MET WorkshopEx-airports as metropolitan commons

1st IASC Thematic Conference on the

URBAN COMMONSBologna, November 6, 2015

Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greecenanastasopoulos@arch.ntua.gr

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. (as described for both this terms in Wikipedia)

All 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 ofan airport. The former airports are equipped with this legacy and challenge which isperceived as an invitation to examine the types of social infrastructure, and thetechnical, legal and operational standards an a platform for something new. Thisworkshop presents the ex-airports as ports of ideas, social innovation centers andproduction centers of visions for the futures of the city, as this could perhaps beconceived by the citizens themselves.

Mariscal Sucre, QuitoElliniko, AthensTempelhof, Berlin

The three cases (Mariscal Sucre / Quito, Elliniko / Athens and Tempelhof / Berlin) have common features and a particular interest in relation to the future of cities:

In the center of the urban fabric of today due to urban sprawl and a transient and uncertain period, which have been experiencing regressions between scenarios of privatization or public space.

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commonprivate public

Urban commons: a hybrid category

Former airports as metropolitan commons Hypothesis 1

In search for a definition for the Metropolitan commons

Mariscal Sucre, Κίτο

201520131960

Ελληνικό, Αθήνα

1938 20011941 19931945

Tempelhof, Βερολίνο1923 2007

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Three airports timeline

Commons

Private

Public

Participation

Maintenance

Decision-making

Commoning index

Mariscal Sucre, Quito

20152013

Elliniko, Athens

20011993

Tempelhof, Berlin2007

2014

Commoning index in the former airports

Participation

Maintenance

Decision-making

Parque BicentenarioFormer airportMariscal Sucre, 2014

Former airportElliniko, 2014

Former airportTempelhof-Berlin, 2014

Recent news on the three former airports

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Aeropuerto de Tempelhof en Berlín puede convertirse en "el mayor refugio de refugiados 'de Alemania

Date 27.08.2015

Miles de católicos han llegado al parque Bicentenario para la misa del Papahttp://www.eltiempo.com.ec Date 07.07.2015

Necesita ser asignado 12 acres en el antiguo aeropuerto griego para la gestión de desechoshttp://news247.gr

Date 03.06.2015

Can three disparate groups in three different locations to collaborate, discuss, share,invent and propose a unifying theme under Local similar dilemmas?

Research questions and working hypotheses

P2P practices regarding urban commons theories, examined through three case studiesare characterized by asymmetrical power and geopolitical dynamics in the process, formthe backdrop of a workshop in process.

Ecosystems and networks

Quito Berlin

UrbanistsCitizens

Students

Activists

Architects

Athens

Local communities

P2P

Legal

Mariscal Sucre, Quito Elliniko, Athens

Tempelhof, Berlin Governance research Participatory design research Social process research Coordination hub at the local and the transnational level

The METropolitan Commons Workshop

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Quito local MET Workshop2&3 September 20015

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Athens local MET Workshop1&2 November 20015

Thank you!

Mariscal sucre * Elliniko * Tempelhof

MET Workshop

Nicholas Anastasopoulos, PhD, Researcher National Technical University of Athens, Greecenanastasopoulos@arch.ntua.gr

P2P practices regarding urban commons theories, examined through three case studies are characterized by asymmetrical power and geopolitical dynamics in the process, form the backdrop of this workshop.

Lines of work and research

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