Connecting Terroirs. Design Practices in the Fab City.

Adrien Rigobello, Nadja Gaudillière

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Abstract

Fab City aims at fostering the social resilience of urban areas by structuring networks of Fab Labs and third-places. This research paper reviews the ontology of this initiative and provides with an understanding of the articulation between networks of interests and communities of values so to enhance Fab City's potential for territorial resilience. Openness is identified as a key feature of projects nested within Fab City, even though the diversity of participants is very low in the makers movement. In order to assess openness, this paper proposes a semiotic design methodology that is anchored in the actor-network theory and cyber-counter-culture heritage, and distancing from human-centred and participative design. The semiotic design methodology is then applied on three case studies as an illustration of the method's potential as a diagnostic tool to appreciate their openness. In providing a methodology for a systemic understanding of community oriented design, this research could help pave the way for a dynamic practice of design, one that aims at building an evolving common language for resilience while prizing cultural differences.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
Publikationsdato31 jul. 2019
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StatusUdgivet - 31 jul. 2019
Udgivet eksterntJa
BegivenhedFAB15 - Fab Foundation, El Gouna, Egypten
Varighed: 28 jul. 20192 aug. 2019
Konferencens nummer: 15
https://fab15.fabevent.org/

Konference

KonferenceFAB15
Nummer15
LokationFab Foundation
Land/OmrådeEgypten
ByEl Gouna
Periode28/07/201902/08/2019
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