DIY FIX THE CITY

‘NAPRAW SOBIE MIASTO’ FOUNDATION IN KATOWICE

LOCAL COMMUNITY PUBLIC SPACE

ARCHITECTURE

PAWEL JAWORSKI

BACKGROUND:

MA in Philosophy (2009)

MSc in Architecture and Urban Design (2007)

FIELDS OF INTEREST:

- city planning (city office),

- community and advocacy planning (NGO),

- spatial data analysis and education (municipal institution of culture),

- urban theory and journalism (magazine devoted to a cultural phenomena of space, collective + blog).

method 3-STEP PROCESS urban analysis participatory diagnosis > design workshop > feedback management

SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL GOALS - to encourage social integration - to empower local leadership - to define common ideas for a public space

SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ‘PRODUCTS’ S/ local management group A/ urban design guidelines or projects

2011 / backyard of a tenement in the inner city of Elk social integration + tackling social exclusion of council flat tenants

analysis of this process as a case study (in Polish): 2012 / Autoportret Partycypacja i partycypacja 2[37]/2012, Malopolska Institute of Culture in Cracow 2014 / Praca środowiskowa w Polsce – tradycja i teraźniejszość, Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw

2012 / green area of a housing estate in Ligota - district of Katowice social integration

2013 / park in Bogucice – district of Katowice advocacy planning in a community organizing process (ECON method)

2014 / Klodnica River Valley in Katowice official public consultation process

Reinforcement of a Public Consultation Process in Katowice – European Social Found project partnership of The City Katowice Office and Bona Fides Association

2014 / green area of a housing estate in the inner city of Katowice official public consultation process

partnership of inhabitants of the inner city district, The City Katowice Office, ‘Napraw Sobie Miasto’ Foundation and Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice

participatory diagnosis of spatial problems

one of design ideas prepared after a workshop

contexts of use - supporting local groups in Participatory Budget

process and Local Initiative Program

- providing a ‘community input’ to particular urban and architectural projects (municipal or private)

- supplementing community organising tools

- solving local space conflicts

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