas for the future design, and personal memories around the square. Creamhamar was created, and the second urban action of Dreamhamar came out.

MARYANNE GRYTTEN

CREAMING STORTORGET On the D day, the cow from GJESTVANG GRD came to visit Stortorget, while students ran about to transform the square. They divided into groups, each assigned a different responsibility for Creamhamar: one of them settled the tables and embellished the urban scene, one prepared the food, one made the design, and one sold the farmers products. Once everything was in place, the only thing missing was the people. The long table was so nicely organized that at rst, no one dared to use it. But after one group opened the feast, everyone came rushing in. The results were amazing. It looked like someone was getting married in Stortorget and everybody was invited. People from all walks of life came, ate, enjoyed, talked, shared, met others, chatted, and relaxed under the sun. Students, retired, international, families... The students were running around mingled with the people, taking notes of their ideas, handing out info about the workshops, collecting suggestions for the square... All sort of conversations started naturally around the tables and people got a unique chance to meet others as never before at Stortorget. The conversation lasted and gradually involved all the people sitting around the table. We ended up making new friends and spreading the word of Dreamhamar. Around the table there was a group of foreigners who were studying Norwegian at the adult learning centre just up Kirkegata street. One of them was Joanna Mikulska. She was very curious about Dreamhamar. We met

AGE : 32 PROFESSION : Student, Bergen School of Architecture FROM : Flor CURRENTLY LIVING IN : Bergen QUOTE : This has been a wonderful celebration marking the beginning of the people of Hamar taking back their own square.

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PREPARATION TIME : 2 days COOKING TIME : 4 hours INGREDIENTS FOR THE LUNCH: 25 well motivated students + 70 chairs + 20 tables + 50 liters of coffee + 20 liters of chai tea + 4 table cloths + 100 napkins + 1 cow from GJESTVANG GRD -Gustav Gjestvang + 30 local breads + 2 kg butter + 3 kg of local cheese + 3 kg honey + 3 kg apples + 3 kg pears + 1 kg brown cheese =about 400 delicious sandwiches FOR THE LOCAL FOOD AND PRODUCTION STAND: 2 tables 1 table cloth LOCAL PRODUCERS: Ommang Sndre Lten Nrstasjon Mlstad grd Tjerne grd Bie Per Larsen Tnseth Salgsbua FOR COMMUNICATION MATERIAL: 30 A3 posters 200 yers DOCUMENTING: 40 color pencils 160 memory and ideas postcards 15 cameras 4 video cameras DIRECTIONS: 1. Get a cow and local food: call farmers around Hamar, check the cows availability, decide the best space for her, buy food, cheese, bread and drinks, look for a few coffee makers, prepare sandwiches, bring farmers products, make coffee and tea 2. Make a design scheme: design a logo, design a yer and poster, hand them out to the maximum people you know and meet. 3. Set up a physical design: Arrange tables, chairs, table cloths, and set the tables with glasses, plates, napkins 4. Work out a communication strategy: make a press release, take pictures of the process and event, produce a beautiful movie of the whole process 5. Manage the logistic: coordinate all the teams different tasks and deadlines This was the cow. She became the main attraction in no time.
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and she told us about her previous work in Warsaw, which involved people in participative processes around the history of their city. Gradually, we came to the idea of creating a workshop for Dreamhamar around History. She was invited to write a post about her past experiences of similar actions, and to use it to invite people to take part in her project.

By temporarily curating the space, the event transformed the squares perception from a parking space to a meeting place. In other words Creamhamar created new experiences in peoples lives and therefore future stories to be told within the local community, regarding the square. Storyhamar workshop involves to me, a lot of uncertainties but also a lot of hopes. During the couple of hours with Hamar citizens, we will try to nd out important stories of the Hamar society. Stories that are part of Hamars memories. First we will re-discover the meaning of signs already existing in public space. Do the monuments of Hamar really refer to some common experience? What is their story? Second, we would like to focus on personal histories and try to discover how they reect the story of the city. Photos are crucial elements. Everyone will have to bring an old one that is important for them. Usually these kind of photos include a lot of private information, theyre like an introduction to the novel. Of course, to do this properly, to make up a kind of archive, we would need to collect them for months. Here we will make a small laboratory out of them. I hope well nd some real traces of Hamars identity that will form a creative inspiration to construct something referring to it on Stortorget. Storyhamar workshop invitation by Joanna Mikulska

SHARING EXPERIENCES The serendipitous encounter with Joanna not only gave birth to a beautiful initiative of a new workshop coming from the community itself, but also pointed out a signicant relation between the urban action and the workshop. Meanwhile Joannas history workshop Storyhamar - sought storytellers to narrate past experiences and rediscover new ways of reading the public space, the urban action generated an event which created new experiences for future stories. Stories are important to relate to a space and recognise a situation. While writing this story we listened to Paco Gonzalez and Ethel Baraonas second lecture in the Tactical Urbanism online workshop about storytelling, and how narrative gives us access to local knowledge, to the better understanding of the community creating it. Creamhamar was an action aiming to bring people together by using the exibility and accessibility of the public space to create an open, simple event.

NAME : Joanna AGE: 28 years old PROFESSION: Culture Animator. Worked on various project engaging the local community to explore their local history. FROM: Warsaw, Poland. CURRENTLY: Hamar, Norway QUOTE: First I would like to say something that is maybe obvious - Dreamhamar (called magenta project by my friends from Hamar) will not happen without ecosistema urbano. Because all those workshops, lectures, creative works and especially ideas to do them, could only come from people who are not from Hamar, who are from outside. From another country, culture, a different experience with public space. Second, the big value of this project is that everything is happening in process; taking into consideration a lot of different contexts, ideas, involving different groups of people who are using the square and just coming here from abroad for few days, and those who have never been in Hamar but are participating in the project through Internet. All those things cause a lot of unexpected ideas which are priceless in creative work. Its the rst time I see architects who are working like that, so much in touch with the community they are working for. Its very special and I think Hamar should feel really lucky to get this chance to nd identity. They just need to use it now! For me, the most interesting is meeting with local Hamar society, talking with people, some of them have lived here all their life, some of them were born here, later, many years ago, moved out and now came back. And while talking I also have a feeling that great people are living here and Dreamhamar gives them the chance to meet each other and makes their dreams come true.

Storytelling is a very basic part of human life. It is engaging, it allows individual interpretation and triggers imagination. It is about identities and meanings and about joining individual details together into a larger entity Sandra Via, Tuuli Mattelmk

Opportunity to reveal Hamars history. We focused on old and personal pictures, on Hamar monuments and on the past of Stortorget, in order to bring up the citizens private stories. Process started shyly but minute by minute people started sharing their memories. For example, I always wondered why there are so many monuments representing animals in Hamar: pigs, a horse, a bull? I knew agriculture is a very important part of peoples lives here, but it also turned out that in the past, for many years, a very famous animal market used to take place in different areas of the city. An amazing experience was also seeing an old movie from 1960 about Stortorget. It showed the square through different seasons: winter, spring and summer when it became a very lively place, where people would meet, mostly because the market was there. You could nd owers, vegetables, hand made tools or goods...; Stortorget was the real center of Hamar. After showing the movie, during a discussion with the participants, it was said that a great wish was that Dreamhamar would bring the square back to people. I hope this dream comes true. Storyhamar summary by Joanna Mikulska

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Architecture is about curating places through the Mise-en-scne of experiences. Hence, learning about experiences from past events in Hamar in Storyhamar and the spontaneous performance of Creamhamar were essential to our understanding of the square and community, and important steps regarding our future interventions on Stortorget. IMMEDIATE AND EPHEMERAL Dreamhamar process allowed manifold urban actions to invade Stortorget and experiment different strategies of colonization: - OPEN-INSTANT EVENTS (Creamhamar) to bring all visitors by providing a platform to enhance social inclusion. - PUBLIC ART INTERVENTIONS (Arthamar, Painthamar) to create a new dynamic, possibly interactive, and identity of the outdoor space, in order to attract the crowd. - LIGHT ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS (Greenhamar, Playhamar) of exible use to develop a temporary identity through a new active and interactive program. An urban action is not an art installation, nor a commercial event, but a sort of temporary instant improvement. They bring an immediate transformation allowing an ongoing exibility of the square through a variety of programmes and interventions promoting a change in the perception of the space. In Creamhamar the challenge was how to get people to meet outdoors when they usually meet indoors. How to bring people to Stortorget, a square where usually nobody would stay longer than ve minutes. Using light and movable furniture like chairs and tables, and local products from surrounding farms made the event possible very fast. These actions could be repeated easily coorganized by the community or by the council. During the lunch one Hamar politician and local citizen said this is something the Municipality could organize 4

times a year, to celebrate each season!. An urban action is an ephemeral intervention to change peoples perception of a space, and build a collective memory. They aim to arouse peoples curiosity and interest, and cause different reactions, which we observed and considered in order to understand the local and collective identity of different individuals. This was particularly relevant in the case of Hamar, where diverse activities were required to attract a diverse, multi-aged crowd, in order to consider a hollistic approach. In Creamhamar, this point emerged as equally important: creating a collective memory around new experiences. In order to collect memories from the past and wishes for the future, the students from Bergen came up with the idea to bring a cow to the square, offer free local food and sell local products, knowing that Hedmark was an important agricultural site. The interesting thing is that Storyhamar later revealed how important agriculture and rural life were in the collective conscience of Hamarsiens - it was constantly repeated during the workshop, and considered as a potential occupation of the square. Whereas in conventional architectural projects, the design process only concerns the architects, consultants and the clients, and often generates isolated solutions from the communitys needs and sites identity, the experimental and exible nature of the urban actions allowed us architects to react to real time issues of Hamar, by actively and instantly achieving temporal solutions.

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