Wildemanbuurt is a post-war social housing area of poor quality, a vulnerable neighbourhood (app. 5000 inhabitants) in the city. The aim is to create new pathways, prototypes and processes towards new forms of meaning, imagination, shareability and realisation of an inclusive and sustainable (circular) living environment, by exploring how local qualities (high cultural diversity, high share of young and elderly people, heritage, green space, edible gardens) can integrate with policies and expertise of housing corporations.
White paper: A New Economy for Europe’s Built Environment
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Designing the Irresistible Circular Society
Making nature and vulnerable groups stakeholders
We work to make circular processes visible and accessible for all local actors
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A tool for decision-makers, architects, urban designers and planners to interactively explore the wishes and challenges of people in an area.
Desire experiments with creating sustainable, attractive, and inclusive urban spaces which respect the limited resources of the planet.
The aim of Desire is to start an architectural movement based on cohesion and equality.
Desire will create a movement that sets new standards and develops methods for transforming urban spaces.
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Desire’s three themes are powered with knowledge from eight territorial sites, three in Denmark, two in Italy, and one in each of the other countries: The Netherlands, Slovenia, and Latvia.
Creating social and inclusive housing where we address the need for inclusive processes in the circular transformation of social housing.
Transforming through symbiotic relationships where we will focus on optimising materials flow when rethinking urban landscapes in cities.
Reconciling cities with nature where we will design livable habitats and functional ecosystems from a multispecies perspective while rebalancing ‘land use’ to accommodate resource generation and biodiversity.
Creating social and inclusive housing
Addresses the need for inclusive processes in circular transformation of social housing.
Transforming through symbiotic relationships
Focuses on how to optimize use of materials flow when rethinking urban landscapes in cities.
Reconciling cities with nature
Is about designing livable habitats and functional ecosystems from a multispecies perspective while rebalancing ‘land use’ to accommodate resource generation and biodiversity.
Our Walk App - an open-source tool
A tool for decision-makers, architects, urban designers and planners to interactively explore the wishes and challenges of people in an area.
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Desire will create a movement that sets new standards and develops methods for transforming urban spaces
