learning collection

Strategic and Service Design for Sustainability

subject

Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability

learning resource

The Small, Local, Open, Connected Scenario

contributors:

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

LeNS, the Learning Network on Sustainability: Asian-European multi-polar network for curricula development on Design for Sustainability focused on product service system innovation. Funded by the Asia-Link Programme, EuroAid, European Commission.

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

designfor social innovation.catalysing diffuse creativity for sustainable changes

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

危机 crisis

80%

危 danger

机 chance

80%

exit strategy 1fixing the past

exit strategy 2building the future

to build a sustainablefuture means to use at best

the Planet resources

80%

to build a sustainablefuture means to use at best

the Planet resources

80%in a small, densely populated,

highly connected planet,social resources are

the most abundant ones.

social innovation

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

good news.

GUANGZHOU 1 ...

There is always a small place...

…to grow some plants...

Mr. Huang...

…organises a garden on the building roof...

Children are enjoying...

…and tenants are helping.

Families can book the roof garden...

…organise parties...

…and meet with neighbours…

GUANGZHOU 2 ...

Every week...

…we order organic food...

…and the local farm delivers it...

Sometimes on the weekend...

…we visit the farm...

…to see the vegetables growing.

We give a hand to the farmers...

…eat with them...

…and bring back our harvest.

EMUDE Emerging User Demands for Sustainable Solutions

CCSL Creative Communities for Sustainable Lifestyle

DESIS Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability

creative communitiespeople inventing new ways of living and producing

service and business ideas for new forms of collaborative organizations

good ideas move worldwide

farmers markets

AmhedabadMilano

urban vegetables gardens

Milano San Paulo

purchasing groups

Milano Taipei

France China

community-based agriculture

applications.

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

Example

Urban-rural areas development (in Italy, Brazil, China)

Parco Agricolo Sud Milano Urban agriculture in the South Milano Park

Capivari Monos (Brazil) Urban-rural area in APA, San Paulo City

Xianqiao Village (China)A sustainable community project in rural area in Shanghais City

rural-urban area / Milano

APA Capivari-Monos

São Paulo downtown

Municipality of São Paulo

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São Paulo (Brazil)

rural-urban area / Sao Paulo

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illage rural-urban area / Shanghais

local resourcesphysical and social, real and potential

Parco Sud Milano Parco Sud Milano

Parco Sud Milano

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The village

landscape

Xianqiao Village (China)

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ily farm-poultry, vegetable and

gardening

Xianqiao Village (China)

social innovatorspromising social innovation cases

Parco Sud Milano

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Capivari Monos (Brazil)

Traditional handicraft and handm

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Xianqiao Village (China)

Com

munity based tourism

-Qixiaodui

farmhouse

Xianqiao Village (China)

strategy

to turn urban proximity from disadvantage to an advantage

local development driven by a set of connected, self standing projects

Xianqiao Village (China)

organic food production

home restaurant

crafts revitalization

twin schools project

Xianqiao Village (China) Xianqiao Village (China)

organic food production

Xianqiao Village (China)

home restaurant

Xianqiao Village (China)

crafts revitalization

Xianqiao Village (China)

twin schools project

7 connected, self standing projects

Parco Sud Milano

7 hubs for social innovation

digital platform and common branding

Collaborative services

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7 social innovation hubs + a common brand

Farmers’ Market

Parco Sud Milano

Green Purchasing

Parco Sud Milano

Food Subscription

Parco Sud Milano

Visitors’ Centre | Park Point

Parco Sud Milano

Rural Cultural Centre

Parco Sud Milano

Horticulture

Parco Sud Milano

Urban Agriculture

Parco Sud Milano

A network and a brand

Parco Sud Milano

can the food-related community-based scenario be extended from farming to other sectors?

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can the food-related community-based scenario be extended from farming to other sectors?

80%yes

scenario.

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

on-going trends.

footprint reduction

on-going trends

footprint reduction

on-going trends

sustainable use of local resources; localized systems; low transport intensity solutions

footprint reduction

social networks

on-going trends

footprint reduction

social networks

on-going trends

now forms of community; open sources; p2p

footprint reduction

social networks

on-going trends

footprint reduction

social networks

diffuse creativity

on-going trends

footprint reduction

social networks

diffuse creativity

on-going trends

creative communities; collaborative services

emerging scenario.

small local

connected

emerging keywords

open

small local

connected

traditional clusters

open

small local

connected open

small / local interwoven issues

of scale, relationships and identity

small local

connected openopen / connected rise of

unprecedented forms of organization.

small local

connected

new clusters

open

small local

connected open

small / connected in the network society the small is not small: it is a node in the network

local

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open

local / open

in the sustainable society the the local is open:

the connected local.

small local

connected

emerging scenario

open

small local

connected

emerging scenario

open

small local open connected

scenario architecture

system architectures

distributed systems

distributed computing

distributed generation

distributed manufacturing

distributed economies

distributed systems

production systems organized as networks of small scale, flexible, highly context-related units.

( Distributed Economies Laboratories)

features / drivers

scenario features

resilient / durable

lean / adaptable

comprehensible / controllable

scenario drivers

risk management

economy / ecology

democracy / equity

small, local, open, connected

80%

small, local, open, connected

80%a scenario where the global is a “network of locals”

scenario andinnovation

Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy

small, local, open, connected

diffuse socio-technical innovation

catalyzing diffuse creativity and developing enabling solutions

design for social innovation

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design knowledge and practiceto catalyse diffuse creativity and transform it in sustainable solutions.

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Ezio ManziniPolitecnico di Milano / INDACO dept. / DIS / Faculty of Design / Italy