REAL Cities | Bergamo / Book 2 - 2014 by REAL Harvard GSD

REAL CITIES BERGAMO

SMART[ER] CITIZENS

REAL CITIES | BERGAMO

SMART[ER] CITIZENS

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Bergamo University

Dean Mohsen Mostafavi

Rector Stefano Paleari

REAL CITIES | BERGAMO

SMART[ER] CITIZENS

DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF URBANIZATION FRAMED WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF TECHNOLOGICALLY-ENHANCED CITIES

Published by The Harvard University Graduate School of Design Copyright 2014, The President and Fellow of Harvard College All rights are reserved. No part may be produced without permission. Printed and bound in the USA by Harvard In-Plant Print & Mail Editing: Stefano Andreani, Helena Holgersson-Shorter Design : Stefano Andreani Cover Image : Stefano Andreani The Harvard University Graduate School of Design is a leading center for education, information and technical expertise on the built environment. Its departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design offer masters and doctoral degree programs and also provide the foundation for Advanced Studies and Executive Education programs. The information contained in this document (including all images) is part of an internal white paper report that may be covered by the international laws on copy righted material, intended only for the use of those involved in the bilateral agreement between the University of Bergamo and Harvard University, titled Smart[er] Citizens, and may be privileged. Any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication beyond the aforementioned individuals is strictly prohibited.

CONTENTS REAL Cities | Bergamo

Smarter Citizens

1. Age is not a #

2. UBFit

3. One [Univer]City

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4. T-Swap

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5. GROWin Bergamo

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6. Come to Quarenghi

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7. [Hi]stoty Telling

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Research Team

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REAL Cities | BERGAMO REAL, a research lab at Harvard Graduate School of Design, pursues the design of digital, virtual and physical worlds as an indivisible whole. It recognizes the all-pervasive nature of digital information and interaction from scales ranging from our bodies to the larger urban contexts we occupy and the infrastructures that support them. REAL takes an interdisciplinary look at the design of the physical environment from the lens of technologically augmented experiences. Putting the human being at the center and forefront, from the micro (bodily sensors, smart product design) to the macro (information infrastructures, communication frameworks), researchers at REAL examine the emerging ways in which technology fuses into the ways we live, work, and play. What kind of interfaces embrace our social, cultural, and natural landscapes? How does mediated matter permeate our environments, our surroundings, and our personal space? What experiences are truly physical, and what are truly digital today? How can we design for an audience that is rapidly adopting new technologies and what approaches can we take to embody responsiveness in our design decisions?

“REAL Cities” assumes that the inner intelligence of a city starts from its community and its built environment, and technology, tools and digital infrastructure augment what the specific community and a place has to offer. Leveraging on a network of research units worldwide, the goal of “REAL Cities” is to pursue research and generate new knowledge through comparative analysis and studies of different cities worldwide. In relation to pressing problems of contemporary cities, the research agenda of “REAL Cities” embraces strategic topics that constitute the research framework within which specific issues of each city would be tackled. The ultimate objective of “REAL Cities” is to develop a research ecosystem that would connect a variety of cities worldwide, fostering the creation of innovation thorough technologically driven and strategic designled methods. REAL Director | Prof. Allen Sayegh

In this context, “REAL Cities” is a research initiative at REAL that employs a design-led approach to understand and assess how new technologies and digital augmentation affect different aspects of the city − the infrastructure, the operations and the people − and make it smarter.

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SMARTER CITIZENS The “Smarter Citizens” Joint Research Program is a multi-tier, multi-year academic collaboration between the Graduate School of Design (GSD) at Harvard University, USA, and the University of Bergamo (UNIBG), Italy. “Smarter Citizens” is a research initiative pursued by the Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab (REAL) at the Harvard GSD and is part of the “Bergamo 2.(035)” initiative promoted by the University of Bergamo. The overall vision of the research and teaching initiative is to rethink and redefine the concept of Smart Cities in contemporary society, developing a theoretical framework for the implementation of new strategies and models that would tackle the pressing problems of today’s cities. The “Smarter Citizens” initiative aims to expand the current vision of Smart Cities, developing a strategydriven framework in which innovative technologies are coupled with new social models of inclusiveness – where citizens become active agents of change to create a better future for their city. The goal is to actually offer citizens a series of conceptual and practical instruments that would enable them to play a crucial role in the constantly-evolving dynamics of city life, effectively integrated in the so-called “digital age.”

ecosystems of innovation, and for the enhancement of health solutions and wellbeing behaviors for healthier practices. The research investigates – both theoretically and practically – how new models of networks, enhanced immersive and interactive spaces, and novel computational technologies can contribute to tackling pressing questions of learning and healthcare through the lens of the design of smart architectures, infrastructures, and ultimately artifacts, as well as technologically retrofitting or repurposing our built environments. For the purpose of developing innovative strategies, models, and solutions at the global scale, Bergamo is treated as a European case study, with the goal of eventually turning the town into a smart urban prototype as a reference for other cities worldwide.

With the objective of developing alternative models of urbanization framed within the context of technologically-enhanced cities, the “Smarter Citizens” initiative addresses the emerging areas of Smarter Knowledge and Smarter Health, exploring the new opportunities innovative technologies can offer for the redefinition of knowledge creation and distribution of 9

SMARTER KNOWLEDGE Education will be the critical determinant of success for our communities in the 21st century. Smarter Knowledge involves a community that aims to adapt and innovate within a specific urban context, yet as part of a global network. Such territories need to have a high capacity for learning and innovation built into the creativity of their population, their institutions of knowledge production, and their traditional and modern communication infrastructure. Within such a context, the academy could play an ever more important role as an institution, organization and facilitator for the urban community to find its “anchors” of community life and foster broader, more creative interactions among citizens. All societies have specific learning platforms. What is new in contemporary world is the intentionality of seeking them out as vital to current societal needs, in promoting a participatory governance and the empowerment of citizens, as well as in democratizing access to information and required facilities for innovation. The Smart[er] Knowledge research and applied track aims to rethink and redesign the role of universities in a more participative, democratic, dynamic and yet, functional way, developing an effective integration between academia, institutions, industries and ultimately citizens under new models of “University City.” In such a context, knowledge production and delivery – perhaps more than any other human activity – is dependent upon the modes of operation and the learner’s elaboration of information. Designing an innovative knowledge system no longer offers a comprehensive top-down approach but rather allows grassroots, participatory practices to emerge through the deployment of appropriate 10

technologies. Knowledge production, dissemination and absorption happen in real places and in dedicated built environments whose functionality is enhanced by use of cyber functions and digital technologies. Through a multi/cross/trans-disciplinary approach, the projects will eventually move from a research- to an applied-based knowledge, fostering the emergence of innovative physical and digital platforms at the intersection of knowledge networks. High-tech solutions will be integrated with low- or no-tech strategies to highlight the social relevance of academia, developing a system of knowledge environments’ spatial and virtual arrangement at an increasing scale: artifacts, spaces, environments, and ultimately the city. 1. UNIVERSITY AS AN INNOVATION HUB BROKER OF KNOWLEDGE The production, dissemination, and absorption of knowledge occur in different environments and through various modes of operation within the city. Facilities such as science and research centers, higher education, technology parks, incubators, living labs, creative hubs, chambers of commerce, and cluster organizations all contribute to a distributed system of knowledge and innovation. The University can therefore act as a central knowledge broker, facilitating the promotion of knowledge and fostering meaningful collaborations and interconnections between different entities. Leveraging its strong communication dimension to promote a city of research and innovation, the University can then unlock the engines of collective knowledge, differentiated expertise, and rapid learning.

The ultimate goal is to foster the culture of knowledge, creativity, and innovation in the social, political, and business environments of the city. 2. UNIVERSITY WITHOUT BORDERS: [INTER]NATIONALIZATION The development process of smarter-knowledge strategies needs to act at both national and international levels. Strongly connected with the region in which it is located, the University should have a systemic vision that highlights its role within an integrated global network. With the objective of knowledge democratization, the University can act as a global platform of educational opportunities, sharing knowledge, inspiring creativity, and promoting innovation at all levels. For that to happen, though, the University needs to leverage its image and potential attractiveness through challenging academic and research programs, as well as effective branding strategies.

a traditionally-enclosed University can turn into an edgeless University, fostering meaningful interactions and enhancing collective knowledge-production activities. By effectively integrating spatial, social, physical and virtual entities, the University becomes an agent of change for the translation of research and technologies into innovative systems, products, and services, promoting responsible partnerships between research teams and institutes as well as startups, services, and industries to encourage effective knowledge transfer. The objective is to develop effective social/economical/ technical connections and related interfaces among academic members, citizens, industries, and city officials, so as to create an integrated network of knowledge hubs facilitated by a University that is an integral part of the city.

By enhancing the content and context of knowledge production and diffusion both locally and globally, the University can eventually improve the image of the city itself, becoming a reference model for other institutions worldwide. 3. EDGELESS UNIVERSITY: TRANS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION AND DISTRIBUTIVENESS Contemporary social dynamics of complex and multilayered challenges call for a common ground, a uniform language, and shared modes of operation amongst various entities and disciplines. Opening up both its cultural mindset and its knowledge to the city, 11

SMARTER HEALTH Globally, health challenges have seen a sharp increase in diversity, scale, and complexity over recent decades. Aging populations, widespread obesity, selfdestructive lifestyle choices of the urban population in areas such as nutrition, mobility, etc., and ailing urban environments are all taking their toll on outdated healthcare systems. While discouraging and grave, these challenges also present ample opportunities for research and innovation to occur. An unprecedented availability of data both to physicians and patients, for example, could lead to more agile healthcare delivery systems and better informed patient lifestyle choices. Advances in sensing technology could allow a deeper understanding of human behavior and consequently aid in creating actively healthy environments and artifacts. New approaches to the design and production of prosthetics could enhance accessibility and involvement of disabled individuals in domains previously unapproachable. Clearly, the implications of such developments go well beyond the clinic walls and into the built environment. It is, therefore, the role of designers to synthesize this vast range of emerging fields of inquiry into usercentered systems, spaces and objects, made to make wellbeing present and dynamic through experience and feedback. In this sense, effective strategies will be articulated to better integrate healthcare facilities within the city, creating hybrid environments that will eventually promote patients, elderly, disabled and immigrants as active players of the city life. The Smarter Health research and applied track ultimately aims to identify the role of the city as key 12

driver to develop practices and spaces for better health behaviors and lifestyles. For that, new communication technologies and organizational models will be exploited. The research will also investigate the role of actors/stakeholders for their re-definition as effective agents of change. 1. iHEALTH: QUANTIFIED ME/WE With the aim of enhancing personal health awareness, promoting healthier lifestyles, and stimulating wellbeing choices, selftracking can be seen as an emerging field of inquiry that makes use of technology to help people measure and get meaning out of their personal data. Self-tracking and measuring usually happens through the use of smart devices, and is often coupled with showing data on the Web and sharing it with others. Tracking can focus on health to measure clinical data, can record mental states to quantify psychological conditions, or can target fitness activities understanding personal strengths and weaknesses. The objective here is not only to investigate and speculate on â&#x20AC;&#x153;quantified-selfâ&#x20AC;? devices to improve health conditions and choices, but also to discover previously unknown parameters that go beyond traditional clinical data. By leveraging the enormous potential of interactive technologies, the ultimate goal is to create engaging systems and devices that would naturally stimulate people developing better health behaviors.

2. AGING WITH GRACE: SOCIAL INCLUSION AND AGENCY

3. WELLBEING HUBS: INCENTIVIZING HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES CHOICES

Aging populations are a key phenomenon of the contemporary world. The United Nations predicts that the over-60 population will be as high as 30% in developed regions by 2030. This changing demographic presents challenges that involve moving from a medical model to focus more on health promotion and the prevention of disease to ensure that the majority of older people are able to enjoy healthy and fulfilling lives. The elderly and people with disabilities deserve a dynamic wellbeing that allows them to make a positive contribution to society. For that to happen, accessibility and involvement in previously unapproachable domains must be enhanced through integrated approaches to design and the production of smart devices in the technological areas of prosthetics, robotics, and interaction design.

Increasingly problematic factors in areas such as nutrition, mobility, and ailing urban environments are responsible for widespread obesity and selfdestructive lifestyle choices of the urban population. Therefore, a deeper understanding of human behavior gained through new organizational models and advances in sensing technology can lead to the creation of active healthy environments and spaces.

Technological innovation cannot be detached from societal involvement, however. In this sense, the models of living labs offer promising opportunities in terms of real-life experimentation environments where users and producers co-create innovations to be tested in real time. In a living lab environment, elderly or patients are not just the “end of pipeline” recipients of innovation, but actively participate in the research process for positive feedback loops. The ultimate goal is to develop novel environments, systems, and devices where and through which citizens and users become actors and not just passive receivers, naturally engaging with technologicallyenhanced spaces and artifacts.

Active urban design strategies can be combined with the promotion of healthy lifestyle choices. For instance, the relationship between urban development and active modes of travel – that is, walking, running, bicycling, and other forms of physical activity – can be exploited to promote healthy behaviors and reduce urban-transportation pollution The objective is to foster healthy lifestyles and physical activities in the city through effective strategies that involve organization and access to green areas, the promotion of healthy food systems, alternative mobility, and active streetscapes.

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AGE IS NOT A # CHRISTINE MIN | GSD CRISTINA BASSI | UNIBG MORENO GAMBIRASI | UNIBG ELENA VARI | UNIBG How do we define elderly in our society? The title “senior citizen” is given to those who aged beyond the number 65. Yet, the quantification of age is nothing, but a chronological trait that states the number of years one has been around. True age is not just a number of years one has lived, but also includes characteristics such as health, cognitive function, and disability rates. Age is not a # [number], but rather a simple trait that characterizes a person. There are other significant traits--cognitive function, experience, biological characteristics and mental and physical performance-that define age better than the date of birth. In example, two 65-year-olds can share the same birth date, but actually have widely differing profiles that define their subjective ages and their approaches to life. Understanding and recognizing these differences can improve the ways such people are treated by others, as well as their own internal assessments of what’s important to them.

for the elderly to be a stronger individual who is not heavily reliant on a third party assistance. This project introduces the Universal Remote. For this device, the user inputs his/her moods during the day’s course. The TV then selects programs that is appropriate to the user’s current state. The remote then becomes not just a device, but also a conversational tool that logs emotions and outputs TV shows that can counterbalance the user’s emotions. The objectives were to: 1) understand and present hidden parameters of physical and psychological wellbeing beyond clinical data and based on sensing simple indicators; 2) establishing a list of possible parameters to sense, the sensors that allow for it, and possible stories and life patterns that can be deduced from it.

Bergamo is an Italian city with a rapidly growing rate of the older population, and it is important now more than ever to understand the aging process. In fact more than 55% of the elderly’s awake time are spent watching TV; it is a parallel companion to many elders’ daily activities. The first part of the vision encourages 17

dear bergamo,

age is not [ a number ]

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age is

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[ grace ] [ life] [ time ] [ wisdom ] [ performance ] [ experience ] [ family + friends ] [ well being ] [ habit ]

trait

[ vision ]

enablement of the elderly enhancement of their life experience maintain the capacity and ability [ to serve society, and not be servecd by society. ]

[ 18.6%

population of bergamo considered elderly

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[ meet giorgio ]

[ meet giulia ]

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dependent system = [ disconnected DUO ]

the users are highly dependent on a third party system sensing+actuating are in seperate locations failure in communication can be two seperate and disconnected issues are the aging population bergamo really benefiting from this system? is the application or device improving the users? or medical care takers and family members?

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users can view their measured signals and be personally notified integrated system that is not just dependent on a third partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s analysis the sensing and actuating mechanism operates together are present in the same physical location 23

dependent system should not be a primary goal ] perspiration CO² water oxygen temperature radiation vibration lumens - lighting urine sensing // measures skin cells - squalene hair perspiration indoor air quality- ozone CO² electric energy water radiooxygen waves wiﬁ activity/strength temperature movement radiation vibration lumens - lighting urine skin cells - squalene hair indoor air quality- ozone electric energy radio waves wiﬁ activity/strength movement

drink water take a walk talk to friends think positively recover apetite withold apetite wake up sleep/rest window actuatingopens // responses color changes sound response drink water measure activity and sound take a walk talk to friends contact emergency center think positively update for recoverinformavtion apetite family witholdmembers/neighbors apetite wake up sleep/rest window opens color changes sound response measure activity and sound

[ dependent system requires third-party coordination ]

contact emergency center update informavtion for family members/neighbors

dependent system dependent system independent monitoring independent system

sensing // measures

[ INdependent system for self monitoring ] perspiration example connections between sense+actuate

actuating // responses

drink water [ INdependent system enables self-monitoring ] take a walk talk to friends example connections between sense+acuate think positively

CO² water oxygen temperature radiation vibration lumens - lighting sensing // measures urine kin cells - squalene perspiration hair CO² r air quality- ozone water electric energy oxygen radio waves temperature iﬁ activity/strength radiation movement vibration lumens - lighting urine skin cells - squalene hair indoor air quality- ozone electric energy radio waves wiﬁ activity/strength movement

recover apetite withold apetite wake up sleep/rest actuating // responses window opens color changes drink water sound response take a walk measure activity and sound talk to friends think positively signal emergency center recover apetite contact family + neighbors withold apetite wake up sleep/rest window opens color changes sound response measure activity and sound signal emergency center contact family + neighbors

dependent system dependent system POSSIBILITIES OF independent monitoring POSSIBILITES of independent monitoring 25

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Facts and Numbers for Aging 1. Demography in Bergamo Population in Bergamo By maps [ by Family Composition ]

Who Offers Help in Elderly People [ by Type of Help ]

UNDERSTANDING ELDERLY

Facts and numbers for aging population in Bergamo

http://www.urbistat.it/AdminStat/en/it/classifiche/componenti-della-famiglia/comuni/bergamo/16/3

By charts http://kpassera.github.io/

2. Family composition

c o m p o s i t i o n

Live Alone Live together/spouse Live together/spouse with children Live with Children Live with Children and his/her family Live together/spouse & With Children and his/her family Live with Relatives (not children) Live with other people

< 69 18,5 55,3 18,6 4,1 0,3 1,2 1,2 0,8

70-74 28 52,6 12 3,2 0,6 1,9 1,9 1,3

Years 75-79 39,7 40,1 6,5 9,1 1,3 1 1 1,3

>80 52,5 23,9 5,6 5 4 3 3 5,3

Avg Total 31,2 46,1 12,2 5 1,3 1,6 1,6 1,8

Total

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Source: CENSIS, 2011 (Survey)

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living together/spouse 55.3% of population <69

aid for elderly 69.6% of help for elderly comes from children / grandchildren 6.2% of help comes from paid caretakers social initiatives diurnal center: promoted by municipality+volunteers no fees for using facilities 31

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[living alone ]

52.5% of population >80 living with spouse + children 40.1% of popultion 70-79

[ target summary ]

living together/spouse 55.3% of population <69

aid for elderly TA R G ET

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69.6% of help for elderly comes from children / grandchildren ] 6.2% of help comes from paid caretakers

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categorizing cycles of the day

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Fieldwork Interview [ Please meet ]

Armando | Male

“I’m not comfortable with today’s technology”

#Arnando is 76 years old 36

Fieldwork Interview [ Please meet ]

Francesco | Male

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really love to spend time with my grandchildren when I return homeâ&#x20AC;?

#Francesco is 70 years old 37

Fieldwork Interview [ Please meet ]

Santina | Female

“When I wake up, I switch on the TV. It keeps me company”

#Santina is 76 years old 38

[ fieldwork summary ]

sensing traits similarities strongest: touching + smelling weakest: seeing + hearing

routine medication is taken at mealtimes TV is ON when the house is occuppied TV is OFF when the house is empty or when he/she is sleeping

reaction to technolog y interested in wearables + guidance think current products are overcomplicated 39

home control devices in the current market

expensive

dependent

lack user input

most necessary

$359.95 bluetooth fingertip pulse monitor

$268.00 wi-fi pill dispenser

FREE

$184.95

myhealth point app

wi-fi scale

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$104.95 wi-fi shoeclipon activity monitor

$164.95

$169.95

cellular glucose meter

wheelchair fall sensor

FREE diabetes pal app

$74.95

$3,424.95

$39.95

$209.95

hearing aid cleaner

blood pressure monitor

blood pressure travel set

memory game

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Analysis of Daily Schedule for an elderly who lives alone

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Age Is Not # DESIGN COMPONENTS

3 PRODUCTS TV

[ any kind ]

1 SMARTPHONE APP

Age Is Not # DESIGN COMPONENTS

Smart Box

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[ any kind ] Control Device

Keychain

Watch With Me App

Age Is Not # [ smartbox ]

Smart Box

+ 3g / wifi / bluetooth / memory ALERT ! + Displays warnings when threshold is reached and when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s giving healthy guidance

MSSG

+ connection to cloud

+ Displays messages that give incentive to socialize or be active

+ allows the connection between interfaces and among users of the system + connects diurnal center logs to keychains, and keychain to smartphone app + transmission between connections

ON + indicates that the person is home and is active in his/her daily indoor routine

OFF

+ collects data from TV viewing

+ indicates sleep + indicates that the person is not home and may be active in his/her daily outdoor routine

Age Is Not # [ smartbox ]

Smart Box

in addition, + integrated camera can enable skype / video calls

goodmorning, how are you today? 09:00 walking group 13:00 scopa tournament

Message Display Example

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nice weather today, how about a walk? # hours watching TV

24 C, Sunny

Message Display Example

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quantitative

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information ]

quantitative input [

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Smart Box

# hours of TV ON # hours of TV OFF # events of volume rise # rate of channel â&#x20AC;&#x153;zapâ&#x20AC;?

behavorial information

qualitative output [

social activity information wellness information

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Age Is Not # CONTROL DEVICE

Age Is Not # FUNCTION

[ actuation ]

[ on / off ]

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[ volume slider ] [ chanel slider ]

!! [ notifications ]

[ how is your mood? ]

Age Is Not # [ keychain ]

keychain

Signal Diurnal Check-In Bluetooth Connection with Smartbox

GPS Location tracker synced with Smartbox + Watch With Me App Accelerometer Motion Tracking for Falling Accidents

keychain + tv + smartbox

check-in

gps check-in

just now Giulia Bergamo COOPERTIVA CITT’ALTA

“ on my way ” by touching the symbol, Giulia will be notified that you are running behind schedule

10m Arnando Gambiri

GRUPPO ANZIANI

“ check-in ” by touching the symbol, you can check-in to notify your friends of your location

keychain + Watch With Me App

Age Is Not # [ APP for third party]

Watch With Me App

channel zapping

mood logger

third party viewing

check-in

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channel zapping

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mood logger

1 rise from bed | ON

breakfast | ON

lunch | ON

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dinner | ON

leisure/rest | ON

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Control Device + Watch With Me App + Smartbox

1 rise from bed | VIEWING

breakfast | VIEWING

lunch | VIEWING

4 7 x

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dinner | VIEWING

leisure/rest | VIEWING

Control Device + Watch With Me App + Smartbox

1 rise from bed | MOOD

breakfast | MOOD

lunch | MOOD

4 7 x

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dinner | MOOD

leisure/rest | MOOD

Control Device + Watch With Me App + Smartbox

Harvard University - GSD

Bergamo University

1 rise from bed | VOLUME

breakfast | VOLUME

lunch | VOLUME

4 7 x

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dinner | VOLUME

leisure/rest | VOLUME

Control Device + Watch With Me App + Smartbox

1 rise from bed | ANXIETY

breakfast | ANXIETY

lunch | ANXIETY

4 7 x

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leisure/rest | ANXIETY

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UBfit

UBIQUITOUS FITNESS

UBfit Bergamo Moving with the City

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UBFit

UBfit UBIQUITOUS FITNESS ZACHERY LEMEL | GSD GEORGIA WILLIAMS | GSD SUSANNA ROSSI | UNIBG UBfit is a physical and digital intervention embedded into Bergamo’s urban fabric that promotes the lifestyle principles of la bella vita. At its core, UBfit provides the platform to create human connections and harness the power of social interactions through physical and mental activity. Current models promote and track wellbeing through the use big data for extreme quantification. UBfit is different because instead of pie charts and numbers, it relies on the physical urban fabric of Bergamo and the innate social aspects of the city to promote wellbeing. UBfit offers infinite wellness options throughout Bergamo through three key physical components: The Wellness Path along Citta Alta’s Venetian Walls, Activity Lockers placed within Bergamo’s parks, and Retrofitted LaBigi at designated stations. Accessibility is critical: UBfit exists totally in the public realm, available to all. In addition, UBfit’s digital platform harnesses technology to advance the use of these physical pieces. For example, the digital portal allows the user to sign up for a professionally led yoga class along The Wellness Path, to individually plan an afternoon ultimate Frisbee game with equipment from the activity lockers in the park, or to organize a cycling group to ensure a safe commute to work. Each event is planned and promoted through UBfit digital.

UBfit’s digital component partners up with local businesses offering discounts for goods. To promote spontaneity, citizens can access all pieces of UBfit anytime through their individual access code free of charge. UBfit’s objectives are: 1) to promote health and wellness through sitespecific interventions accessible to all that value quality of interaction and human relationships over quantification and tracking; 2) to counterbalance the ongoing trend of increased sedentary activities with personalized and socially engaging opportunities for physical and mental exercise.

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Aging Population

Sedentary Activity

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Socialization over Quantification

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Social Connections & Network for Sustainable Future

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Capitalizing on Cultural Wealth

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Nodes Along the Wellness Path Variety of Equipment for Variety of Exercise

Nodes Along the Wellness Path Strength Training Equipment

Nodes Along the Wellness Path Variety of Equipment for Variety of Exercise

Nodes Along the Wellness Path Cardio Equipment

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Sofia 22 years old UNIBG student

Alberto and Rita 72 years old Retired

â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the morning Sofia has a psychology class...

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After class Sofia and her friends decide to use the Wellness Path later that afternoon...

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They each receive an invitation...

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Later that day each person receives a reminder message about their event...

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While Sofia is walking to the Wellness path she runs into another classmate who asks if she can join. Here we see that you do not need the application and the system allows for and encourages spontaneity...

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They all meet at the designated node along the wellness path and place their belongings safely in the UBfit Activity Lockers...

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Because Sofia and her friends created an event, the UBfit application automatically checks them in through the phones GPS...

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The group begins their workout and the equipment used is specifically designed for two people...

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Moving through the city towards the next Wellness Path node, Sofia runs into her grandparents Alberto and Rita. They ask what they are doing and Sofia explains the Wellness Path to them...

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At this location the group focuses on a circuit training exercise...

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Finally they all race back to where they started...

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The UBfit application congratulates each user and can provide more detailed information if wanted...

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After their exercise the group decides to get a coffee...

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While at the CafĂŠ Sofia receives a message from UBfit...

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She has earned a discount at a local shop in Citta Alta because this was the 3rd event she organized this month along the Wellness Path. Users are rewarded for activity that promotes social connections ...

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Remember Alberto and Rita, Sofiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grandparents, while having lunch they are talking about the Wellness Path and decide to take a look when they have finished...

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They walk along the walls and see all the different equipment and people using it...

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Later that night they return home...

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And Alberto decides to view the application and see what it is all about...

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They see that many of their friends are already using UBfit and they decide to register as wellâ&#x20AC;?

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Bikepool and LaBigi Retrofit Inclusivity, Predictability & Safety

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Providing Access to All

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At work Carlo receives a UBfit message from his friend Stefano,..

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Stefano is organizing a soccer game in the park this Saturday...

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On Saturday Carlo uses the LaBigi cargo bike to go to the park with his children and friends...

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At the park they use activity lockers equipment to have fun with family and friendsâ&#x20AC;?

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They all agree and when they arrive at the park they go to the Activity Lockers to choose what they are going to play with...

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Rosa logs into the kiosk at the lockers. She does not need the application to use equipment...

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With her friends they see what is available...

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They decide to take out a Frisbee and they are given a code to retrieve the Frisbee. Rosa chooses to receive an SMS reminder so she does not return the Frisbee late...

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With the Frisbee they go and play in the park...

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While playing other classmates come by and they all begin to play together...

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The equipment is free for the first hour and a half. If users want to continue they can opt-in to pay an additional charge per half-hour...

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Rosa receives a message that she must return the equipment soon...

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The equipment is returned and everyone says goodbye and will see each other tomorrow in school...

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UNIBG to become a cultural and knowledge hub, ultimately transforming the city as a network of and an ecosystem for innovation, capitalizing from urban networks and getting people connected.

With the emergence of technological innovation and open source education, universities are facing the challenge of democratization of knowledge, losing social relevance and not being sole provider of knowledge anymore. However with the production, dissemination and absorption of knowledge occurring in different environments and through various modes of operation, the city can instead create distributed systems of knowledge and innovation. In such a context, the University can act as a central broker of knowledge, facilitating the promotion of knowledge and fostering meaningful collaborations and interconnections between different entities. Leveraging on its strong communication dimension to promote a city of research and innovation, the University can then unlock the engines of collective knowledge, differentiated expertise and rapid learning.

1) Bridging the university to the city through a network of UNIBG Wi-Fi hotspots, BLUE SPACES.

The objectives are:

2) Creating a network of cultural hubs by retrofitting the GSD Mobile Information Unit, network of cafés, restaurants, and institutional buildings as locations of production and consumption or brokerage of knowledge. 3) Branding the university actual properties and properties acquired within the framework of the project as elements of a coherent entity. The ultimate goal is to create a successful model that fosters the culture of knowledge, creativity and innovation in social, political and business environments of cities around the globe.

The University of Bergamo is a large university structure embedded into the city of Bergamo, both historically and physically. Addressing the issues above and current situation of segregation of university of Bergamo’s campus buildings and absence of strong identity and image in the City, ONE [UNIVER]CITY is a proposal for the City of Bergamo. ONE [UNIVER] CITY will create a platform and infrastructure for 165

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Vision Education is a critical variable for the success of our community. The Future of the city involves a community that aims to adapt and innovate within a specific urban context, yet as part of a global network. Within this vision, the academy could play an even more important role as an institution, organization and facilitator for the urban community. The ONE UNIVERCITY project aims to rethink and redesign the role of universities in a more participative, democratic, dynamic and yet, functional way, developing an effective integration between academia and city.

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Problems _Lack of a learning platform for democratizing the access to information. _Promote university life beyond the institutional walls _Create a sense of university identity _Lack of University visibility within the city _Low social relevance of academia

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Opportunities Strenghr of Bergamo city: environment (architecture, atmosphere) culture (museum, cooking, history) dimensions (human-scale, safe, manageable) well-connected (locally, internationnally) University of Bergamo is spread all over the city: ơ ơ small spaces: are easier and simpler to manage allowed a great socialization allowed more contact with professor and institution Livability of the city

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UniBg Numbers: _Total Student: 15206 _Enrolled Student: 4543 _Foreign Student: 791 (5,2%) _about 300 PhD students _7% student growth rate per year from 2001 _teanching staff: 331 (professors and researchers) _administrative staff: 230

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- design of the wifi hortspots and furniture installed in main squares - wi-fi hotspots and furniture as attractors in underused areas of the city - all equipment used to brand the university

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WELCOME NE UNIVERSITY Student Login Faculty Login Guest Login

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DIRECTION Head west on Via Rosate, turn right, ƚƵƌŶ ůĞŌ͕ head to Piazza Terzi, turn right. EVENTS CREATE

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DIRECTION EVENTS 8:00 - 8:30 no event scheduled 8:30 - 9:00 no event scheduled 9:00 - 9:30 no event scheduled 9:30 - 10:00 no event scheduled 10:00 - 10:30 “GROW IN BERGAMO” 10:30 - 11:00 “GROW IN BERGAMO” 11:00 - 11:30 no event scheduled 11:30 - 12:00 no event scheduled ϭϮ͗ϬϬ Ͳ ϭϮ͗ϯϬ ^ŵĂƌƚ΀Ğƌ΁ ŝƟĞƐ 'ƌŽƵƉ DĞĞƟŶŐ ϭϮ͗ϯϬ Ͳ ϭϯ͗ϬϬ ^ŵĂƌƚ΀Ğƌ΁ ŝƟĞƐ 'ƌŽƵƉ DĞĞƟŶŐ

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T-SWAP NIDA MIAN | GSD MALIKA SINGH | GSD CHANG XIANG | GSD ANGELA GARBELLI | UNIBG How do we buy the things we want? We use cash or credit as the medium of exchange. But is this the only medium we have known in the past? For many years people have used the system of barter to get what they wanted or needed. This system has still not lost its relevance in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world: we can use the concept of barter of time, where every personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time is considered equally important and is traded. How can this traditional medium be used to benefit Bergamo, a city with a very diverse population consisting of many steadily increasing groups of elderly, immigrants, unemployed and students?

availability. It also provides real time information of events, learning opportunities, services and possible option of trade. A user could potentially log on to an app, website or simply via text, and get real-time geo-mapped data of activities around the city. An additional function of the system is that it allows the service industry professionals to optimize their time and productivity or provides available free spaces through a feature in the system and can gain hours to trade in the future. The vision of T-swap looks to bridge communal gaps and help Bergamo become one cohesive community that is culturally rich and connected, highlighting the idea of ONE CITY, CONNECTED COMMUNITY.

These groups function as microcosm and hence the city does not function as a whole. This is where T-swap comes in, it is a system that provides Bergamo with a platform to allow exchange of time, skills and expertise. It is a platform that allows people to teach and learn, give and get help, provide and gain services irrespective of economic status, age group and ethnicity. The premise: every individual is an asset. This project allows every person to gain and contribute to their society by sharing their unique assets, i.e., time, skills, expertise, waste goods or spaces. This system is an integration of an App, a website and SMS which allows individuals to seek what they want and connects them to selected potential individuals based on factors such as rating, proximity and time 219

Introduction of Bergamo Population: 120,000 Average Age: 45 years Immigrants Tourists Aging Population Students

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each of these groups have.. Skills and Expertise that can be shared with the city.

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Our project vision is to build a community that allows this diverse group to: o Become one socially active community o Share their skills o Learn from each other o Grow as one community so they can pass on this unity on to the next generation.

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every person is an asset OLD YOUNG UNEMPLOYED PROFESSIONAL DISABLED IMMIGRANTS SOMEONE WITH A SKILL SEEKING ANOTHER

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how will you connect with the right person to exchange with? what medium would you use to connect to the right person? how can we make this system as user friendly as possible ? how can this system connect & spread ?

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GROWin BERGAMO RYAN BOUMA | GSD ZHEHUAM XU | GSD ROBERTA ALLEVI | UNIBG ELISA SACCENTI | UNIBG In support of improved physical and environmental health, GROWin BERGAMO is a program designed to better connect citizens with the ongoing work of quality food organizations and to facilitate participation in, and interaction with, Bergamoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s urban agriculture. The health and economic benefits of locally-sourced, high-quality food have been promoted recently at the level of the European Union, The Italian Government, and the Province of Bergamo. Local organizations have also championed the nutritional and ecological advantages, as well as opportunities to strengthen social connections within Bergamo. These groups have developed their own individual approaches to urban agriculture including education and events, organizing markets, mapping locally produced goods, building community gardens on underutilized land, developing networks of local farms, and publishing their work. This work has been successful, but stakeholders have identified a greater need to work together, collaborate, identify opportunities and further engage the public in order to maximize health, ecologic and economic benefits.

seniors. Three interface tools--a website, a mobile application, and a portable kiosk--will allow citizens to simultaneously learn about urban agriculture and contribute their own ideas to a board of advisors, constituted by member organizations and City of Bergamo staff. Through these tools citizens will help map potential sites for new gardens of any scale, share local and global best practices, as well as draw and share their own garden visions. These contributed ideas will be evaluated by the advisory board and inspire implementation where practical and advantageous. The first round of contributions and implementation will build momentum towards the EXPO 2015 in Milan, and set in motion a cyclical pattern of engagement going forward.

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CONSUMERS PRODUCERS COMMUNITY DOWNLOAD THE APP

GROWIN HEALTH, IN FOOD, IN COMMUNITY

We connect citizens to quality food producers and advocates, encouraging new interaction with urban agriculture, & expanding the marketplace for local production.

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Bergamo Farms name 263 Via Orti, Bergamo address www.bergamofarm.it website Tomatoes (ready date) Eggplant (ready date) Asparagus (ready date) Peppers (ready date) Carrots (ready date)

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Peppers (ready date) Carrots (ready date) Radishes (ready date) Broccoli (ready date) Cucumbers (ready date)

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SUGGEST A SITE CURRENT PROJECTS DRAW A GARDEN SHARE AN IMAGE SHARE AN IDEA THE COMMUNITY CUSTOMIZED MEALS

upcoming events Bergamo Farmer’s Market | April 30 Planting day at factory site | May 05 Bergamo Farmer’s Market | May 06

ORDER INGREDIENTS THE HEALTH HUB

Botanical garden meeting | May 10 Slow Food Workshop | May 15 Healthy land competition entries | May 20

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SUGGEST A SITE CURRENT PROJECTS DRAW A GARDEN

C/pictures/opportunities Browse to find original photo Maybe the adjacent restaurant could build a vertical garden on the side of their cafe space. That way they could grow vegetables for their meals.

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accessible location reclaimed fallow land demonstration farming urban agriculture education local produce distribution center volunteering opportunity (T-Swap)

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Recruit additional partner organizations Collaborate to plan outreach with partners Gather additional information regarding ongoing activities Develop and test prototype website Develop and test prototype application Detail and fabricate kiosk

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In-class activities Educational farm field trips Collaboration with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Agrariaâ&#x20AC;? high school Collaboration with Piedibus UNBG Student service opportunities

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Mobile kiosk in Milan for EXPO Competition for additional implementation Display of contributions via kiosk Media campaign Events coinciding with farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; market

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deploy Website deploy Application deploy Kiosk community outreach to students, professionals, & seniors register local producers (in collaboration with ongoing efforts) connect citizens with local producers & advocates provide educational information on health & food contribute ideas to enhance local production identify sites for new gardens & farms cultivate new gardens & farms host events in building on EXPO 2015 momentum host community events recommend custom meals for target populations establish GROWIN BERGAMO Hub establish local ingredients distribution system provide quality ingredients via the Health Hub provide quality ingredients via home/neighborhood delivery

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COME TO QUARENGHI MY TAM H. NGUYEN | GSD DAVIDE GARLINI | UNIBG PAOLA RICCARDI | UNIBG Project Vision Come to Quarenghi is a proposed summer New Media Arts Festival in Bergamo, Italy. Bergamo is a mediumsized European city, with an immigrant community that is doubling every five years. The majority of its immigrants lives on Quarenghi Street, an area at the heart of the city that connects to its commercial district that most locals avoid because of its perceived stigma. Bergamo also has an informal economy of street rose sellers at night, most who are immigrants. Quarenghi has a lot of potential to be the cultural hub of the city, due to its prime location, and the rose sellers are a potential entrepreneurial asset to the city of informal networks. This project aims to reframe the perception of Quarenghi, the rosesellers, and immigrants in the city, from one of stigma, danger, and negative perceptions, to what it really is, a vibrant diverse commercial and cultural corridor at the heart of the city.

–– Empower and build social inclusion of Bergamo’s immigrant population. Project Components Call for proposal, finalize three major proposal submissions, develop video for request for proposals (RFP) that would also be a marketing and awareness campaign, recruiting a curatorial editorial board, cultivating local community, cultural, political and commercial partners to implement the potential events over a two-year period including: 1. New Media Gallery/Exhibition; 2. Live Performance Play with local theater company and highschools; 3. Live Music with Local Bergamo and Quarenghi Artists; 4. Outdoor Movie Night.

Project Objectives Come to Quarenghi is a call for proposal designed to: –– Rethink Quarenghi and rethink the rose seller; –– Activate and integrate the Quarenghi neighborhood to city life; –– Create better business opportunities for Quarenghi businesses; –– Build a campaign against the stigma of Bergamo’s immigrants; 307

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The video gives you an idea of what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re working on, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to implementing this project with the community and will give you an overview of our process, design, and engagement leading up to our final product, the Call for Proposal 308

[why Quarenghi?]

Street is different than other ghettoes around the world, connected to commercial part of town, city center

Ghetto origin: Italian, from Venetian dialect ghĂ¨to island where Jews were forced to live

Ghetto definition as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using it: any mode of living, working, etc., that results from stereotyping or biased treatment 309

Citizens and perceptions: “Oh that street full of foreigners. ” – Upper Town Bergamo Resident “The foreigners do not behave as they should. Maybe 1 or 2% are all right. Lots of drugs pushing going on.” – Fruit Seller, Italian “The street where black people live. ” – City Centre Resident “A historic street of Bergamo now in degradation.” – Upper Town “It's a street that is not Italian anymore. Every time I'm there I feel uncomfortable.” – Bergamo Lifelong Resident, Italian “The street of immigrants, there's only Africans and Latinos there by now.” – Bergamo Lifelong Resident, Italian “The street has more potential than it looks like. It has a stronger personality and dynamism than most of the other parts of town.” – Bergamo Lifelong Resident, Italian

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[the issues] Immigrants high number of immigrants have gathered in Quarenghi within the last 15 years

Rose sellers informal but very spread out economy in the city

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â&#x20AC;˘ An agricultural past â&#x20AC;˘ 1950s economic boom turns Bergamo into an industrialized area â&#x20AC;˘ Nowadays Bergamo is one of the main economic centers in the Lombardy region with a primary focus on tourism 314

[call for proposals]

The theme- rethinking Quarenghi & the local immigrant economy 315

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Open to global and local call to action 316

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Lucy Orta, Indoor and Outdoor Installations 318

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Pieter Hugo, Rwanda Reconciliation 319

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Courtyards and Galleries 320

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Courtyards (23 x 23 meters) 321

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Galleries (35 x 35 meters)

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Recruit three international prominent artists, fundraising w/ board 323

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Giulia Martinelli, Director of Quarenghi Citizens Association

[the board | Quarenghi Community] 325

Adam Glant, President, Glant Textiles

[the board | Commerce & Industry] 326

Dario Guerini, Former Council Member, Quarenghi property owner

[the board | Politics] 327

Arana Hankins, Loeb Fellow, Graduate School of Design, Former Office of the Governor of New York State for Economic Development on Atlantic Yards Project

[the board | The Arts and Economic Development] 328

Marco Vanoli and Bruno Bodini QuiProGuarenghi and Partners, Founder

[Tech and community] 329

impactful who have influence, serve the community, and make things happen

[Partners] 330

Paola Tognon, The Bank IT, a contemporary arts organization based in Bergamo

[Partners | Community Arts] 331

GAMEC Museum

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Claudia Sartirani | Bergamo Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office

[Partners | Politics] 333

Agenzia per lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;integrazione

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Contemporary Locus, Organizing Several Exhibits during summer

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[HI]STORY TELLING SAURABH MHATRE | GSD MILVA SADEK | UNIBG MATTEO ZANINI | UNIBG What is a Museum? A place where objects of historical, scientific, artistic and cultural interests are stored and exhibited. Spaces which enable people to explore collections for inspiration , learning and engagement. But, why do we need to be in a closed box to have that experience? Why cannot the museum reach beyond the walls of its building and into the larger setting around it? Why cannot the ‘City’ be the ‘Museum’? The walls and spaces within which we collect, curate and educate can be opened and redefined to form an “Edgeless Museum.” Perhaps the city itself--its streetscape, its parks, its plazas, its neighborhoods, etc.--can become the actual museum. One can experience the historical,architectural, cultural and phenomenological aspects of the city where the architecture is the artifact, the experience is the installation, frames and moments are paintings, and the culture is the performance through interaction and technology.

the city has a lot of untapped potential. The museums in the city still have not adapted to the potentials of new technologies and trends. The Objectives - Portray the City As the Museum; - Regenerate/reactivate the current experience of museum visitors; - Create a community associated with a network of all museums; - Increase the social activities and interactions in the museums; - Make the museums accessible to the people of all age groups; - Educate the people through exploration/discovery of the city; - Use Technology and Gamification to increase interaction and curiosity; - Create awareness through Curated Information.

The Problem The City of Bergamo comprises of two towns that are essentially different yet linked, not only by history , but also by a dense web of streets, alleys and cobbled stairways. Despite such a rich and varied cultural heritage, the city is however facing a decrease in the number of people--both locals and tourists--visiting the cultural sites of the city. The cultural heritage of 339

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RESEARCH TEAM Faculty Harvard Graduate School of Design Martin Bechthold | Principal Investigator Allen Sayegh | Principal Investigator Nashid Nabian | Research Coordinator, Course Instructor University of Bergamo Matteo Kalchschmidt | Principal Investigator, Research Coordinator Cristina Grasseni | Principal Investigator Paolo Malighetti | Principal Investigator Researchers Harvard Graduate School of Design Stefano Andreani | Research Associate University of Bergamo Federico De Musso | Junior Researcher Katia Passera | Junior Researcher Advisory Board Harvard Graduate School of Design Hashim Sarkis University of Bergamo Sergio Cavalieri Flaminia Nicora Remo Morzenti Pellegrini Laura Viganoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

Graduate Students Harvard Graduate School of Design Ryan Bouma Xiang Chang Frederick Kim Zachery LeMel Yatian Li Saurabh Mhatre Nida Mian Christine Min My Tam Nguyen Malika Singh Georgia Williams Zhenhuan Xu University of Bergamo Roberta Allevi Cristina Bassi Egle Miriam Carobbio Moreno Gambirasi Angela Garbelli Davide Garlini Paola Riccardi Susanna Rossi Elisa Saccenti Milva Sadek Stefano Terranova Elena Vari Matteo Zanini 395

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