People Make Places

Tommi Laitio | Researcher, Demos Helsinki | [email protected] | www.demos.fi |

People Make Places

keskiviikkona 6. huhtikuuta 2011

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Demos Helsinki

Finland´s only independent think tank. Focus: sustainable happiness. Non-profit, founded in 2005. Funded on a project basis by private and public

partners. 10 researchers, no hierarchy, equal salaries. All results public, all research questions serve the

common good.



What we´ve done lately on cities.

Politics of Happiness Manifesto

Consider It SolvedCountry Brand Report

Well-Being of The Metropolis

Metropolin hyvinvointi

HOAS LabDesign Project on Housing




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Happiness.

Better Free Time

From Spaces To Meaningful Places

Doing Meaningful Things Together

The Culture of Well-Being

Friends, Neighbours and Family

(Demos Helsinki: The Politics of Happiness Manifesto)


Neighbourhood.


Experts in their own livesCombining design thinking and

deliberative democracyLayered mapping

Exchange-based relationshipsThick value

Neighbourhood.


Experts in their own lives.

“It´s good life – in one´s own peace and own terms. There you can

barbecue on the terrace and fix the yard.”

“Wouldn’t want to live with ´alcoholics´ who are always partying.”

“Where are the Finnish people?”

“Made food for 11 people a week ago,

rearranged the room and borrowed tables, chairs and plates from

neighbors.”

“You should not use those stairs after seven in the evening, just go around the corner.”

“All the neighbours said that this kindergarten is

the best.”

“I looked at the recycling room and it

was really messy.”

I noticed that acoustics seems to be key to

having a sense of home.

“In Rovaniemi everyone has their own fridge.

(Demos Helsinki: Hoas Lab and Peloton)keskiviikkona 6. huhtikuuta 2011

Combining design thinking and deliberative democracy

Recognising communities

Connecting communities

to wicked problems

Prototyping

10-minute city

Understanding people´s use of space.

Reducing need for transport and travel.

Using travel as a tool for spontaneous

encounters.

Diverse services

Communities are essential in a society

of individuals.

Creating examples of good solutions within

communities.

Trial and error. Building a a

relationship of several years.

Deliberative democracy

Identifying the communities affected

by changes.

Making the issue understandable and

relevant for the community.

Shortening the distance to decision-

making.



Layered mapping

Attaching memories to places Enriching history in collaborationof museum and neighbourhood NGOs(www.geheugenvanoost.nl)

Recreating the neighbourhood map (www.turku365.fi)




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Exchange-based relationships

Time Banks

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Thick Value

Food Co-Op

public investment+

entrepeneurial spirit+

community interest

SportsCo-Op

CraftsCo-Op




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Reasonable Use of Natural Resources

(Sustainable Development)

Quality of Life(Happiness)

Sustainable Economics(Wealth)

Sustainable Well-Being

(Demos Helsinki: Well-Being of the Metropolis)



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