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The Best of Ciudad Emergente in 2015!
Since 2015 ended a short while ago, we would like to share with you all an account of what this year brought us in an annual summary of the projects and activities driven by and related to Ciudad Emergente.
This year, thanks to our projects, we got to know almost 10 communes and their residents who experiences our tactics. We urged hundreds of people to bring their chairs and tables out to the street to meet each other, debate, and strengthen their social capital. We consolidated a large working team that allowed us to continue driving concrete initiatives to collectively build the city. We invite you all to review Ciudad Emergente’s figures and images for 2015!
The Urban Potlucks are back stronger than ever!
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The Clemente Fabres Potluck even had dance! It was part for the project Vecinos en Red (Neighbor Network) realized in conjunction with the Providencia Municipality and with the Fund for Citizen Participation 2015
Host your own Urban Potluck with our free KIT and step-by-step guide
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If you want to host your own urban portluck we invite you to download this step-by-step guide on our website www.malonurbano.org
Eliodoro Yáñez Experimental Bikepath: the first public call for tactical urbanism in Chile
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Children, young people, and adults travel Eliodoro Yáñez, from Avda. Tobalaba to Avda. Providencia, along a 3 km long experimental bikepath for what was called the first solicitation of tactical urbanism in Chile!
Tactical Passageway through the Slaughterhouse, Commercial Neighborhood Franklin
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Aerial view: A strategy of commercial dynamism in the Franklin neighborhood in Santiago Centro. It was realized thanks to the collaboration of 300 architecture students from the UDD.
Experimental Zone 30 in Las Mil Calles
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An urban experiment to reduce the speed of cars through the creation of mini-plazas geared towards the safety of the residents. The good news is that the experiment promptly led to the permanent construction of the mini-plazas by the Providencia Municipality.
More than football rocks Tocopilla: the Culture of Play in the Tres Marías population.
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Our first artistic residence in the CNCA in Tocopilla. 200 hulahoops gave life to 3 Marías population with objects for play.
CEM in MIT Enterprise Forum in Guadalajara, México
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In March of this year we went to Guadalajara to participate in the MIT Enterprise Forum. Mexico is beautiful!
CEM at the International Bicycle Forum in Bogota, Colombia
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Invited by the Mayor of Bogota, we went to the International Bicycle Forum in Bogotá
Taking the pulse of commerce in Peñalolén’s markets
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A tree of ideas taking the collective pulse of Peñalolén’s residents
Studying Peñalolén’s small and medium-sized formal commerce.
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Starting with a study we conducted for Peñalolén’s Chamber of Commerce, we walked the streets to survey and understand the challenges and opportunities that the commerce in this important commune faces.
Trying to energize the Commercial Neighborhood Ictinos of Peñalolén
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Starting with participatory tours we began giving form to a strategy for commercial energization of the Ictinos Neighborhood.
A plan to activate the commercial neighborhood Estación de San Bernardo
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Working with the Local Associative Group San Bernardo to trigger the commercial recovery of the Estacíón neighborhood
New ideas to strengthen the Commercial neighborhood La Serena Centro
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In La Serena we are deploying a collaborative effort to revitalize downtown.
Photo: Diario del Dia
Tactical Urbanism for Commercial neighborhood Independencia in Ovalle
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The arrival of Tactical Urbanism actions as revitalization methodologies for public spaces in Ovalle.
Photo: Plataforma Urbana
Reconquering the Street with an Urban Potluck in San Carlos de Apoquindo
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As part of the Smart Santiago project driven by the Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation, and with the presence of emerging bands and a public fair, residents of San Carlos de Apoquindo (Las Condes) brought their tables and chairs outside to the street.
Collaborative Structures Workshop ETH Zurich + PUC
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In collaboration with the school ETH of Zurich and students from the Laboratory of Urban Planning of the MPUR UC, we worked on a workshop about collaborative structures in social contexts.
The rebirth of the Recycling Okuplaza in Villa Alemana
- A meeting place and amenities for the community based on equipment made from recycled tires.
Our tools are consolidated as applied research methodologies: Tree of Ideas in SmartSantiago
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Our Tree of Ideas tool in Smart Santiago served to spark an initiative of applied research into science and technology driven by the Fraunhofer Chile Research Foundation, supported by CONICYT, and financed by the Regional Metropolitan Government.
Always a part of Populusaurio: a network of citizen organizations
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This year we were yet again part of the Populusaurio event that brings together dozens of civic organizations. This year, along with installing the Tree of Ideas, we encourage the creation of an Urban Potluck in the Balmaceda Park.
Ciudad Emergente’s 2015 year in figures:
11 people actively working
14 people with internships at CEM
108 people worked on our projects
One revamped directory *
+ 500 volunteers
6 urban tactics
12 tools for surveying indicators
17 media appearances
4 online publications **
3 countries and 9 communes ***
2 citizens consultancy ****
6,181 people experienced our tools *****
12 partnerships ******
8,956 followers on social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Issuu, Tumblr)
One vision: Collectively build the city to make it more livable!
Happy New Year to everyone who emerges with new ideas for the city and welcome 2016!
* In 2015 we welcomed new directors including Juan Pedro Pinochet, Alejandra Wood, Sebastian Bowen and Esteban Calvo.
** The 2015 CEM published four reports: The first was Surveying Public Perception Indicators in the José Arrieta Market, Peñalolén (January 2015). The second one was about surveying indicators for the Citizen’s MAP8 Bikepath Tactic, held on the banks of the Mapocho River in May. The third report pertains to the results of a survey of citizens’ perceptions about the Bikepath Prototype along Eliodoro Yanez Avenue. The fourth and final report presents the results of the Citizen Perceptions Survey for the Experimental Zone 30 in the Mil Calles neighborhood (July 2015).
*** During this past year we participated as lecturers and listeners in various initiatives in Chile as well as in Colombia and Mexico. We also carry out projects in 9 municipalities in Chile: Ovalle, La Serena, San Bernardo, Peñalolén, Providencia, Las Condes, Villa Alemana, Rancagua.
**** During 2015 Ciudad Emergente developed consultancies aimed at developing cities focused on people. To accomplish this, we work with the Social Management Consultant CSR and develop a Park-City Master Plan for an area of 40 hectares in the city of Rancagua.
***** Count based on 2,967 people in Map8 + 2,371 in the Experimental Bikepath + 600 people in the Experimental Zone 30 + 243 people in the Plazaforma.
****** During 2015 we allied with the following organizations for our projects: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Universidad del Desarrollo; ETH Zurich; I. Municipalidad de Santiago; Vecinos Barrio Franklin; Be Cycle; Junta de Vecinos Las Mil Calles; Junta de Vecinos San Carlos de Apoquindo; I. Municipalidad de Las Condes. Además de sumarnos a la iniciativa de 20 organizaciones ciudadanas unidas en Populusaurio: Balmaceda Arte Joven; Educación 2020; Fundación Casa de la Paz; CODEFF; GreenPeace; Yo Reciclo; WWF; América Solidaria; Fundación Superación de la Pobreza; Hogar de Cristo; Fundación Trascender; Fundación Junto al Barrio; Pedaleable; Humanas; Amnistía Internacional; Iguales; Opción; Ciudadano Inteligente; Socialab
