1. URBAN AGENCY
ADAPTIVE URBANISM: NO MORE IDLE SPACES
to manage knowledge cities
@manufernandez
Co-design for social creativity

2. MANU FERNÁNDEZ
As a researcher and urban policy consultant for the last
ten years, I have always been involved in projects
relating to local sustainability and analysis of urban
economies.
I am currently working as a freelance in three areas:
adaptive strategies to cope with the economic
crisis, the intersection of digital and social perspectives
of bottom-up smart cities and, finally, the actions
to boost economic revitalization in cities.URBAN STRATEGIST
manufer2007@gmail.com
www.ciudadesaescalahumana.org
@manufernandez
Advisory Board of
UrbanIxD
Steering Committee of
Smart City Exhibition
Bologna 2013

3. VACANT LOTS

4. CLOSED SHOPS

5. ABANDONED FACTORIES

6. ADAPTIVE CITIES
CAN WE AFFORD TO HAVE SO MANY SPACES NOT BEING USED?
A NEED TO ADAPT SOME ASSUMPTIONS AND BUSINESS AS USUAL
PRACTICES IN PLANNING TO ALLOW TRANSITIONAL USES IN THE
MEANTIME
VACANT LOTS
CLOSED SHOPS
ABANDONED FACTORIES
UNDERUSED PUBLIC FACILITIES
PARALYZED URBAN DEVELOPMENTS

7. ADAPTIVE CITIES
TEMPORARY / TRANSITIONAL / TACTICAL
BECOME URBAN STRATEGY

10. THE LIMITS OF PLANNING
WE ARE GOOD PLANNERS WHEN THINGS ARE CERTAIN, BUT
PLANNING FAILS TO OFFER SOCIAL VALUE UNDER
UNCERTAINTY – FORMALISTIC AND REACTIVE

11. ADAPTIVE URBANISM
WHAT´S THE TRADICIONAL ANSWER TO VACANT LOTS?
WHAT´S THE TRADICIONAL WAY TO MANAGE LARGE
SCALE URBAN DEVELOPMENTS?

12. 596 ACRES (NEW YORK)
FROM VACANT SPACES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES

13. THE CINEROLEUM (LONDON)
FROM DERELICT INFRASTRUCTURE TO CINEMA

14. NEWHAM (LONDON)
FROM ABANDONED SITE TO CIVIC CENTRE

15. LENTSPACE (NEW YORK)
FROM VACANT LOT TO PUBLIC SQUARE

16. INTENSIFICATION OF USE IN PUBLIC SPACES
TESTING ALTERNATIVE USES OR NEW PRACTICES
NEW RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LOCAL ECONOMY BOOST
FOCUS ON COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES
BEYOND ECONOMIC CAPITAL
BENEFITS OF ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES

17. X
THE INTELLIGENCE OF A CITY IS ON THE STREETS
“Cities have the capability of providing
something for everybody, only because, and
only when, they are created by everybody.”
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of
Great American Cities

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URBAN AGENCY
GRAZIE!