LED2LEAP 2021 - Nitra Team 1
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| Area | Klokočina, Chrenová | |
| Place | Nitra | |
| Country | Slovakia | |
| Topics | Community gardens, Sustainability | |
| Author(s) | Silvia Smoláriková, Tímea Žolobaničová, Anna Kulperová, Adelina Belinská, Ibolya Bödör, Klaudia Dočekalová, Zuzana Vinczeová | |
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Landscape Democracy Rationale
Phase A: Mapping Your Community
Welcome to Your Community and Their Landscape
- Our mapping area & living lab is situated in Nitra which is in western Slovakia at the foot of Zobor mountain in the Nitra River valley and also in the Danubian Lowland. The city is divided into 13 urban districts and Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia the polulation is about 78. 000 in the picture we can see the whole city also the 2 choosen residential quarter areas Klokočina- the biggest one, and Chrenová. As I mentioned Nitra lies between lowlands and highlands, mainly arable lands are around the city. The city is divided with the river Nitra-which is also an ecological corridor. In fact Nitra is the greenest Slovak city- there is 140 m2 of urban green space per inhabitant. from the whole are of the city urban green areas takes 2,75 % - which are mainly city parks and forests are about 16,41 % belongs here the landscape protected areas as Ponitrie and Dvorčiansky les.
These residential quarters KLOKOČINA and CHRENOVÁ were built as prefabricated blocks of flats in the 70s and 90s of the 20th century. Inner spaces of the blocks of flats are filled with greenery and some artwork of sculptors and it was supposed to serve as sport and relax areas but this function is degradating.
Socio-economic prosperity is mostly concentrated in the city center of Nitra but there are some spots in residential quarters such as shopping center, restaurants and bars concentrated in few spots and there are also some socio-economic events such as exhibitions in Agrokomplex and Botanical garden, market festival or sport events.
Location of Urban Residential quarters
Socio-ekonomic charakteristic
Residential quarter CHRENOVÁ (source:shorturl.at/rNOPU)
Groups of Actors and Stakeholders in Your Community
- The main social groups living in the settlement are families, seniors, children, students and workers. They include several groups with common interests or background. Smaller but not less important are etnic groups.
- Stakeholders are an integral part of the urban scene and community and have the power to influence urban landscape and therefore also peoples lives.
Actors & groups in Urban Residential quarters
Relationships Between Your Actors and Groups
- Concerning needs and aspirations we defined three basic pillars for designing the city and urban spaces. These are: community and wellbeing, sustainability, and main topic of our seminar, Landscape and democracy.
- Esstential needs and quality life in the city are centered around these premises, they are already secured in some extent and form: Basic needs are economic, social, public services and safety for everyone. Following needs are: culture and events, recreational possibilities, inclusivity, in the name of sustainability: healthy environment, public transportation system and cycling path system. Others connected to landscape and democracy are quality public spaces, accesible nature and green infrastructure in the city.
- As main aspirations for future plannig we percieve: livable neighbourhood for people in residential quarters, bringing life and function to forgotten places, mostly inner-block spaces, ... important aspirations are also: inclusivity, community and fellowship, bringing people together to share knowledge and values between groups and generations.
In designing, we would also like to implement and consider cultivation gene, which is important to people in Nitra region.
- The integration and organisation of communities is the biggest challenge in urban settlement Chrenová and Klokočina in the city of Nitra and this challenge is caused by atomised society or community. These challenges are closly linked to the problems such as „Who is the community?“ There is a lack of healthy dialogues between individual groups wheather those who have the power or those who are impacted and also between themselves. There are also community activities and public parks that are missing.
The city of Nitra considers sustainability to be the most important as a problem solution and recognize 3 main pillars: Seed, grow and sustain which means that in everything we participate in we have a certain part of responsibilities for maintaining what we have sown.
Needs and aspirations of local resiadential communities
Main problems
Summary of Your Learnings from the Transnational Discussion Panel
- Discussion with students from different countries and universities offered us various perspectives on communities and how important it is to know our community. Cooperate with the inhabitants and know the problems and interests directly from them. The presentations of other students were also very inspiring and will help us to improve our futher analyzes.
Theory Reflection
• Editors Shelley Egoz, Karsten Jørgensen, Deni Ruggeri (2018): Defining Landscape Democracy (introductory chapter)
Common characteristics of landscape democracy: citizen participation in decision-making and a bottom-up process. While each situation has to be handled according to specific social and cultural manners, the underlying doctrine must remain social equality. Langhorst argues that various systems of neo-liberal restructuring are threatening democracy. He proposes adopting the concept of ‘assemblage’ and operating in fluid environments with various human and non-human actors that intersect and interact’.
• Wilson, Barbara (2020): Disorientation as a Learning Objective
The main purpose of this article was to point out the existence of white racism against black people, and show how it can impact on planning practice on the example of Friendship Court in Charlottesville, VA.
• LED Team (2019):Landscape Education for Democracy (Chapters 1-3, InBo Special Issue)
- Right to the city – right to landscape
- Participation must become more than just a technique but an ethical stance towards greater ecological democracy in landscape change
- Landscape architects must create new ways to make participation both more effective, meaningful and engaging
- Democratic transformation requires design and planning practitioners to partner with communities - recognize social groups, landscape injustice
• Hester, Randolph (2006): Design for Ecological Democracy
- Local desicion making and future habitation should be designed from GRASROOT LEVEL through direct participation actions implementing local wisdom, attachement to place, networks of interconnection and ecological thinking
- Local design in context of external forces and ramification
- Direct democracy and applied ecology as a foundation for better cities and sustainable future
• Schneidewind, Uwe et al (2016): Pledge for a Transformative Science - A conceptual framework
Transformative Science as a paradigmatic, institutional and methodological reform program. Also a self-reflexive program for further developing science, by critically questioning and reflecting on its own role in societal transformation processes.
Brief Statements from Readings
View to the Nitra River
References
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Phase B: Democratic Landscape Analysis and Assessment
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Phase C: Collaborative Visioning and Goal Setting
The Scene in Your Story of Visioning
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The Actors in Your Story of Visioning
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The Story of Visioning
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Reflect on Your Story of Visioning
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Phase D: Collaborative Design, Transformation and Planning
Your Prototyping Action
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The Evolution of Your Prototyping Action
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The Plan Behind Your Prototyping Action
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The Realization of Your Prototyping Action
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Reflect on Your Prototyping Action
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Phase E: Collaborative Evaluation and Future Agendas
Collaborative Evaluation and Landscape Democracy Reflection
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The Actors in your Collaborative Evaluation
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Reflection on the Online Seminar
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Reflection on the Living Lab Process
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Your Living Lab Code of Conduct
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Process Reflection
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