The hub, a platform for sustainaibility practice

a platform for sustainability practice

Eugenia Chiara | PhD .

Politecnico di Milano, RED research unit

Mauro Alex Rego | MA Candidate.

Kรถln International School of Design

Design in a new social economy Social entrepreneurs Social Incubators

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a special, sustainable place

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The Research

• To identify the elements that compound the Hub environment; • To understand how it creates the conditions to sustainable design practices; • To define the guidelines to replicate it in other contexts.

Interview Observation Action research/direct partecipation

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What is the Hub?

The Hubber

How it works?

How can help the work of sustainable designers?

How can be replicated?

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Amsterdam Atlanta Bay Area Berlin Bombay Bristol Brussels Cairo

Halifax Helsinki Johannesburg London Kings Cross Islington Madrid Milan

Oaxaca Porto Prague Riga Rotterdam Sao Paulo Stockholm Tampere

Tel Aviv Toronto Vienna

Where you can find a Hub?

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Who is who?

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The Host

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The Hubber

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The Founders

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How to Open?

Gather and to organize the interested community Space research Space co-design.

Public presentation and invite more members.

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The Hubber

Hubbers = Network

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The Hubber

The Hub = People

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The Hubber

The Hub = People different

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The Hubber

The Hub = People different together

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The Hubber

The Hub = People different together sharing The Hub: a platform for sustainability practice • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • Eugenia Chiara & Mauro Alex Rego • 2010

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The Hub = Community different together sharing The Hub: a platform for sustainability practice • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • Eugenia Chiara & Mauro Alex Rego • 2010

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The Hub = CommunitIES differentS together sharing The Hub: a platform for sustainability practice • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • Eugenia Chiara & Mauro Alex Rego • 2010

The Hub and Designers

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The Hub and Designers

Freelancers seeking for new networks and markets

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The Hub and Designers

People or small groups starting a new business;

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The Hub and Designers

Retired professionals (“creative retired”) starting new kind of business.

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The Hubber

Design + Sustainability?

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in design process

(e.g. using recycled and harmless materials);

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in choosing the client

(e.g. just clients environmental and social ethical responsible);

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and on internal methods

(e.g. by applying sustainable design methods and tools).

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Fernando Salvador

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Camille Barrios

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Clara Mantica

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Eefje Ernst

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Why do I choose the Hub?

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Why do I choose the Hub?

“Community Environment” and “Inspiring People”

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Why do I choose the Hub?

“Special Office” and “inspiring place”

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it a platform for improving sustainable practices

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It has a systemic approach

(i.e. engaging the final users on the conception), multi and transdisciplinary, and is adressed to all professionals involved in sustainaibility practices.

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It’s a co-work space

thus intensifying the use of products by sharing it;

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It’ engaged in the social and ethical dimension

and it diffuse and promote events about social innovation;

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It’s a facilitator for knowledge sharing

with his networking strategies;

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It promotes the local community cohesion

by gathering in a same place people from different economic and social strata on a workspace to share and work together (without an exploitation relationship).

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Assess and gather the local social engaged community

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Assess and gather the local social engaged community

- assessing the already existence of local social agents; - contacting this people that share the same values; - opening an initial blog about social innovation and social entrepreneurship showing examples and best practice to encourage the people - creating a local mailing list; - making an Hub group/account on socialnetworks like twitter and facebook and pushing discussion and information through this channel; - leading the process and involving the community in the decision-making process; The Hub: a platform for sustainability practice • LeNS Conference Sustainability NOW! • Bangalore • Eugenia Chiara & Mauro Alex Rego • 2010

Building up a right physical space

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Building up a right physical space

- choosing a big, open, central and inspiring space - designing it with a co-creation process - defining rules, prices and way of use - organizing events to promote the space

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To netweave new connections and partnerships

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To netweave new connections and partnerships

- organizing networking events like potluck lunch, speed-networking - diffusing spreading through the mailing list collaboration requests and job opportunities - making recruitment for open job positions

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The Hubber

Thank you Grazie Obrigado Danke Dankzij Gracias Eyxaristò

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