Architectural Democracy

Architectural Democracy with the Latvian Urban Institute

On Saturday 18th May 2019, from 12:00-17:00 PM, I lectured on Architectural Democracy at the "Encouraging Participatory Activities by Ar...

Cost comparison between renovation & new built

In building new or renovating an old building, costs are usually the decisive point, but costs for whom? Here some considerations about i...

Architectural Democracy Tour in Nepal 2019

1st, it is common practice in Nepal that all sectors in the construction industry take bribes. The stake is around 20 percent.

ArcDem & Gamified Cohousing in China

Gamified Cohousing and Architectural Democracy will be a theme at the UMotion Camp in China, in July. I was invited there as a keynote sp...

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What do we do

Our partners and clients are developers, infrastructure consultants, universities, associations
Our usual moment of entry is around some kind of tension or gap between the goal of the developer or city and the residents or users
While we have a client, we also represent the users. In that sense we always have two clients. we guarantee neutrality via transparency not via an utopic equal representation of all stakeholders.
Our motto is, engage first, then create. Ours is a creative role informed by insights and planning
We create and implement large-scale interventions and engagements
1. To gather independent insight we design qualitative, quantitative, door-to-door, engagement-research
2. We stratify audiences -- some matter more than others
3. We design plans around learning engagement - experiences that bring parties together to learn about each other
4. We create Installations, exhibits, films, gamification, and interventions, events around these
We develop apps/ experiences that make the invisible visible
We orchestrate political intervention/ lobbying

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