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Arte Útil archive nr:

213

Initiator:

Jeanne van Heeswijk

Location:

The Netherlands

Category:

pedagogical, urban-development, social

Users:

Students of the Professor Einstein Elementary School, students of the Calvijn Junior College (lower secondary professional education), Jeanne van Heeswijk, Dennis Kaspori, Slotervaart’s design department and outside experts, inhabitants of Slotervaart

Maintained by:

SKOR, Amsterdam City Council.

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

2005 - 2011

Jeanne van Heeswijk
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Face Your World

Description:

This project was set up as a VMBO (lower secondary professional education). The software that was customised for this project – the so-called Interactor – is an interactive impression of the neighbourhood and features a virtual town planner who functions as a coach when making new plans for the neighbourhood. In the Stedelijklab which is essentially a gym hall converted into a design studio, students designed a new park. The park is to be named Staalmanpark. The designs were not only based on their own wishes but also on those of other local residents.

Goals:

The project enables young people to investigate the environment in which they live. It gives them instruments so that they can – like a genuine town
planner – change their environment.

Beneficial Outcomes:

In 2011, their new park was opened.

Images:

Jeanne van Heeswijk, Face your world, website.