Future Development of Suburbs lectures
Raumlabor Berlin will talk about their childhoods in the suburbs and how they are now inventing and testing experimental strategies for suburbs on 1 March 13:00-15:00 at University of Helsinki (Lecture Hall 13).
WDC Helsinki 2012
Bicycle shelters will soon spring up in Lahti with local people being encouraged to participate in their design.
Fallen City: could a game help us find a solution to society's ills?
A forthcoming game from Channel 4 seeks to analyse how UK cities might be mended by empowering communities.About Social Responsibility & Design
Social Responsibility & Design is a co-created international platform programme for exploring the inclusiveness of public places and the wellbeing of urban dwellers through participatory design.
The programme builds upon issues of social responsibility, openness, diversity and active ageing through widening and deepening the roles that design plays in peoples’ lives. It assumes that design has a vital role to play in improving the urban living environment and make them better places to live for the local community of people. This project will draw upon and inspire cutting edge thinking and explore the role of participatory design in advancing the quality of people’s lives. Social Responsibility & Design project is part of the official World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme.
Helsinki is World Design Capital 2012 together with Espoo, Vantaa, Kauniainen and Lahti. The aim of the World Design Capital year is to improve the everyday and living environment of the citizens and to develop the internationalization of business sector and business practises through design. The outcome is a better city. World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 consists of more than 250 independent projects, public events and encouters of international design professionals. World Design Capital is selected every other year. The selection is done by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid).
Education module
Social Responsibility & Design project kicks off with public lecture series at the University of Helsinki. The “Future Development of Suburbs” lecture series starts on the 17 November 2011 and runs until early March 2012. Lecture series has been designed in co-operation with Aalto University's Doctoral Programme in the Built Environment. A suburban community from Espoo (potentially Suvela) will be integrated into a Transformation Design approach; a strategic problem solving process in which co-design is key and in which users and professionals work in collaboration as equals.
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Artist module
In partnership with the Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP), the Social Responsibility & Design programme brings to Finland 5 international artists for six-week residencies. These artists will include British, German and French artists. Residence artists in co-operation with HIAP, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, MAD Tanssimaisterit, and other local organisations.
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Exhibition module
The Exhibition module will consist of various parts. The results of the programme will be presented through this on-line platform and potentially through a British Council exhibition concept. Social Responsibility & Design project will naturally be linked to projects by other partners as well as other platforms provided throughout the year such as Design Forum Finland and Helsinki Design Week.
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