Mapping emotions with students of IED Kunsthal Bilbao
Emotional Mapping can strengthen social fabrics and lead to new uses that positively impact wellbeing in urban areas, by taking into account the usually hidden layer of perceptions and affects.
How to map a community of (socially engaged) practice
A tool for developing situated, joined-up views of people, institutions, and practices With our T-lab 1, experts in the fields of arts and culture collaborated with practitioners in London to explore the potential of mapping for infrastructuring meaningful meanwhile activities. The result is a tool that describes the mapping process for academics/practitioners/others seeking to take […]
Green maker space: Building for beasts
T-Factor Amsterdam Pilot develops collaborative practices to map local biodiversity at Amsterdam Science Park and provide design solutions for target animal species considering their needs and the human impacts on their environment.
Co-producing situated positive social impact
Experts in the field of art and culture collaborated with practitioners in the city of London to explore the potential of reaching out to residents to improve safety and conviviality.
The T-Factor Toolbox is up!
The T-Factor Toolbox is a curated collection of tools and resources that support co-creative design and delivery of temporary use journeys in urban regeneration.
Co-designing Wildspot
Students co-design “Wildspots” in Amsterdam Science Park Authors: Nicoletta Piersantelli T-Lab 4 has supported T-Lab 3 cycle in the process of developing a “wild spot”, a hotspot for ecological placemaking and wellbeing that exposes and releases the tensions of the smart city.The cycle aims to explore the concept of wilderness and its value for humans […]
Designing Inclusive Urban Metaverses
The cycle of encounters “Inclusive Urban Metaverses” was organised in 2022 within the T-Factor project as an activity of the transformation lab “Citizen-led smartness” led by Marta Arniani, from Futuribile, in the pilot city of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was the first ever occasion where the topic of the metaverse was approached under a social justice […]
Keep the (hi)story [in mind]
Strategic Keys for setting up an open innovation ecosystem
The design and construction of Thematic Open Innovation Ecosystems that can be sustainable in the long term in an area undergoing urban transformation, poses a number of challenges, which have been identified and analysed in the T-Factor project. To this end, a study of different use cases across Europe and a series of in-depth interviews […]
Crazy, little, green things called Temporary Uses
Explore temporary uses and their contribution to green transitions in cities As part of our exploration of green temporary uses in Zorrotzaurre, we are working with students and professors of the University of Deusto (Industrial Design Engineering) in designing and prototyping temporary solutions in address to climate adaptation and resilience at neighbourhood level. If you want to know more […]
