slo.li.brussel' house
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Project Description
slo.li.brussels will be the heart - and the representative place - of slow lifestyle & consumption of the city where it will set up. (First version : in the capital of Europe). The space will be design and furnished as a home. You will be able to buy all what you see. In each room you will fin the products (eg : cosmetics), the services (haidresser, beautician, ..) and the events (how to create your own natural cosmetic) in order to help you toward your slow lifestyle journey
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Urban or rural issues
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Summary
slo.li.brussels' house will be the best representing mall of the belgian slow lifestyle. It will be so for each mall in each country.
Example : slo.li.paris
It will be the best represeting mall of the french slow lifestyle
The place will be designed and furnished as a huge home. All the rooms of the house will be represented. In all of them, you will find : the products, the services and the agenda of the events & workshops related to this room in order to evolve to a more slow lifestyle and consumption.
Example : Garage
- Product : car sharing, bike, scooter, etc.
- Services : car sharing desk in order to help you subscribe to the annual membership or provide you informations
- Events & Workshops : how to fix your bike's wheel
All the products, services and events & workshops will be selected based on 3 main criterias :
- sustainability : it needs to be eco-build and help you towards a more slow lifestyle & consumption
- well being : it needs to be gentle for the planet, the people and the other living beings
- aesthetics : it has to have a contemporary, minimalist & warm style
As this place will be the heart of slow lifestyle, it will also be a place where people coming out of a depression or a burn out will be able to come back slowly to work. It will be a place where these people could participate to a project, gain self esteem and self confidence, learn about themselves : what they want to do, what they can do, etc. It will be a place for professional reintegration.
The goal of the project is to offer a place where people can
- take time to enjoy the present moment by themselves or with other people
- get information in order to evolve toward a more slow lifestyle & consumption
- find product, services and events toward a more slow lifestyle & consumption
Key objectives for sustainability
- eco-designed objects selected
- a place where you could leave trash to be upcycled : fabrics, furniture, etc.
- slow services selected : firms that includes sustainability in their management, company, working process etc.
- workshops & events that will talk, educate & raise awareness about slow lifestyle & consumption
- to the building where the mall will be in a positive energy building
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
- Aesthetics : The mall wille be furnished and interior design as a huge home : each room of the house will be represented : parents bedroom, teenager bedroom, baby bedroom, etc.
- Quality of experience : You will wander between all the rooms and discover how your house could look like in a contemporary and sustainable way.
Key objectives for inclusion
- Universal design : the whole project will be thought and build in order to be the more user friendly possible
- Accessibility : the place will be design to give access to people with reduced mobility
- Affordability : as a wide range of different ways to consume will be presented, a wide range of prices will be possible. Example : second hand vs eco-designed products.
- inclusion : this mall will be a place for professional reintegration (people going out of depression & burn out)
Physical or other transformations
Innovative character
Inclusion & aesthetics and quality of experience are used in order to facilitate and make people want to move towards a more sustainable lifestyle. (environmental sustainability).
