The Presentation from a conference in Wrocław about the method of Polish Fundation DIY FIX THE CITY.

1. DIY FIX THE CITY
‘NAPRAW SOBIE MIASTO’ FOUNDATION IN KATOWICE

2. LOCAL COMMUNITYPUBLIC SPACE
ARCHITECTURE

3. PAWEL JAWORSKI
BACKGROUND:
MA in Philosophy (2009)
MSc in Architecture and Urban Design (2007)
FIELDS OF INTEREST:
- city planning (city office),
- community and advocacy planning (NGO),
- spatial data analysis and education (municipal institution of culture),
- urban theory and journalism (magazine devoted to a cultural
phenomena of space, collective + blog).

4. method
3-STEP PROCESS
urban analysis
participatory diagnosis > design workshop > feedback
management
SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL GOALS
- to encourage social integration
- to empower local leadership
- to define common ideas for a public space
SOCIAL AND ARCHITECTURAL ‘PRODUCTS’
S/ local management group
A/ urban design guidelines or projects

5. 2011 / backyard of a tenement in the inner city of Elk
social integration + tackling social exclusion of council flat tenants
analysis of this process as a case study (in Polish):
2012 / Autoportret Partycypacja i partycypacja 2[37]/2012, Malopolska Institute of Culture in Cracow
2014 / Praca środowiskowa w Polsce – tradycja i teraźniejszość, Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw

8. 2012 / green area of a housing estate in Ligota - district of Katowice
social integration

10. 2013 / park in Bogucice – district of Katowice
advocacy planning in a community organizing process (ECON method)

12. 2014 / Klodnica River Valley in Katowice
official public consultation process
Reinforcement of a Public Consultation Process in Katowice – European Social Found project
partnership of The City Katowice Office and Bona Fides Association

14. 2014 / green area of a housing estate in the inner city of Katowice
official public consultation process
partnership of inhabitants of the inner city district, The City Katowice Office, ‘Napraw Sobie
Miasto’ Foundation and Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice

15. participatory diagnosis of spatial problems

16. one of design ideas prepared after a workshop

17. contexts of use
- supporting local groups in Participatory Budget
process and Local Initiative Program
- providing a ‘community input’ to particular urban
and architectural projects (municipal or private)
- supplementing community organising tools
- solving local space conflicts
- …