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Keynote presentation to 5th Economic Forum, Demidkovo, Perm Krai, Russia, Sept 11, 2009: 'Urban Renewal: Social Innovation not War'. More at http://www.ecforum.perm.ru/forum091-0.htm
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Urban renewal: Innovation not war
David Barrie
• Project design and delivery• Stakeholder management• Urban renewal/development consultancy• Communications design
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“To make a big splash in the global pond of spectacle
culture today, you have to have a big rock to drop.”
Hal Foster, Art Critic
• Principle of mutualism
• Collaborative design
• Privatizating public services
• Rise of public-private partnerships
• Rise of Web 2.0 and crowdsourcing
• Building networks of people and projects• Fostering new relationships• Creating better city experiences• Improving quality of life• Creating opportunities for creativity• Generating financial investment
• Public realm improvement project: Castleford, Yorkshire
• New land use project: Middlesbrough, Tees Valley
• Social investment programme: Cardiff, Wales
Alison Drake
Chair, Castleford Heritage Group
Former Primary School Teacher
Wendy Rayner
Vice-chair, Castleford Riverside Group
Former cook in old people’s home
Rheta Davison
Secretary, Custyke Community Group
Former cleaner
Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
Lol Coxhill in a skip Concept Simon Thackray. Produced by The Shed. Photo: Tony Bartholomew
• 10 new public spaces• Over 10,000 people involved in process of urban
renewal• 3 new community groups formed, now in their fifth
year• £100,000 (4m руб) first grant → £14.5m (623 руб)
capital programme → £230m (9,891m руб) new leveraged investment
• Four projects now in second phase• Media coverage - all UK newspapers• Exhibited in 12 nations
• 61 growing groups, 250 growing sites, 1000 new ‘urban farmers’, 750 playground participants, 6000 visitors to town meal, 2500 guests
• Project repeat 2008 and 2009• Adapted spatial plan for use of public spaces
in town• £8m new investment in health improvement in
town - growing food at centre of plan
• “Unofficial mayors” project team• Good Neighbors Project• Postmen, taxi drivers, small businesses• Workshops: Construction Skills, Housing and
Healthcare policy• Development of ‘meanwhile uses’
Butetown on the Net
• Butetown.org
• Facebook: Tiger Bay 2020, Tiger Bay & Butetown Re-united, Tiger Bay Warriors
• My Space:strickly rockerz
• Bebo: Remembering Tiger Bay
• Flickr: Tiger Bay Ramblers, Cardiff Bay
• Build consensus
• Build capacity
• Create confidence
• Create value
• Be different
• Encourage innovation
• Aggregate initiative
• Engage stakeholders
• Foster shareholders
• Build from grassroots
• Make it personal
• Make it fun
• Make it creative
• Make it real
“We have idols but no models to follow. You have to define your own model.”
- Nicolas Ghesquiere, Balenciaga
David BarrieDavid Barrie & Associates
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