1.Pomegranate center and 581 people from different communities worked to build 5 gathering places in the greater Seattle area in six and half weeks. These gathering places were conceptualized, designed and built by the public with the leadership of Pomegranate Center.
Summer Mainstreet Alley Project – over 75 people volunteered over 1.200 hours http://vimeo.com/27588796
Mercer Island Early Learning Garden – over 60 people volunteered over 900 hours http://vimeo.com/27825628
Hunter tree farm gathering place - over 200 people volunteered 3.200 hours http://vimeo.com/28154398
132nd Square Park Gathering Place - over 175 people volunteered 1.700 hours http://vimeo.com/29499006
Factoria Outdoor Gathering Place http://www.pomegranatecenter.org/build-places/gathering-places-project/
2. Public reaction on one installation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHLobipEwBI
3. Vienna – artistic interventions in public spaces “Keep your eyes open and you will see a piece of art on almost every corner” http://www.spottedbylocals.com/vienna/street-art/
Student from University of Limerick – Jelena Stepanovic
hello Jelena!
I would like to share which you two links which came to my mind while I was reading your post:
first is about the collaborative designing process in a network, here a text about approach of AL BORDE team: http://eme3.org/index.php?/eme32011/al-borde/
and the second is – I think – nice typographic work:
http://www.placespaceidentity.net/?page_id=160, it’s a part of bigger project about ‘place space and identity’ where artist chris twigg put the ideas, feelings and thoughts of residents of a city into the typographic works and made them visible for everyone who also use this space
While I was watching those touching videos I tought it would be interesting to know if some Hamar people are starting to feel a sense of community around the design of new Stortorget. I mean, it’s not just to feel citizen of Hamar, but to feel deeply involved in a big project, in a common purpose. Who knows if they are chatting about the new square (or the workshops) while they are at the market or hairdresses or during lunch…