1. MET Workshop
Ex-airports as metropolitan commons
2016.transmediale.de Anxious to Act
Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greece nanastasopoulos@arch.ntua.gr
themetworkshop.wordpress.com
urbandispositions@gmail.com
2. 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 openness
privatization or public space.
4. 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 of
communication. It is not a hardware device, but a logical construct that identifies a service or
process.
Definitions for both terms found in Wikipedia
5. Airports share some common infrastructures:
runways, control towers, hangars, etc. It is a kind of common language developed over
time to serve the normal functions of an airport.
Former airports are equipped with this legacy and challenge which might be perceived
as an invitation to examine the types of social infrastructure, and the technical, legal
and operational standards as a platform for something new. Former airports need to
be 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.
10. 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.
11. 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?
13. The alterglobalisation movement is a well-known example of the P2P ethos at work
in the political field.
The movement sees itself as a network of networks that combines players from a
wide variety of fields and opinions , who, despite the fact that they do no see eye to
eye on every aspect, manage to unite around a common platform of action around
certain key events. They are able to mobilize vast numbers of people from every
continent, without having at their disposal any of the traditional newsmedia, such
as televisions, radios or newspapers. Rather, they rely almost exclusively on the P2P
technologies described above.
The P2P Foundation
19. 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
20. Ecosystems and networks
Quito Berlin
Urbanists
Citizens
Students
Activists
Architects
Athens
Local communities
P2P
Legal
24. Thank you!
The MET Workshop
Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greece
nanastasopoulos@arch.ntua.gr
Themetworkshop.wordpress.com
