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Meet the founders of the firsts Fab City Hubs on-the-making in Europe! Fab City Hub Voices is a series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating productive and creative hubs, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. After getting to know some of the references in Europe, we continue with new sessions with which we aim to improve understanding of what a Fab City Hub is, and how it could be implemented. To do this we will talk directly with the protagonists of the nine pilot projects being implemented in nine cities as part of the European consortium CENTRINNO. Through these meetings we aim to highlight the difficulties and challenges faced by the promoters of these spaces, but also the progress they propose for the territorial ecosystem along 5 main lines: Circular Economy, Social Inclusion, Vocational Training and Heritage. Roberto Vdovic is an architect, researcher, educator and entrepreneur. He holds a Master’s degree in…

Meet the founders of the firsts Fab City Hubs on-the-making in Europe! Fab City Hub Voices is a series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating productive and creative hubs, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. After getting to know some of the references in Europe, we continue with new sessions with which we aim to improve understanding of what a Fab City Hub is, and how it could be implemented. To do this we will talk directly with the protagonists of the nine pilot projects being implemented in nine cities as part of the European consortium CENTRINNO. Through these meetings we aim to highlight the difficulties and challenges faced by the promoters of these spaces, but also the progress they propose for the territorial ecosystem along 5 main lines: Circular Economy, Social Inclusion, Vocational Training and Heritage. The Copenhagen pilot is a mixed residential and business area located in the north western part of Copenhagen.…

Europe is full of heritage sites that silently claim a new life, especially in rural and remote areas. Who does not know at least one of those? It could be that castle in the middle of nowhere or that ancient mansion in the village where you were born. It is common to dream about what they could become if revitalised, but often the dream quickly crashes with a lack of vision, maybe a poor community engagement, or simply because “this is not in a big city so nobody cares”. But what if those remote, rural locations had the potential to become the cradle to grow solutions to our most important challenges as humanity? What if we needed to step back from the chaos of our cities to reinvent the way we live? In this webinar, you will discover the incredible story of Villa Buonaccorsi, a neglected 5 hectares Villa of the XVI century with one of the most important baroque gardens in Italy, located in an underrated rural region of central Italy. In a roundtable format, local citizens and international experts will…

Fab City Hub Voices is a series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating productive and creative hubs, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. After getting to know some of the references in Europe, we continue with new sessions with which we aim to improve understanding of what a Fab City Hub is, and how it could be implemented. To do this we will talk directly with the protagonists of the nine pilot projects being implemented in nine cities as part of the European consortium CENTRINNO. Through these meetings we aim to highlight the difficulties and challenges faced by the promoters of these spaces, but also the progress they propose for the territorial ecosystem along 5 main lines: Circular Economy, Social Inclusion, Vocational Training and Heritage. Speaker: Vincent Guimas Vincent Guimas is an urban designer and maker, specializing in manufacturing environments. Director of the design agency Ars Longa, he is also a teacher at…

Meet the founders and protagonists of the most remarkable Creative and Productive Hubs in Europe. A series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating such projects, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. This episode is produced by Volumes within the European Project CENTRINNO. In Milan, there is one of nine pilot projects being developed by the Centrinno consortium. The Milan pilot is establishing an open manufacturing programme that will increase the cross-fertilization between makers, designers, artisans, SMEs and institutions with the objective to support digital innovation processes. The idea behind the pilot is to create a new culture of manufacturing focused on shorter product cycles, as well as providing new assets, resources and circular economy networks mainly in the area of fashion and design. Special Guest: Zoe Romano, a craftivist, digital strategist and lecturer focused on social innovation, smart textiles and open…

Bonjour et bienvenue à It Speaks Volumes, une recherche sur le monde des économies alternatives en devenir. Je suis Domenico Di Siena, et au cours de ce podcast, nous allons faire connaissance avec des personnes inspirantes de la communauté VOLUMES, des personnes issues de domaines très différents, des créateurs, des innovateurs, des amis ou de parfaits inconnus. Aujourd'hui, et au cours de ce deuxième cycle de notre podcast, nous allons parler de Foodlab. Pour cet épisode de It Speaks Volumes, j'ai invité Sara Godberg. Sarah Goldberg : Ancienne directrice artistique, entrepreneuse, curieuse, touche à tout et adepte des lieux collaboratifs, elle partage sa vie aujourd’hui entre Paris (75) où elle dirige l’association Foodlab - un lieu de rencontres autour de l’alimentation alternatif et durable - et le Puy Notre Dame (49) où elle monte Les Barques, un espace d’alimentation Culturelle en milieu rurale, dans une ancienne maison de Chanoines.

What is a hub? #tierslieux So here we are, everyone talks about hubs. Especially in France, but not only, everyone is talking about hubs using the expression tiers-lieux (third places). Institutions, companies, and real estate operators use those words to convey a message of social progress, inclusivity, collaboration, reuse of materials, sharing of resources, resilient models of governance, etc... To make some order and bring some clarity, for the first cycle of the podcast It speaks VOLUMES, we met real people behind such hubs, and shared their real stories. During 3 months, Domenico Di Siena, trained architect and civic designer, co-founder of Volumes, met and discussed with creative and productive hubs people, and unravelled how difficult it is to actually find a place to make a hub come to life, how challenging it is sometimes to convince investors or landlords, but also observed how central is the community behind the project to make it happen! This podcast is a curated selection of the best quotes,…

Meet the founders and protagonists of the most remarkable Creative and Productive Hubs in Europe. A series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating such projects, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. This episode is produced by Volumes within the European Project CENTRINNO. Marcos García (@marcosgcm) works in the field of citizen laboratories. Between 2003 and 2021 he worked at Medialab Prado. Between 2004 and 2006 he was responsible for the educational and mediation program of MediaLabMadrid together with Laura Fernández, where they promoted the Interactivos? project, a collaborative prototyping workshop format that served as the basis for the development of Medialab Prado and its citizen laboratories methodology. Between 2007 and 2014 he was responsible for the cultural program of Medialab Prado together with Laura Fernández, and between 2014 and 2021 its director.

Meet the founders of the most remarkable Creative and Productive Hubs in Europe. A series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating such projects, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. This episode is produced by Volumes within the European Project CENTRINNO. Tessa Moroder, together with her sister Arianna, is the founder of Lottozero / textile laboratories, a center for textile design, art and culture with an open lab for textile production, experimentation and research, in Prato Italy. After graduating in economics, statistics and social sciences, at Bocconi University in Milan, she worked as a business consultant in various sectors (automotive, wine, television) and then worked as the CFO of a cultural communications company. Lottozero is a center for textile design, art and culture based in Prato, Italy. It operates both as a consultancy studio and as a creative hub, divided into a gallery/exhibition area, a shared studio…

Meet the founders of the most remarkable Creative and Productive Hubs in Europe: #FabCityHubVoices, a series of webinars to learn about the challenges involved in activating such projects, but also to understand all the opportunities they open up for the local innovation ecosystem. This podcast is produced by Volumes within the European Project CENTRINNO. Tomas Diez is a Venezuelan Urbanist who specializes in digital fabrication and its implications in future cities and society. He is the co-founder and director of Fab Lab Barcelona at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) and is a founding partner of the Fab City Global Initiative. He is also the director of the Master in Design for Emergent Futures at IAAC, as well as a founding partner of the Meaningful Design Group. Fab Lab Barcelona, located at IAAC, provides access to the tools, knowledge and means to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication to allow anyone to make (almost) anything. We create the…

Ciao e benvenuti a It Speaks Volumes, un podcast dedicato alla ricerca e comprensione di nuovi modelli economici e sociali in grado di generare impatto positivo. Io sono Domenico Di Siena, e durante questo podcast conosceremo persone ispiratrici della comunità VOLUMES e le loro storie, persone provenienti da molti campi diversi, creatori, innovatori, amici o completi sconosciuti. Oggi, e durante questo primo ciclo del nostro podcast, parliamo di Hub creativi e produttivi. In questo quarto episodio ho il piacere di fare una chiacchierata con la mia amica Silvia Tagliazucchi Silvia Tagliazucchi è ricercatrice, architetto, civic designer, project e community manager Dottore di ricerca in Morfologia Urbana. Membro attivo della comunità internazionale di CivicWise, continua la sua ricerca attraverso il collettivo artistico Amigdala e l’associazione CivicWise Italia. Attualmente coninvolta nelle attività che danno vita alla Fabbrica Civica OvestLab al Villaggio Artigiano di Modena Ovest. Prosegue la sua…

Hello and welcome to It Speaks Volumes, a search for words of alternative economies in the making. I am Domenico Di Siena, and during this podcast we will be getting to know inspiring people from the VOLUMES community and their stories, people from lots of different fields, creators, innovators, friends or complete strangers, Today, and during this first cycle of our podcast, we are talking about Creative and productive Hubs. Four this third episode of It Speaks Volumes today I have invited Julia Varela, social innovator from Spain. Julia Varela, executive with more than 10 years’ experience in entrepreneurship, social innovation, teaching and cultural affairs. Creative, worldly, enterprising and determined, with great negotiation, leadership and team management skills, as well as experience in project management and ability to adapt to diverse environments and stakeholders. Working experience in several international projects, expert in creativity and design thinking methodologies. She is cofounder of…

Hello and welcome to our VOLUMES podcast, It Speaks VOLUMES. I am Domenico Di Siena, co-founder of VOLUMES, here to share with you our search, our search for words of alternative economies in the making. Here at VOLUMES, we have been navigating for years the field of circular economy and innovation in Paris and Europe. We saw it fast growing into a full-blown culture, but a culture that is still hard to define. With us, you’ll get a head start on what makes the economy of tomorrow, but be sure that this, is not a business-only podcast. It is mainly a podcast about people really, inspiring people from our community. Creators and innovators, friends or complete strangers, people we already know well or people we wish to know better... What our guests have in common is that they all question the way we work, the way we consume, we travel... Our everyday life. They accepted to share with us their journey, their thoughts, their passion but also their struggles, to define and maintain their action. An action that…

The search for words of alternative economies in the making Domenico Di Siena speaks with creators and users of fablabs, coworking spaces, collaborative farms or hybrid art and craft centers throughout Europe... About the alternatives they are offering to our everyday practices, in every aspect of our life. Sharing their personal journey, struggle and research, they take time to reflect and try to find the expressions that define an alternative culture in the making. With the first pilot episode, we speak with Francesco Cingolani, Architect interested in creating social places through communities and technology. Co-founder and Director of innovation laboratory Volumes, initiator of VILLAE NGO to bring back Villa Buonaccorsi to the commons.