/how
We work
Regenerating cities in the age of complexity and rapid change requires novel approaches able to leverage and integrate a diversity of knowledge domains, competencies and capacities. In T-Factor, we work through four building blocks that address specific aspects of temporary use strategies in urban regeneration: the Pilots, the Advanced Cases, the Transformation Agency and the T-Labs.
/pilots
Exploring mission-oriented
temporary uses on the ground
T-Factor works within the context of six urban redevelopments
across Europe, seeking to explore and demonstrate how temporary uses can contribute to realise inclusive and sustainable futures. Within these redevelopments - Aleksotas in Kaunas, Amsterdam Science Park, Euston in London, MIND in Milan, Trafaria in Lisbon and Zorrotzaurre in Bilbao - T-Factor works to support creative and collaborative temporary uses that respond to specific innovation missions, such as greening and urban wilderness, circularity and regenerative practices, local identity and heritage, and many more.
/advanced cases
Leveraging the experience of advanced regeneration initiatives
T-Factor's Advanced Cases are advanced or almost completed regeneration projects in European and non European cities where temporary uses stand as a key feature of their process and story. Including La Friche in Marseille, Dortmunder U and Union Quarter in Dortmund, Manifattura Tabacchi Firenze, Poblenou in Barcelona, Kings Cross in London, EC1 and New City Centre in Lodz, Industry City in New York and Red Town in Shanghai, the Advanced Cases are a source of knowledge and learning for the project and its pilots.
/transformation agency
Mentoring the pilots throughout
their meanwhile journeys
The Transformation Agency is a design-driven task force that steers and supports the Pilots throughout the definition, implementation, evaluation and follow up of temporary use interventions across the targeted site. The team includes experts in different domains, including service design, systemic design, speculative design, data visualisation, impact evaluation, and more. In the project, the Agency also works to make sure that the knowledge, learning and content produced over time is properly systematised, curated and made openly available to the different publics and audiences addressed by the project.
Agency partners:
/t-labs
Boosting impact through locally driven yet internationally rooted collaboration
