Knowledge Bank

 An architects practice specialising in designing social public spaces and green spaces with great importance given to community consultation. They offer an alternative vision to community consultation by enabling the community to lead the design process by their own experiences and from their position as lay people.

www.civic.org.uk

A partnership between Burnley Borough Council, artist team Co Lab Project and Civic Architects to develop public art proposals for a Housing Market Renewal scheme. This scheme is tackling the housing market failure in the Northwest of England and used participatory community engagement to inform their proposals. The piece Peer Plaques are several commemorative plaques been spread-out around the area with quotes from the local inhabitant’s answers to the question"What is your first thought when you think about your neighborhood?"

www.co-lab.org/commissions

Sit Down! was a regeneration project in a multicultural district of Copenhagen. It was financed by the City of Copenhagen and Realdania – a foundation that supports projects in the built environment. Six temporary interventions were delivered by artist collective Publik that engaged the local community in the improvement of the area.

This is an artist lead participatory project initiated by the Aberdeenshire Council to regenerate the remote town of Peterhead in Scotland.  The artists Sans Façon worked with DEF Landscapes initiatives to create a regeneration plan for the town. Through organising a conference, creating a history map and curating 3 artistic interventions in the town, Sans Façon generated engagement form the local inhabitants in the visioning of the future of the location.

www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Rural Studios is an alternative academic centre that also holds exhibits, building projects and research programmes from both Auburn and international students. Their mission is to enable students to use their skills in the building of their environment through participation and human contact. Rural studios promotes educative schemes that influence individuals to become overall political, social and environmentally engaged citizens.