The City as FactoryDe Stad als Fabriek

La Ville-Fabrique

“It’s the Economy, Darling” VRP Werelddag Stedenbouw Budafabriek Kortrijk, 27 nov 2015

Joachim Declerck Architecture Workroom Brussels, Ghent University & ENSA-Versailles

1 Lille Cases: Fives & Euratechnologies

Plan échelle LMCU secteurs en restructuration

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Euratechnologies

EuraTechnologies promotes economic and social development through the exchange of scientific research and technologies. It is founded upon a principle of “technopolis”- a place dedicated to creating a vibrant synergy among research, superior education and technology.

1.4.3 flexibilité / force innovatrice

flexibiliteit / innovatieve kracht

Fives Cail Babcock

l'AUC / Lacaton Vassal / Cribiernovembre 2005

LMCU Lille Soreli

Lille FCB

Photos du site FCB

2 What is “The Next Economy”?

The Next Economy is the economy we want !

The current economy is said to have and to follow its own autonomous logics. Logics which we cannot intervene in, but only facilitate in our societal and spatial organisation. Something we are even supposed to do in order to maintain our welfare.

But on the one hand, we are in fact putting a lot of effort in the accommodation of this economy (so it does not run by/on itself).

While on the other hand, the ‘negative externalities’ or negative effects of that economy are continuously shifted on to the environment, society or other parts of the world. These costs are increasing and untenable…

Stikstofkaart Geluidskaart

Socio-economically there is a increasing mismatch between the knowledge economy and manufacturing, and a lack of valorisation of the makers in our society.

De tweeledigheid van de arbeidsmarkt. Van alle regionale jobs, situeert 47% zich in de dienstensector

dat een hoog opleidingsniveau vereist.

The strong narrative of the economy as an autonomous system is both incorrect and untenable.

The Next Economy is the economy we want !

3 The City and “The Next Economy”:

3 The City and “The Next Economy”

3.1 The urban system is more than a facilitator:urban and public space as a lever for economic development

The city is the lever, enabling us to go for and test what we want !

The City is the Economy

Cities are where society organises its production and trade. In cities we can steer productivity, make emerge innovative practices, create networks of entrepreneurs, thinkers and workers, and organise the distribution of people, products and goods.

Rotterdam - metabolische kaart

3 The City and “The Next Economy”

3.1 The urban system is more than a facilitator:urban and public space as a lever for economic development

3.2 Paradigm shift: from the post-industrial to the productive city

But the contemporary urban development strategies continue pushing industry and production related activities out of the cities.

“The city is eating itself. That’s not good.”

Mark Brearley

There is a need for a paradigm shift from the Post-Industrial City to the Productive City.

“Winkels zijn er voor de rest niet veel. In plaats daarvan zijn er stadsateliers gekomen, waar niet alleen verkocht

wordt, maar ook echt waarde wordt toegevoegd aan wat we kopen. Met de terugkeer van de ateliers naar de steden is ook het leven naar de steden teruggekeerd.”

Jonathan Holslag, in: ‘Vlaanderen 2055’

Zürich - Dynamo Metal Workshop

3 The City and “The Next Economy”

3.1 The urban system is more than a facilitator:urban and public space as a lever for economic development

3.2 Paradigm shift: from the post-industrial to the productive city

3.3 Understanding the ‘socio-economic intelligence’ of urban economies

In order to be able to re-introduce production in the city we need to understand the logics and the intelligence of the urban economy and the economic drivers of the entrepreneurs.

Buda - Logistic pole

Masui - Locality (Distrimaco)

Maui - Network (Oz Food)

Oz Food, grossiste alimentaire, Rue Masui, 26, 1000 Bruxelles 14h50 - jeudi 20 août 2015

Heyvaert neighbourhood

Heyvaert Fashion, 211 Rue HeyvaertTuesday 11 Aug 2015

GT world of beauty, 41 Rue Ropsy ChaudronMonday 24 Aug 2015, 14h30

Mandela Exotic Food, 67-69 Rue Ropsy Chaudron Monday 24 Aug 2015, 14h

And we need to understand what is the human capital of the productive city.

3 The City and “The Next Economy”

3.1 The urban system is more than a facilitator:urban and public space as a lever for economic development

3.2 Paradigm shift: from the post-industrial to the productive city

3.3 Understanding the ‘socio-economic intelligence’ of urban economies

3.4 What is the ‘good urban typology’?

4 A working method: building a learning platformto co-develop knowledge and principles

8 cases of research by design

Masui (Brussel Noord)

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Buda (Vilvoorde/Machelen)

Birmingham (Anderlecht)

Park Hill / Keiberg (Diegem)

Weiveld (Nossegem)

Delta (Etterbeek)

Biestebroeck (Anderlecht)

Basilix (Sint-Agatha-Berchem)

Awareness.Reveal and celebrate the producers in the city.

Awareness.Reveal and celebrate the producers in the city.

Debate.About what we consider is a good city.

Awareness.Reveal and celebrate the producers in the city.

Debate.About what we consider is a good city.

Enabling.Creating settings for new coalitions of actors and the testing of new spatial conditions.

1.5.2 + canaux & réseau ferroviaire

+ kanalen & spoorwegen

2.1.3 partager les bonnes expertises

leren van goede praktijken

The City as FactoryDe Stad als Fabriek

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