With this new publication, which follows the first hanbook on alternatives and approaches to the regulation of temporary uses at regional and urban level, the number of good practices shared by the project rises to 15, all based on the experience of the cities and regions involved: the city of Riga, the Tuscany Region, the Mazowieckie Region, the city of Lille, Bucharest-Ilfov and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

Among the experiences, some of which we got to know closely in interesting study visits, we find initiatives such as:

• The gardens of the Riga sports hall, where a former sports centre was transformed into urban gardens and cultural spaces, involving more than 150 residents;
• The regulation on temporary uses in Borgo San Lorenzo, which thanks to the participatory processes ‘Borgo Prossima’ and ‘Spazi ai Giovani’ introduced operational guidelines and a model convention for projects of up to eight years;
• the ‘Housing for Renovation’ programme implemented by the Polish city of Zyrardow, an initiative aimed at providing affordable housing, upgrading the existing housing stock and fostering integration and social cohesion;
• the temporary occupation of the Convent of the Poor Clares in Roubaix, which began in 2019 with a project that reactivated the site through activities and workshops.
• The procedural requirements for the conclusion of contracts for the temporary use of public spaces in Romania;
• The urban gardens of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a project that aims to reuse abandoned areas for recreational, ecological and social purposes, through the renaturalisation of urban space and the creation of green areas and infrastructures to encourage interaction between citizens.

Each case is presented for resources used, evidence of success and potential for learning and transferability. The handbook is aimed at all those who wish to learn more about the potential of temporary uses as a lever for sustainable and inclusive urban development, and in particular cities and regions wishing to improve policies for sustainable development plans by considering temporary uses for abandoned or underused spaces to be regenerated.

L'articolo 15 good practices to improve European policies on temporary uses proviene da LAMA.

At the same time, the importance of collective intelligence is evident in these dramatic days. Our collective action we are implementing to stem the spread of COVID-19 is a form of collective intelligence, which can be supported in its action by the tools of artificial intelligence and the analysis of big data. LAMA took part in the study “The Future of Minds and Machines: How artificial intelligence can enhance collective intelligence” promoted by NESTA UK, by analysing the literature on the topic, interviewing some of the most important international experts on these issues, and mapping international case studies, investigating the relationship between AI and collective intelligence, looking for answers and perspectives from already existing examples all over the world.

In many of the examined cases, technologies reinforce and positively amplify collaboration between people, through the ability of AI to analyse language (Natural Language Processing and semantic analysis), images (Computer Vision), and a wide range of structured data.

An example is OneSoil, an application that uses satellite data to allow farmers’ communities to monitor in real time some relevant characteristics of their land, in order to predict their productivity, anticipate the spread of diseases and plan their activities efficiently. Dataminr instead helps to intercept and categorize content posted by people on social media and allows organizations all over the world to monitor in real time the occurrence of international crises and to intervene effectively.

A total of 20 case studies have been analysed and presented, categorized by the way in which the different cognitive functions of AI allow the extension of human intelligence, from perception to decision making, as well as enhancing creativity and learning capacity, like a series of new plug-ins which can be installed on our human processors.

The full report with a specific in-depth analysis of the 20 international cases to understand concretely how artificial intelligence can help us to adopt collective solutions to systemic, complex and increasingly global problems can be found at the link below.

Full Report.

L'articolo Artificial intelligence: a global tool for a global community proviene da LAMA.

This is the change of perspective contained within the “Care that changes” report, promoted by Nesta Italia and produced in collaboration with LAMA, Wemake, and with the support of Unicredit.

The demographic and epidemiological dynamics in Italy (with an aging population and the spread of chronic illnesses) are placing rapidly increasing demands on the health sector, and at the same time transforming people’s needs, which require greater continuity, personalisation and integration of services, and call for greater attention to the relational and “human” side of assistance. Furthermore, the constant increase in health inequality highlights the scale of the challenge in relation to the equity of prevention and treatment systems.

Collaborative health has been proposed as an innovative new paradigm, able to offer systemic solutions, not solely focusing on the transformation of services (new technologies, organisational models, etc.) but also on patient empowerment and community action.

The report maps out the Italian collaborative health initiatives in three key areas:

• App&Device, for experiences of empowerment and collaboration aided by technologies;
• People&Community, for innovations that leverage relationships, collaboration and communities;
• Open Care, for solutions based on co-planning and open innovation.

Click HERE to download the report

L'articolo Care that changes proviene da LAMA.