Hamar Book Final

8/8/2019 Hamar Book Final

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ONETHOUSANDSQUARE


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ONE THOUSAND SQUARE (OTS) is a collaborative design proect for the public spaceof Stortorget, Hamar. It is an innovative experience of public participation empowerment.

1_As a first phase we create the OTS_LAB, consisting of four elements for the develop-ment of the process:

+ the OTS_PHYSICAL-LAB (OTS_PL): a temporary operation center installed over theBasarbygningen building.+ the OTS_DIGITAL-LAB (OTS_DL): a web platform that provides digital tools to openthe process and coordinate the different contributions.+ the Local LAB Team (LLT): a local coordinator and two research fellows recruitedthrough an open competition. The aim of this group located at the LAB-SPACE is to em-power, coordinate, organize, advertise and develop all the practical questions about theproect.

+ the Global LAB Team (GLT): (architect + artist) will work as a curatorial team that will bein charge of introducing catalysing inputs at different stages of the proect.and several processes of communication and Internet networking.


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2_The process activates through several specific actions: a media campaign both locallyand globally in various formats (traditional and digital media), workshops in Hamar, thelaunch of an online call for inviting anyone to submit a proposal to be tested in the square

and several processes of communication and Internet networking.

3_ the different proposals for activities and actions to be carried out in the square will bereceived through the OTS_DL or by contacting the LLT. These collected ideas will bepublished in the database of the web and also displayed on a physical screen on thefaade of the OTS_PL. Proposals must be in accordance with criteria defined by the GLT

and will also have to include a detailed budget.

4_These proposals will be voted on a continuous basis and comments on them will alsobe a continuous feedback, so as to establish a ranking of the most valued and supportedones in real time.


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5_Periodically (every six weeks) the three most voted ideas will be selected and will takeplace as they are or as a hybrid solution according to the budget available. This processis repeated eight times during a year. The implementations will be monitored by the LLT

and the GLT, and will be developed and produced by the citizens of Hamar or by theteams who submitted them.

6_These real scale mockups will be part of a new database involved in the following pro-cess.

7_By the end of this open process, a technical committee composed of local authorities,experts, local citizen representatives, web participants and the GLT will convene. Thiscommittee should discuss and define the process (and design) to a maximum of threeoptions to integrate the most valuable and interesting ideas made in the previous phase.

8_These three options will be voted through an open process and the final action to berealized will be chosen as a result of the process.


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open the map, please


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THE 20 FAQs(Frequently Asked Questions)


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1. WHY DO WE NEED ONE THOUSANDSQUARES?


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Because usually, when a public space is designed and then built there is not the chanceto test it, to get feedback from peoples reaction using and enoying it. In general buildingsand squares never keep part of their budget aside to correct mistakes or simply to

improve designs that designers create based on assumptions. They can guess howthings will work but they dont know for sure. If there is a way to test different solutions andkeep improving them along the process, then you can be more certain that you will havea better solution in a particular context. But also if you include a greater number of peoplein the improvement process (politicians, citizens, designers, artist, sociologist,...), you canthen be sure that you have a solution for the future.

On top of that, if you can test one thousand squares because real-scale mock-upsare built, then people (specially those with no technical knowledge) can take part in thedecision taking process.

No one knows what will or wont work in the public space. People are unpredictable andthat is the richness of life. If we provide enough space for this to happen well create thesquare that belongs -in the deeper sense of the word- to the people.


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2. WHAT IS THE LAB-SPACE FOR ANDHOW DOES IT WORK?


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LAB-SPACE is the key space in Hamar available throughout the Open Design Process.It is located on top of the BASARBYGNINGEN building.

The space itself works as a Plug-in pavilion while at the same time can be seen as arepresentative lighthouse of the whole process, day and night. This space can hold thecreative activities launched by OTS proect organization, as well as being the main head-

quarters of the process where the OTS-Physical LAB (OTS-PL) and OTS-Digital LAB(OTS-DL) are constantly updated.

All proposals are welcome there, not only for the design of the square, but also proposalsabout the design of the whole process. LABSPACE is the main tool to accomplish the

final goal of this proect: to create the best square for Hamar.


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3. OH MY GOD!!! I CAN NOT BELIEVETHIS IS HAPPENING IN HAMAR!!!!!!........

DO YOU KNOW OTHER CITIES IN THE

WORLD THAT HAVE PROMOTED THISKIND OF COLLABORATIVE DESIGN

PROCESS?


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In the moment we are currently living structural improvements are more than welcome(economy, ecology,...), and all experts agree that a new approach to the design of theexisting urban environment will make a difference.

There are big numbers of cities and representative people in the world talking aboutcitizen participation processes, but only a few of them are implementing real examples.None of these real examples deal with a collaborative design of the urban environment.This is one of the most experimental, creative and democratic processes we can launchto design the future of a city.

Hamar has the opportunity to be one of the most innovative cities in the world and be-come a worldwide case study.


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4. WHAT THE F**K IS AN OPEN SOURCESQUARE????


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An Open Source square is a public space that follows a design process that creates theconditions for collective creation dynamics. To encourage this collective nature, the pro-cess is, by default, completely open to new contributions and collaborations, taking advan-tage of the full potential of collective intelligence.

All collective creation should be free to use by any person, like self-organized communi-ties of free software development. There should be freedom to adapt any creation to otherneeds, freedom to be shared and freedom to make developments and public improve-ments.

In an Open Source square any individual or collective production will host a creative com-mons licence.


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5. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONETHOUSAND SQUARE PROJECT

BECAUSE IT IS MORE FUN........, BUT ARE

YOU SURE WE WILL HAVE SOMETHINGINTERESTING AT THE END OF THIS

PROCESS?


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Of course we are! We really believe in people, in their inner creativity and in the power ofthe collective.

You can see multiple proects that became undeniable realities that grew from opensource dynamics.

These processes of collaboration have created, for example, the best and biggest en-cyclopaedia ever (Wikipedia), or Linux, one of the most powerful operating systems forcomputers.

Kevin Kelly expresses it very clearly, he says that it is Impossible in theory but possible in

practice.


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6. HEY GUYS!......I AM AMAZED

HOW FAST YOU INSTALLED THAT

PLATTFORM ON TOP OF THE OLDBUILDING.......IT NOW LOOKS BETTER.....

MORE COOOOOL!!!....I JUMPED THE

OTHER DAY INTO THE LAB PAVILIONAND I WAS ASTONISHED BY THEVIEW!!!.....WHY IS IT SO BRIGHT

YELLOW????.........OUR HAMAR YELLOW

SUBMARINE!!!!!!


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The LAB-SPACE is a temporary structure made up with off-the-shelf elements. It has a

wooden horizontal yellow platform hold by an structural scaffolding that flies over the Ba-sarbygningens existing building roof. On the top of the platform you can see a transparentglass box (LAB-SPACE) occupying almost 2/3rd of the platform space. This yellow spaceis the iconic image of the whole participative process of ONE THOUSAND SQUAREproect.

This space will always be doors open for the Hamars citizenship at it will act as a windowopen to creative people worldwide. This means that the indoor and outdoor spaces onthe top of the platform will always be changing depending on the different events, work-shops, meetings, installations it will be colored by the activity itself. During the night timethere will be video proections displayed in the retractable textile faade trying to inform

about the activities that took place during the day.


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7. WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION

ABOUT EVENTS AND ESPECIALLY

ABOUT THE WHOLE CREATIVEPROCESS?


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One Thousand Square (OTS) proect will have two different interfaces to establish linksbetween people and the OTS organization. These interfaces, a Digital-LAB (OTS-DL)and a Physical-LAB (OTS-PL), will be connected to both digital and physical publicspheres to empower public participation.

The whole program of events will be collectively designed, discussed, published and

updated on the proects website, a branch of the OTS-DL: this website will work as ahybrid space between online and onsite spaces. But we are also conscious that there isan amount of people who are not Internet users, thats why all the contents published onthe website will be displayed on the Physical-LAB. The construction itself will work as ascreen and it will hold activities to spread the information related to the proect and make itmore accessible to all range of people.


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8. IS ONE THOUSAND SQUARE PROJECT

GOING TO THINK ABOUT KIDS?

ARE WE GOING TO HAVE APLAYGROUND IN STORTORGET

DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN?


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The events launched by OTS proect will be open to people of all kinds, skills, ages, etc...a big effort will be done to include those ranges of people that are always forgotten bydesigners (elderly, kids,...). When we say citizens this includes everyone. Obviously,each activity will have a specific goal and there will be a kind of public that is more willingto attend. The different workshops will include specific activities together with schools andother institutions at Hamar.

You can send a specific proposal for a playground or ust ideas you are dreaming aboutto include kids into the design of the square. If Stortorget needs a playground in the futuresquare we are sure that it will arise during the participative process. And we are sure be-cause the new design will be a decision taken by all of us.


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9. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THIS

PROJECT..... IS IT POSSIBLE TO JOIN THELAB?


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Of course you can! The OTS proect aims to engage everyone in Hamar and also to

have worldwide inputs: The LAB-SPACE itself will be an Open Space, a transparent boxthat allows the visualization of activities that helds inside.

It will also be the meeting place for those who dont have access to the digital sphere andwant to be involved and have updated info about he proect. It will be the open door forthem to take part in the whole process.

You have to contact the Local LAB Team (LLT) directly in the LAB-SPACE or through thedifferent web channels available. You can arrange a meeting with them (physically or digi-tally) and they will guide you to oin any of the working groups already existing (dependingon your interests) or to open a new one.


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10. WHY IS ONETHOUSANDSQUARELAB PLACED ON TOP OF THE

BASARBYGNINGEN BUILDING?

ARE YOU GOING TO DAMAGE THEBUILDING WITH THIS STRUCTURE?WILL IT BE DISMANTLED AT THE END OF

THE PROCESS?

There are several important reasons for locating the LAB-SPACE over the roof of the


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p gBasarbygningen building because:

- This building is an icon for the square and a cultural and visual reference for Hamar.;

- We want to keep the square as free as possible trying not to interfere with public activitiesand mockups.- This high position gives the LAB-SPACE visibility during the whole transformation pro-cess. From this new democratic icon for Hamar well have a unique view of the squarein connection with the lake. the LAB-SPACE will be an attraction itself to promote public

participation.

No, we are not going to damage the Basarbygningen building, in fact we are not touchingthe building at all. The new structure to hold the LAB-SPACE structure will be separatedfrom the roof, the LAB-SPACE literally will fly over it. At the end of this process the LAB-SPACE will be dismantled and hopefully moved to another city. We are expecting that

after Hamars example more cities will oin a more democratic and innovative way of citydesign.


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11 IENJOYEDLASTSATURDAYS


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11. I ENJOYED LAST SATURDAYSMOCK-UP DEMONSTRATION A LOT.......

WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO ASK FOR

A PIECE OF THE ARTIFICIAL GRASS

CARPET THAT WAS COVERING THECENTER OF THE SQUARE????......IM

ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT..... HOW DO YOU

MANAGE WASTE FROM THE DIFFERENTREAL-SCALE MOCK-UPS AND EVENTS?


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As part of the proect planning, during the whole process, all the materials used for theevents will be reused from one installation to the other; the whole strategy will be designedwith an economy of means from the very beginning. Once the process is finished, the Lo-cal LAB Team (LLT) will take care for all the reusable or recyclable materials.

Because the LAB-SPACE is open source itself it will be dismantled and then relocatedto another urban environment that needs to be collectively redesigned with this opensource criteria. This will help not only to spread the open source culture but also to spreadthe STORTORGET experience and Hamar internationally.


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The different configurations and proects that will take place will become as mock ups

for the final square. This opportunity allows citizens to test themselves through a real lifeexperience how this square would be transformed. This tests are also useful to find outthe disfunctions, problems and goals of the different configurations. The data collected willhelp the citizens and users to decide what kind of public square Hamar requires, and pos-sibly, and because of the whole process, the result will be a success.

Usually conventional proects do not assign any budget to testing; ending up in a failure ifthe selected solution was not the appropriate one.

Hamar pilot proect does designate a certain amount of the total budget to this first phase;which is important in order to succeed.


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13. I AM A DOCUMENTARY DIRECTOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO FILM THE

STORTORGET EXPERIENCE. WHOCAN HELP ME...??


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We find very interesting your initiative because it is a way to spread, as you said, the Stor-torget experience, an innovative collaborative urban dream for the future of Hamar.

You have to contact the LOCAL LAB-TEAM (LLT) directly in the LAB-SPACE or throughthe different web channels available. You can arrange a meeting with them (physically ordigitally).

The aim of this group located at the LAB-SPACE is to empower, coordinate, organize,advertise and develop all the practical questions about the proect. They also coordinatethe physical materialization of the different real scale proposals.


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14. ONE TRICKY QUESTION..........HOW

WILL THIS PROJECT AFFECT THE

BASARBYGNINGEN COMMERCIALBUILDING??


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The artifact that hosts the Open Source Square Lab is a temporary structure and will bedismantled once the process is over. It will provide a privileged view of the square and thelake during this process time.

This temporary structure will become a catalyst for the transformation of Hamar publicspaces which will positively affect Hamars present, future and its whole community.

During the process the place will be the most visited attraction of Hamar receiving bothlocals and foreigners becoming more popular and busy. This will consequently providemore business to the existing stores.


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15 DEARFRIENDS IVEHEARDWE


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15. DEAR FRIENDS.....IVE HEARD WE

CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT WITHTHE SQUARE......I WOULD LOVE TO

ORGANIZE A GRAFFITI SESSION TO

COVER WITH COLOUR THE ASPHALTSURFACE OF STORTORGET.....WILL YOU

HELP ME?

HOW CAN I PROCEED??


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You have several ways to do it: You can either send your proposal through our website ortake part on an online or onsite workshop. Then your proposal will go through the regularselection process as indicated in the website.

According to the nature of Hamar proect we strongly encourage collective proects. Thereare several working groups, so you should contact the one in which your proposal suits

better. For instance if you are a graffiti artist, your piece could be part of a larger and collec-tive work.

Please also keep in mind we are in an open source program so ideas could be used fullyor ust part of them.


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16 AHHHHHA!!!ANOTHER


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16. AHHHHHA!!! ANOTHER

PARTICIPATION PROJECT LIKE THEOTHERS.......... WHO WILL DECIDE THE

FINAL PROJECT FOR STORTORGET

SQUARE??WHEN WILL WE ARRIVE TO THE END

OF THIS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

PROCESS???


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The final configuration of the square and the public art work will be decided through thisOpen Source process. By this process we are able to try, test, implement, and improve allthe possibilities through a period of time.

The Hamar community will experience real scale solutions and proposals being able to

vote them based on their experience and knowledge.

At the end of the process the most valued idea will be the one to be implemented perma-nently.


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17. HI! ONETHOUSAND FRIENDS......I

LOVEWHATYOUDOWITHTHECITY


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LOVE WHAT YOU DO WITH THE CITY......

WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHOOSE ONLYONE DESIGN???????......WOULD IT BE

POSSIBLE TO KEEP ON TRYING AS A

WAY TO ACTIVATE THE CITY LIKE YOUARE DOING RIGHT NOW?......I MET MORENEIGHBOURS DURING THIS WEEKENDS

EVENT IN STORTORGET THAN IN THEPREVIOUS TEN YEARS.


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Yes, it is a good idea, you can see it in the proects soul. We can add this new input into

the Conclusions Forum. The reactivation of a public space can not be addressed by aconventional design, not even only by a good design. A lively public space is a complexbalance of overlapped layers, and the starting point for a public squares design is very im-portant. It can be something given to the city without any interaction with the citizenship oran opportunity to empower the links between the citizens of Hamar, planting the seed for

a collective future. From this point of view OTS proect will grow a new square in Hamardeeply rooted into citizenship.

The OTS proect is conceived as a demonstrative proect, we assume that at the end ofthe process a new way of urban design will be born and Hamar will be part of it.


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18. YES, .VERY BEAUTIFUL +

POETIC.........BUT...WHOS PAYING FOR

ALL THIS THING?????


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We exactly spend the original amount of budget assigned to make the public art work.

There is zero extra cost for this process. It is ust a matter of distributing the budget in a dif-ferent way. We split it into two:

1st: A collective creative process that includes the design of the square (which was notspecifically asked in this call), the process and the process conclusions

2nd: The implementation of the most voted intervention for the square.

The amount of money assigned for this second phase allows the production of a goodquality proect. The previous designing/testing/voting process will guarantee its validation,approval and interest.


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19. IVEREADTHATTHEREWILLBEA


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19. IVE READ THAT THERE WILL BE A

GLOBAL LAB TEAM CURATING THEPROCESS AND ALSO A TECHNICAL

COMMITTEE AT THE END OF THE

PROCESS....... IM CURIOUS....... WHYDO WE NEED ALL THIS IF WE ARE

ENROLLED INTO AN OPEN SOURCE

AND PARTICIPATIVE PROCESS?

Participatory and Open Source processes does not mean ruleless. The rules in a collec-


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tive process are also necessary and they can even be a catalyst themselves. The OTSproect is very open to include all the inputs but also very clear with the final goals andlogistics (schedule, budget, people involved...).

Open Source proects are usually related to software and Internet, but this is an experi-mental opportunity in which we are learning from this successful previous experiencescoming from different fields. The OTS proect will have to deal with the real world, estab-

lish physical links with Hamar citizenship and engaging creative people worldwide. TheGlobal LAB team (architect + artist) will work as a curatorial team that will be in charge ofintroducing catalysing inputs at different stages of the proect. The Technical Committeewill act previous to the last democratic survey. They will analyze all preselected proposalsand then they will supervise the technical possibilities of implementation connected to theexisting budget, etc. At the end of their work they will present a final document with conclu-sions and a combination of the best previous solutions to be decided in a public survey.


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20. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING

LIKETHAT......THISISLIKETHESONG.......


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LIKE THAT......THIS IS LIKE THE SONG.......

PEOPLE HAVE THE POWER!......MAYBEIM NOT SO CLOSE TO THIS KIND OF

PROCESSES.......INCLUDING CITIZENS

INTO DECISION MAKING PROCESSES.......DO YOU HAVE ANY REFERENCES FROMOTHER CITIES/COUNTRIES TO SUPPORT

YOUR CONCEPT?......CONGRATS FROMNEW ZEALAND ......AND THANKS.


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We know different successful experiences that have been partially experimented in thecontext of public space design (see attached images). For instance there are many ex-amples with great results in software development as a collective creative work with the

contribution of hundreds of individuals. They became powerful by the selfless contributionand participation of experts from all over the world. These are positive experiences thatprove collective work can be efficient and can have the top quality.


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CEDRIC PRICE - INTER-ACTION CENTER - LONDON


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EXYZT - CITY ISLAND - MADRID


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FLORES PRAT - BESOS SQUARE- BARCELONA


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RAUMLABOR - DAS KCHENMONUMENT


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