re-examining global ports panel presentation: the met workshop
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MET Workshop
Ex-airports as metropolitan commons
2016.transmediale.de Anxious to Act
Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greece [email protected]
themetworkshop.wordpress.com
Mariscal Sucre, QuitoElliniko, AthensTempelhof, Berlin
Three case studies
In the center of the urban fabric In a transient and uncertain period,between scenarios of development or opennessprivatization or public space.
http://commonstransition.org/
http://commonstransition.org/http://mappingthecommons.net/es/quito/
http://floksociety.org/
portAir-Α location on a coast or shore where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land.
In computing a port serves as an endpoint in an operating system for many types ofcommunication. It is not a hardware device, but a logical construct that identifies a service orprocess.
Definitions for both terms found in Wikipedia
Airports share some common infrastructures:
runways, control towers, hangars, etc. It is a kind of common language developed overtime to serve the normal functions of an airport.
Former airports are equipped with this legacy and challenge which might be perceivedas an invitation to examine the types of social infrastructure, and the technical, legaland operational standards as a platform for something new. Former airports need tobe seen as ports of ideas, social innovation and visions for the futures of their cities.
And this could perhaps be conceived by the citizens themselves.
[air]-ports
and
the futures of cities
Parque Bicentenario Former airport Mariscal Sucre, 2014
Former airport Elliniko, 2014
Former airport Tempelhof-Berlin, 2014
Peer-to-peer culture
Peer-to-peer production has emerged as a vibrant human activity
challenging borders, enclosures, national and class divisions.
Peer-to-peer culture holds the potential for a change of
consciousness towards individual and networked participation
and for a paradigm shift in community and society structure.
Can three disparate groups in three different locations collaborate, discuss, share, invent and propose a unifying theme under local similar dilemmas?
Research questions and
working hypotheses
commonprivate public
Can former airports be regarded as metropolitan commons?
Mariscal Sucre, Quito
201520131960
Elliniko, Athens
1938 20011941 19931945
Three airports timeline
Tempelhof, Berlin
1923 2008
20
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1936
The alterglobalisation movement is a well-known example of the P2P ethos at workin the political field.
The movement sees itself as a network of networks that combines players from awide variety of fields and opinions , who, despite the fact that they do no see eye toeye on every aspect, manage to unite around a common platform of action aroundcertain key events. They are able to mobilize vast numbers of people from everycontinent, without having at their disposal any of the traditional newsmedia, suchas televisions, radios or newspapers. Rather, they rely almost exclusively on the P2Ptechnologies described above.
The P2P Foundation
Flows and Openess
Enclosures
Dilemma #1
Globalization era:
vs
Geopolitical
imbalances
Dilemma #2
vs
Peer-to-peer
Scale, culture and
history
Dilemma #3
vs
Peer-to-peer
Private/Public
the Commons
Dilemma #4
vs
Participatory
citizenship
Top-down planning
Dilemma #5
vs
Governance research Participatory design research Social process research
Coordination hub at the local and the transnational level
The METropolitan Commons Workshop
Mariscal Sucre, Quito Elliniko, Athens
Tempelhof, Berlin
Ecosystems and networks
QuitoBerlin
UrbanistsCitizens
Students
Activists
Architects
Athens
Local communities
P2P
Legal
2&3 September 20015
Quito MET
Workshop
1&2 November 20015
Athens MET
Workshop
2 February 20016
Berlin MET
Workshop
Thank you!
The MET Workshop
Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Themetworkshop.wordpress.com