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Mini Mega Spazio
Limes - Mini Mega spazio. Da margine a cerniera. (From margin to hinge)
A temporary urban transformation project, in collaboration with Il Margine Cooperative, aims to provide an accessible outdoor activity space for both vulnerable users and local residents. Engaging in a participatory process, we crafted messages and slogans that resonate with users' voices and propose a new approach to utilizing the area. The goal is to host exhibitions, workshops, and public events and introducing new plant species to attract pollinating insects, contributing to green corridors.
EU Member State, Western Balkans or Ukraine
Italy
Local
Turin
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No
Mainly urban
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)
Yes
2023-02-28
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No
As a representative of an organisation
Through the collaboration between Graphic Days® and the Il Margine Cooperative, the "Mini Mega Spazio" project has the overall goal of transforming a peripheral industrial area previously used as a parking lot into a space open to everyone and a sensory garden, actively involving the local community and vulnerable users of the Il Margine. This has been achieved through the introduction of multifunctional modular structures, new tree species, and the programming of cultural and educational events.
The target groups are as follows:
-Users with various types of disabilities within an age range of 18-65, engaged in educational, instructional, and occupational activities aimed primarily at supporting the social and employment autonomy of the Il Margine Cooperative - Mò Officine Creative guests.
-The local community, consisting of elderly residents and families, customers of various commercial activities, schools, and children. Both citizens and vulnerable users will be able to participate in workshops, training initiatives, and enjoy spaces and services for cultural events.
The project addresses specific social and territorial challenges:
-Provides a place for Il Margine Cooperative users to care for, manage, and maintain in the long term, enhancing the path to autonomy and independence undertaken within the cooperative.
-Transforms an underutilized area into a renewed meeting and inclusion space, promoting the integration of cooperative users into the local social fabric through cultural initiatives and events.
-Reconnects relationships between people, flora, and small fauna, contributing to the creation of urban green corridors.
The target groups are as follows:
-Users with various types of disabilities within an age range of 18-65, engaged in educational, instructional, and occupational activities aimed primarily at supporting the social and employment autonomy of the Il Margine Cooperative - Mò Officine Creative guests.
-The local community, consisting of elderly residents and families, customers of various commercial activities, schools, and children. Both citizens and vulnerable users will be able to participate in workshops, training initiatives, and enjoy spaces and services for cultural events.
The project addresses specific social and territorial challenges:
-Provides a place for Il Margine Cooperative users to care for, manage, and maintain in the long term, enhancing the path to autonomy and independence undertaken within the cooperative.
-Transforms an underutilized area into a renewed meeting and inclusion space, promoting the integration of cooperative users into the local social fabric through cultural initiatives and events.
-Reconnects relationships between people, flora, and small fauna, contributing to the creation of urban green corridors.
Social Inclusion
Community Participation
Urban regeneration
Biodiversity
Scalability
The project aims to achieve sustainability goals in the environmental, social, economic, and cultural dimensions.
-Environmental: Improving the environmental quality by redeveloping a highly cemented area, introducing 44 plant species to enhance the presence of green corridors, pollinators, and CO2 absorption. Green corridors in cities implement Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), reducing pollution, urban heat, enhancing biodiversity, and providing recreational spaces, crucial for sustainable and resilient cities, addressing climate challenges such as floods and droughts.
-Social: Restoring a space for socialization, well-being, and integration within the community, encouraging active participation through cultural events and initiatives. Examples include the donation of small medicinal plants to expand green corridors on balconies and in neighborhood gardens, fostering a sense of community.
-Economic: Ensuring project replicability, modularity, and scalability to meet functional and economic needs. The use of easily accessible and cost-effective materials and structures designed for straightforward assembly and disassembly.
-Cultural: Democratizing access to culture with a diverse and accessible range of initiatives, connecting the cultural heritage of the territory and the Margine cooperative.
This project stands out for its ability to quickly create "green oases" in neglected urban settings at an affordable cost, with significant social and cultural impact. This model can be replicated in other areas, promoting the integration of nature in urban planning and contributing to a greener and more resilient future. It serves as an example of best practices that municipal administrations can adopt to enhance sustainability and improve the quality of life in urban communities.
-Environmental: Improving the environmental quality by redeveloping a highly cemented area, introducing 44 plant species to enhance the presence of green corridors, pollinators, and CO2 absorption. Green corridors in cities implement Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), reducing pollution, urban heat, enhancing biodiversity, and providing recreational spaces, crucial for sustainable and resilient cities, addressing climate challenges such as floods and droughts.
-Social: Restoring a space for socialization, well-being, and integration within the community, encouraging active participation through cultural events and initiatives. Examples include the donation of small medicinal plants to expand green corridors on balconies and in neighborhood gardens, fostering a sense of community.
-Economic: Ensuring project replicability, modularity, and scalability to meet functional and economic needs. The use of easily accessible and cost-effective materials and structures designed for straightforward assembly and disassembly.
-Cultural: Democratizing access to culture with a diverse and accessible range of initiatives, connecting the cultural heritage of the territory and the Margine cooperative.
This project stands out for its ability to quickly create "green oases" in neglected urban settings at an affordable cost, with significant social and cultural impact. This model can be replicated in other areas, promoting the integration of nature in urban planning and contributing to a greener and more resilient future. It serves as an example of best practices that municipal administrations can adopt to enhance sustainability and improve the quality of life in urban communities.
Three key objectives:
- Create an aesthetically appealing and functional space: This objective was achieved through careful design that involved users in defining their needs. The flooring was made safe, and the space was equipped with modular wooden structures for seating, support surfaces, a stage, an arena, and a flower garden. The structures were decorated with vibrant colors and catchy slogans to encourage people to linger and indicate proper use of the space.
- Increase integration through cultural offerings: The project has enriched the local cultural offerings with a program of cultural initiatives and art exhibitions open to the community to encourage the use of the space. Furthermore, accessibility to the existing workshop activities within the cooperative, such as access to the tailoring and screen printing ceramic labs, was promoted to create a new meeting and interaction point between the community and the cooperative.
- Bring nature back to an urban environment: The goal of creating a flowered oasis was realized through the design of a sensory garden that primarily involved Margine users in planting and maintaining greenery, as part of a program to enhance their social and work autonomy. The creation of the oasis also promotes the connection between humans and nature through offering green care workshops, plant species recognition, or coloring with dye plants found in the garden.The project's strong point is its highly participatory approach. The active participation of the community in designing, decorating, and promoting the project fosters a strong sense of ownership and nurturing for the space. When reintroduced in other contexts, it can address both the functional and aesthetic needs of the community it settles in, ensuring a high level of acceptance and strong community engagement aimed at countering possible acts of vandalism, which have occurred in the outlying areas of the city, particularly in the area targeted by the project.
- Create an aesthetically appealing and functional space: This objective was achieved through careful design that involved users in defining their needs. The flooring was made safe, and the space was equipped with modular wooden structures for seating, support surfaces, a stage, an arena, and a flower garden. The structures were decorated with vibrant colors and catchy slogans to encourage people to linger and indicate proper use of the space.
- Increase integration through cultural offerings: The project has enriched the local cultural offerings with a program of cultural initiatives and art exhibitions open to the community to encourage the use of the space. Furthermore, accessibility to the existing workshop activities within the cooperative, such as access to the tailoring and screen printing ceramic labs, was promoted to create a new meeting and interaction point between the community and the cooperative.
- Bring nature back to an urban environment: The goal of creating a flowered oasis was realized through the design of a sensory garden that primarily involved Margine users in planting and maintaining greenery, as part of a program to enhance their social and work autonomy. The creation of the oasis also promotes the connection between humans and nature through offering green care workshops, plant species recognition, or coloring with dye plants found in the garden.The project's strong point is its highly participatory approach. The active participation of the community in designing, decorating, and promoting the project fosters a strong sense of ownership and nurturing for the space. When reintroduced in other contexts, it can address both the functional and aesthetic needs of the community it settles in, ensuring a high level of acceptance and strong community engagement aimed at countering possible acts of vandalism, which have occurred in the outlying areas of the city, particularly in the area targeted by the project.
The main goals of inclusion aim at fair and participatory access for all, regardless of social, economic, or physical-cognitive differences.
-Transforming a marginal area into a space for integration between local residents and vulnerable users of the cooperative plays a key role in normalizing interaction with users and promoting integration into the local social fabric, thus addressing the potential marginalization and stigmatization users might face in the absence of such a bridge project with the external community
-Making the space accessible to all: The variable heights of the modules have ensured usability for a wide range of users, such as planters accessible from all sides and at different heights to simplify access to greenery and related activities.
-Offering economically accessible activities, completely free or with a very low minimal contribution, for outdoor activities, such as using the gym during the summer, organizing exhibitions, or small horticultural training courses.
The uniqueness of the project is that it is inclusive and accessible not only in terms of use but also in terms of production and assembly, thanks to its modular and scalable nature and the use of materials produced with low CO2 emissions, making it suitable for adoption in other contexts.
-Transforming a marginal area into a space for integration between local residents and vulnerable users of the cooperative plays a key role in normalizing interaction with users and promoting integration into the local social fabric, thus addressing the potential marginalization and stigmatization users might face in the absence of such a bridge project with the external community
-Making the space accessible to all: The variable heights of the modules have ensured usability for a wide range of users, such as planters accessible from all sides and at different heights to simplify access to greenery and related activities.
-Offering economically accessible activities, completely free or with a very low minimal contribution, for outdoor activities, such as using the gym during the summer, organizing exhibitions, or small horticultural training courses.
The uniqueness of the project is that it is inclusive and accessible not only in terms of use but also in terms of production and assembly, thanks to its modular and scalable nature and the use of materials produced with low CO2 emissions, making it suitable for adoption in other contexts.
Cooperative users were engaged in every phase of the project, from design to daily space maintenance. They actively participated in the participatory mapping of the area, identifying functions, challenges, and new needs. They created analog communication content and materials, including catchy slogans, screen-printed posters, and flyers. They contributed to decorating structures and planting plant species. Their involvement enhanced their journey towards social and employment autonomy and fostering a sense of community, accentuated by a permanent exhibition of their portraits in the space.
Local residents were involved through various initiatives, starting with the inauguration of Mini Mega Spazio, where they received examples of nourishing plants to plant in their gardens and balconies to enhance green corridors. During the summer season, they had the opportunity to participate in outdoor horticulture and writing therapy workshops or attend the fashion show of the new collection from the social tailoring project managed by users and operators, hosted in the new space. This engagement created a regularly frequented meeting point, strengthening the sense of community, enriching the cultural program, improving relationships with surrounding businesses, and promoting active participation, contributing to the transformation of Mini Mega Spazio into a vibrant and inclusive place.
Local businesses actively participated in generating interest in the new project by hosting flyers and posters in their spaces to engage their customers. Subsequently, they leveraged Mini Mega Spazio as a connection point with the neighborhood, promoting shared activities, such as the installation of outdoor gym equipment during the summer, including bars, exercise bikes, treadmills, and benches made freely accessible during opening hours. This encouraged interaction between local businesses and contributed to a stronger connection between Mini Mega Space and the surrounding enterprises.
Local residents were involved through various initiatives, starting with the inauguration of Mini Mega Spazio, where they received examples of nourishing plants to plant in their gardens and balconies to enhance green corridors. During the summer season, they had the opportunity to participate in outdoor horticulture and writing therapy workshops or attend the fashion show of the new collection from the social tailoring project managed by users and operators, hosted in the new space. This engagement created a regularly frequented meeting point, strengthening the sense of community, enriching the cultural program, improving relationships with surrounding businesses, and promoting active participation, contributing to the transformation of Mini Mega Spazio into a vibrant and inclusive place.
Local businesses actively participated in generating interest in the new project by hosting flyers and posters in their spaces to engage their customers. Subsequently, they leveraged Mini Mega Spazio as a connection point with the neighborhood, promoting shared activities, such as the installation of outdoor gym equipment during the summer, including bars, exercise bikes, treadmills, and benches made freely accessible during opening hours. This encouraged interaction between local businesses and contributed to a stronger connection between Mini Mega Space and the surrounding enterprises.
The Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, as the promoting entity, played a crucial role in initiating and promoting the project, providing initial support, both financial and strategic, and promoting the idea at the local and regional levels.
-The architects were responsible for securing, restoring the space, and creating modular structures, ensuring flexibility and adaptability, meeting design requirements, and enabling a wide range of activities, from relaxation and physical activity to training and art.
-The landscape architects designed the greenery, selecting 44 plant species suitable for the context to attract pollinating insects and create a sensory garden, while maintaining a medium-low level of green maintenance manageable by the cooperative users.
-The gardeners were responsible for planting the greenery and managing the garden, providing periodic support for care and maintenance.
- The social designers coordinated and managed participatory activities with the vulnerable users of the cooperative, collecting their needs and requirements. Their involvement allowed for the integration of community voices into the design, creating a space that meets real needs and population expectations.
- Operators and social workers played a key role in ensuring an inclusive and appropriate experience for the vulnerable and disabled users of the cooperative. Their expertise personalized the project to be accessible to everyone, ensuring active and meaningful participation and a dialogue with users tailored to their individual characteristics.
- The involvement of university researchers has been crucial for the project's monitoring indicator studies, aimed at tracking the changes brought about by the presence of the space at ecological and social levels.
-The architects were responsible for securing, restoring the space, and creating modular structures, ensuring flexibility and adaptability, meeting design requirements, and enabling a wide range of activities, from relaxation and physical activity to training and art.
-The landscape architects designed the greenery, selecting 44 plant species suitable for the context to attract pollinating insects and create a sensory garden, while maintaining a medium-low level of green maintenance manageable by the cooperative users.
-The gardeners were responsible for planting the greenery and managing the garden, providing periodic support for care and maintenance.
- The social designers coordinated and managed participatory activities with the vulnerable users of the cooperative, collecting their needs and requirements. Their involvement allowed for the integration of community voices into the design, creating a space that meets real needs and population expectations.
- Operators and social workers played a key role in ensuring an inclusive and appropriate experience for the vulnerable and disabled users of the cooperative. Their expertise personalized the project to be accessible to everyone, ensuring active and meaningful participation and a dialogue with users tailored to their individual characteristics.
- The involvement of university researchers has been crucial for the project's monitoring indicator studies, aimed at tracking the changes brought about by the presence of the space at ecological and social levels.
Thanks to the support of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation, it was possible to experiment with co-design between different entities: the Non-Profit Organization Graphic Days® in the field of design and the cooperative Il Margine as a social-health and assistance service. The goal was to expand the expertise from the world of design, combining forces to effectively address emerging needs.
- Il Margine allocated resources to the humanistic aspect, leveraging its expertise in the field of social assistance. This allowed for accurate mediation and a thorough understanding of the needs of the most vulnerable users, facilitating dialogue and actively engaging this vulnerable part of the community in a fruitful manner.
- The skillful use of "know-how" and social design was crucial in translating these competencies into concrete solutions, with a direct impact on the well-being of the involved community. This convergence of expertise added value to the design and implementation process, enabling the development of a project that significantly met the community's needs, emphasizing the importance of social inclusion and active user involvement in the design process.
- Il Margine allocated resources to the humanistic aspect, leveraging its expertise in the field of social assistance. This allowed for accurate mediation and a thorough understanding of the needs of the most vulnerable users, facilitating dialogue and actively engaging this vulnerable part of the community in a fruitful manner.
- The skillful use of "know-how" and social design was crucial in translating these competencies into concrete solutions, with a direct impact on the well-being of the involved community. This convergence of expertise added value to the design and implementation process, enabling the development of a project that significantly met the community's needs, emphasizing the importance of social inclusion and active user involvement in the design process.
The project stands out for its innovative character because it not only considers human users but also extends to a plant and animal ecosystem within the urban environment. This inclusive and holistic vision aligns with a perspective of sustainable and systemic design, focused on the well-being of the entire community.
Particularly innovative is the commitment to actively involve people with disabilities in a project designed for the entire citizenry. Involving cooperative users allows them to contribute actively and feel an integral part of the community, enhancing opportunities for integration and normalizing the presence of the cooperative within the local social fabric.
Furthermore, the project offers added value compared to common practices in the field due to its modularity and scalability. The concept of an "urban oasis" represents an original approach that allows adaptation and customization of structures based on the specific needs of each context, integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) such as green corridors, providing an alternative to traditional design approaches thanks to its high degree of customization.
Particularly innovative is the commitment to actively involve people with disabilities in a project designed for the entire citizenry. Involving cooperative users allows them to contribute actively and feel an integral part of the community, enhancing opportunities for integration and normalizing the presence of the cooperative within the local social fabric.
Furthermore, the project offers added value compared to common practices in the field due to its modularity and scalability. The concept of an "urban oasis" represents an original approach that allows adaptation and customization of structures based on the specific needs of each context, integrating nature-based solutions (NBS) such as green corridors, providing an alternative to traditional design approaches thanks to its high degree of customization.
The project's methodological approach is based on the synergistic integration of design thinking, systemic design, and active community engagement, aiming to develop effective, sustainable, and contextually appropriate solutions to meet the real needs of the people involved.
Starting with an in-depth research phase, design thinking is used to immerse into the context and deeply understand the needs and desires of the community. Through interviews, direct observations, and behavioral analysis, specific issues that the project must address are identified, always keeping the user at the center of the design.
Systemic design allows the project to be seen as an integrated system interconnected with its broader context. Interconnections between different elements are assessed, and long-term impacts on people and the environment are understood. Simultaneously, desk research is conducted, analyzing industry studies, best practices, and demographic data to enrich understanding and guide design towards replicable and sustainable solutions.
The key element is active community participation from the early stages. Workshops, public meetings, and co-design sessions are organized to directly involve end-users. A fundamental part of the approach is the project monitoring and evaluation plan, which integrates both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Ecological and social data and indicators are collected, allowing the tracking of project progress over time and making any necessary corrections or improvements. This cycle of monitoring and adjustments continues over time, ensuring that the project remains responsive to the evolving needs of the community.
Starting with an in-depth research phase, design thinking is used to immerse into the context and deeply understand the needs and desires of the community. Through interviews, direct observations, and behavioral analysis, specific issues that the project must address are identified, always keeping the user at the center of the design.
Systemic design allows the project to be seen as an integrated system interconnected with its broader context. Interconnections between different elements are assessed, and long-term impacts on people and the environment are understood. Simultaneously, desk research is conducted, analyzing industry studies, best practices, and demographic data to enrich understanding and guide design towards replicable and sustainable solutions.
The key element is active community participation from the early stages. Workshops, public meetings, and co-design sessions are organized to directly involve end-users. A fundamental part of the approach is the project monitoring and evaluation plan, which integrates both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Ecological and social data and indicators are collected, allowing the tracking of project progress over time and making any necessary corrections or improvements. This cycle of monitoring and adjustments continues over time, ensuring that the project remains responsive to the evolving needs of the community.
The project has significant potential for transferability and replicability in different contexts, beneficiary groups, and locations, thanks to a set of key elements.
- Modularity: The modular nature of the project allows for easy replication based on various economic, spatial, and functional needs. This means that the model can be adapted to conform to the specifics of other places and communities, ensuring flexibility in design and adaptation to different realities.
- Resource Accessibility: The choice of materials and project components, combined with ease of assembly and disassembly, makes resources readily available in different locations. This feature is essential to ensure that the project can be reproduced in other areas without excessive difficulties related to resource procurement and management.
- Participatory Design: Active community involvement in the design and use of spaces makes the project highly replicable but customizable to local needs. The project's flexibility allows for a wide range of functions and the ability to adopt slogans and structure decorations that reflect the specific preferences and identity of the community in which it is replicated.
- Cultural Adaptability: The project's cultural programming, including workshops and initiatives, is highly adaptable and replicable. It can be shaped based on the specificities of each context, ensuring a tailored engagement with the local community. This aspect allows the project to maintain its relevance and appeal in different cultural contexts.
- Modularity: The modular nature of the project allows for easy replication based on various economic, spatial, and functional needs. This means that the model can be adapted to conform to the specifics of other places and communities, ensuring flexibility in design and adaptation to different realities.
- Resource Accessibility: The choice of materials and project components, combined with ease of assembly and disassembly, makes resources readily available in different locations. This feature is essential to ensure that the project can be reproduced in other areas without excessive difficulties related to resource procurement and management.
- Participatory Design: Active community involvement in the design and use of spaces makes the project highly replicable but customizable to local needs. The project's flexibility allows for a wide range of functions and the ability to adopt slogans and structure decorations that reflect the specific preferences and identity of the community in which it is replicated.
- Cultural Adaptability: The project's cultural programming, including workshops and initiatives, is highly adaptable and replicable. It can be shaped based on the specificities of each context, ensuring a tailored engagement with the local community. This aspect allows the project to maintain its relevance and appeal in different cultural contexts.
The Mini Mega Spazio project addresses global challenges in line with Agenda 2030 and goals 11, 12, 13, and 15:
- 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities: The project is committed to making cities and human settlements more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. This goal is achieved through the redevelopment and repurposing of urban spaces, transforming them into places for gathering and activities. It also promotes awareness and education about sustainable approaches to actively engage the local community, improving the quality of life for residents.
- 12, Responsible Consumption and Production: Mini Mega Spazio promotes sustainable models of production and consumption. This is achieved through the choice of materials and the modularity of structures that enable responsible resource use, helping to reduce environmental impacts and tailor project production to specific needs.
- 13, Climate Action: The project takes measures to mitigate climate change through educational and hands-on activities aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues and promoting a more sustainable lifestyle. This includes green care and related training and the distribution of plants to the community. The increase in green corridors within the urban environment contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and fosters biodiversity.
- 15, Life on Land: Mini Mega Spazio promotes biodiversity restoration through targeted urban greening initiatives, choosing nourishing plants to attract pollinating insects. These interventions help improve the quality of the environment and create more livable spaces for the community.
- 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities: The project is committed to making cities and human settlements more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. This goal is achieved through the redevelopment and repurposing of urban spaces, transforming them into places for gathering and activities. It also promotes awareness and education about sustainable approaches to actively engage the local community, improving the quality of life for residents.
- 12, Responsible Consumption and Production: Mini Mega Spazio promotes sustainable models of production and consumption. This is achieved through the choice of materials and the modularity of structures that enable responsible resource use, helping to reduce environmental impacts and tailor project production to specific needs.
- 13, Climate Action: The project takes measures to mitigate climate change through educational and hands-on activities aimed at raising awareness about environmental issues and promoting a more sustainable lifestyle. This includes green care and related training and the distribution of plants to the community. The increase in green corridors within the urban environment contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and fosters biodiversity.
- 15, Life on Land: Mini Mega Spazio promotes biodiversity restoration through targeted urban greening initiatives, choosing nourishing plants to attract pollinating insects. These interventions help improve the quality of the environment and create more livable spaces for the community.
Monitoring and Evaluation: We established an 18-indicator monitoring plan and qualitative evaluation tools. This has allowed us to track ecological and social changes resulting from the presence of our space. We've recorded more than 200 external participants from various cooperatives, 25 cooperative users, and 10 staff members involved in five initiatives.
Community Engagement and Space Utilization: Through workshops and events, our project has successfully increased local community participation and interest in Margine's activities. A variety of events, including outdoor gyms, hortotherapy, writing therapy, exhibitions, and tailoring, have attracted a broader audience, enhancing community space utilization.
Knowledge Creation and Sharing: Our training and artistic initiatives have promoted the creation and sharing of knowledge among both internal and external users. These activities have sparked meaningful discussions, notably in hortotherapy and writing therapy workshops, fostering awareness of pertinent topics and the development of shared understandings.
Green Management and Ecological Corridors: Our efforts in green management have significantly impacted the vegetation within our space. The daily care and maintenance of the vegetation by cooperative users, along with the distribution of 200 seedlings to the community, have led to the development of ecological corridors. This has promoted biodiversity and improved the overall environmental quality, witnessed by plant flowering and an increased presence of pollinating insects.
In terms of beneficiaries, the project has directly benefited the residents of the neighborhood, approximately 10,000 in the Borgata Lesna area, and the 42 cooperative users. They've actively engaged in activities and enjoyed an environment that was previously absent. Indirectly, the broader city community has also benefited, experiencing cultural and environmental enrichment that contributes to a more inclusive and sustainable city.
Community Engagement and Space Utilization: Through workshops and events, our project has successfully increased local community participation and interest in Margine's activities. A variety of events, including outdoor gyms, hortotherapy, writing therapy, exhibitions, and tailoring, have attracted a broader audience, enhancing community space utilization.
Knowledge Creation and Sharing: Our training and artistic initiatives have promoted the creation and sharing of knowledge among both internal and external users. These activities have sparked meaningful discussions, notably in hortotherapy and writing therapy workshops, fostering awareness of pertinent topics and the development of shared understandings.
Green Management and Ecological Corridors: Our efforts in green management have significantly impacted the vegetation within our space. The daily care and maintenance of the vegetation by cooperative users, along with the distribution of 200 seedlings to the community, have led to the development of ecological corridors. This has promoted biodiversity and improved the overall environmental quality, witnessed by plant flowering and an increased presence of pollinating insects.
In terms of beneficiaries, the project has directly benefited the residents of the neighborhood, approximately 10,000 in the Borgata Lesna area, and the 42 cooperative users. They've actively engaged in activities and enjoyed an environment that was previously absent. Indirectly, the broader city community has also benefited, experiencing cultural and environmental enrichment that contributes to a more inclusive and sustainable city.
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