about architecture, environmental and landscape design or sociology) were asked to explore the neighbourhood, to drift about in Wilhelmsburg, to spot local distinctions within everyday life. In doing so, the provoking upcoming questions have to be answered by the participants, rather than taking one specific problem to define a limited project task, which has then to be solved. Students were offered analytic techniques and methods for engagement and participation for community and public design and planning initiatives. They learnt about interventional ways of working meaningfully with the community, respecting the needs, wishes, and values of people (non-experts) directly affected by expert proposals and actions. They were also shown some examples of significant, lasting work, that could be accomplished within the timeframe and small scale of the workshop. Different kinds of approaches were continuously developed and tested. ISS participants are urged to de-
velop and implement their ideas in urban reality. Why are resources and spaces unused? Is the space really unused or does it host functions not visible at first sight? Would the proposed design lead to the favoured changes? How to outline and carry out an experiment that proves or does not prove the conclusions? With 16 ‚simple’ but well placed questions, the London based CLEAR VILLAGE group was able to generate astonishing insights into the neighbourhood. The „Drivers of Change“ workshop run by Arup, offered an effective exercise for understanding the interconnectedness of issues and allowed students and local residents to identify relevant community trends. Project Work Projects carried out by the students of the Summer School are seeking to spark off a new interaction amongst the district residents by suggesting new or additional uses within the urban fabric. Projects aim to improve the quality of everyday life and might
also influence the areas resource circuits, foster economic change or provoke the positive effects of intercultural exchange. The projects developed were a product or a service or an organisational innovation. These could be profit-orientated or non-for-profit but should be financially realistic. The projects were developed in immediate dialogue with and exploration of the community in Hamburg Wilhelmsburg. The teams worked towards a final project proposal detailing their innovative solutions which they presented to the UdN ISS Jury and the community. This answered the following questions: • What is your idea and how does it work • Where is your unique selling proposition (USP)? • How will your idea make life in Wilhelmsburg more sustainable? • Who is your target group? • What will be their benefit? (And how did you find out?) • How big is the larger social / envi-
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