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Project Of The Day: Cateran’s Common Wealth

Nathan Slater — Sun, 20 Mar 2016 04:18:59 +0000

One of my hobbies is hiking. I live in Phoenix, where several mountain preserves boast a network of city-wide trails. Along the trail, we have favorite restaurants we stop at for brunch or a beer after our hike.

I hadn’t equated this routine with place-making.

A community in Scotland has.

The Cateran Common Wealth maps existing cultural sites along a trail that circles the community.

This project expands the notion of place-making from a solitary public space to network of public locations.

By employing a creative commons tool – Open Street Map – Cateran Common Wealth demonstrates an approach to place-making that is available to everyone.

Extracted from http://commonculture.org.uk/about-the-project/the-cateran-trail/

The Cateran Trail is a fully waymarked walk of 64 miles (103 km) that lies at the heart of Scotland, approximately 60 miles north of Edinburgh, 17 miles north west of Dundee and 21 miles north east from Perth.

A circular route, the Trail has no real beginning or end and takes its name from the Caterans (most likely taken from the Gaelic ‘ceathaime’ meaning ‘common people’), the feared cattle thieves who raided the rich lands of Strathardle, Glenshee and Glen Isla.

Extracted from http://commonculture.org.uk/about-the-project/cateran-map/

We’ve begun a mapping exercise to identify all the people and organisations working with arts, culture and heritage around the Cateran Trail who might get involved in helping us develop the programme and make it happen and we’ve already found over 136. If you zoom in on the map below you will see where everyone is located, together with a little bit of information about them and a link to their website where they have one. The red line is the Cateran Trail.

Extracted from http://commonculture.org.uk/events/whats-planned/

Starting in 2016 and running through 2017 and probably into 2018, all around the Cateran Trail, you will be able to experience arts, cultural and heritage activities & events which will inspire you to think about & celebrate our ‘common wealth’.

Photo by giovanni.k

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Project Of The Day: City Repair Project

Nathan Slater — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:47:09 +0000

Mark Lakeman

I first learned about place-making from Mark Lakeman at his office in Portland. In addition to running an architecture/design business, (Communitecture) Mark co-founded City Repair Project.

City Repair takes a hands-on approach to placemaking by sponsoring the Village Building Convergence (VBC).

Hands-on placemaking programs like VBC provides three benefits:

A live project brings together organizations. (see #1. North Tabor Mandala project, below)
A live project attracts people. (see #2. Beech Street project, below)
A live project motivates action. (see #3. Right To Dream, Too project, below)

City Repair’s mission page explains their philosophy of placemaking:

City Repair facilitates artistic and ecologically-oriented placemaking through projects that honor the interconnection of human communities and the natural world.

City Repair’s history page cites placemaking program:

Our biggest annual program is the Village Building Convergence. Over the past 15 years we have facilitated 1000s of community members in their placemaking journey.

City Repair’s Intersection Repair page feature many of their live projects.

Here are three examples:

1. North Tabor Mandala

Extracted from http://www.cityrepair.org/north-tabor-mandala

2015 Description:

North Tabor Neighborhood Association in conjunction with South East Uplift was overjoyed to bring an intersection mandala into the heart of the neighborhood. In the spirit of their long term goals to bring life, culture, and vibrancy to the community, they worked with the local Portland Montessori School, whose upper elementary school children produced a design of geometric shapes, angles, and patterns.

2. Beech Street Project

Extracted from https://www.facebook.com/BeechStProject/?fref=nf Beech St. Project

December 2, 2014

Hi Neighbors! In case you missed it our little street made international news. The project and the story are inspiring community builders in Japan!.

January 23, 2016

Japanese group tour PDX Placemaking

Extracted from http://www.cityrepair.org/blog/2016/1/23/japanese-group-tour-pdx-placemaking

On 1/16 and 1/23, workers from a Japanese factory visited The City Repair Project and Propel Studio to learn about our design work to serve communities.

We presented on our work and then toured placemaking sites including the Hawthorne Hostel on SE 31st and Hawthorne and the Dialogue Dome/Cob Oven/Grazing Gardens of Portland State University.

3. Right To Dream, Too

Extracted from http://www.cityrepair.org/calendar/2016/2/4/support-right-2-dream-too-at-city-council

Calendar of EventsSupport Right 2 Dream Too at City Council!

Thursday, February 18, 2016
2:00pm 5:00pm
Portland City Hall1220 SW 5th AvePortland, OR

City Council will be discussing an item titled “SE Harrison Street Vacation and Karl Arruda Zoning Confirmation Letter and Use Agreement for SE 3rd & Harrison” which is to make way for Right 2 Dream Too to inhabit a new space. Please come out to support our villager friends!

Extracted from http://www.portlandoregon.gov/auditor/56674

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