Nordic cities The Nordic way for future urban development 8 new projects Nordic City Network Henrik Poulsen Per Riisom Marianne Dock
Why are the world looking at the Nordic countries in admiration?
2013 og 2014 Copenhagen the most liveable city! Bridge to Scandinavia Culture Great food Urban planning Cyclisme Happiness
25 most liveable cities 2014 1. Copenhagen 2. Tokyo 3. Melburne 4. Stockholm 5. Helsinki 6. Vienna 7. Zürich 8. München 9. Kyoto 10. Fukuoka 11. Sidney 12. Auckland 13. Hong Kong 14. Berlin 15. Vancouver 16. Singapore 17. Madrid 18. Paris 19. Amsterdam 20. Hamburg 21. Barcelona 22. Lisbon 23. Portland 24. Oslo 25. Brisbane
Nordic Cities What s in them? Society model Strong community Trust Coherence Low hierarchy of power Social responsability Totality Complementarity Nature Welfare system Solidarity Universal Duty and Right Civic Society Free debate influence for local groups Diversity Humanisme Growth and innovation Knowledge sharing Work discipline Productivity Business Entreprenuership Radical innovation Culture as driver Effective infrastructure Urban businesses Cities for all
Is it that fantastic? NCN challenge for the last ten years!
Almost 450 nye projects described already 20 Nordic cities conducting 450 urban projects changing the cities and the societies 70% mainstream 20% breaking news 10% radical innovation
8 hypothesis Competition and regionalisation Business development and innovation Cultural and ethnic diversity Infrastructure Public space Welfare institutions The citizen Nature in the city
Nordic cities making a difference New projects for urban development Umeå Norrköping Eskilstuna Malmø Trondheim Stavanger Kristiansand Fredericia
Malmø The School as an urban institution Content The school as an institution and as a meeting place for the local community Target Attracting new residents children to an upgraded existing school turning it to a common place for local activities with room for other groups Partners School management, teachers, parents, pupils, ciitizens, administration, politicians, building companies and private investors.
Fredericia Grow Gardens and Cultural heritage Content Growing gardens in the middle of the city Linking and old and a newer part of the city together Target City environment Community oriented Partners Citizens Municipality Volunteers
Eskilstuna City-links linking the city together Content Three different parts of the city linked through new urban spaces, density and new local jobs Target Linking the city and its citizens closer together Partners Citizens
Trondheim Life-quality and inclusion Content Renewal of elderly residential areas Target To create new possibilities and places for activities in older housing areas through involvement of and debate with citizens Partnerskab The citizens and the Municipality
Norrköping Urban spaces and people Content Developing urban spaces between buildings and people Non permanent use of urban spaces Target The mixed city Urban spaces for everyone Cary out the ideas of the citizenz Partners The Municipality Citizens
Umeå To develop the mixed city for all citizens Content Developing a city center based on the idea that it must be for everyone Target New city structure The mixed city Enhance safety, daily life qualities and a new trafic culture Partners Building corporations The Municipality Citizens Road users
Stavanger Urban Theater & Cultural center Content Cultural meeting point A cultural driver Target Developing the city center Encouraging the development of business and culture Partners Politicians Cultural elite investors
Kristiansand The University City Content Effective linking of city center, hospital and university Target To strenghen the profile as an attractive university city by using the development potentials of the city center Partners Many partners private as well as public
Some Conclusions - 8 new urban projects Reaccuring WORDS People For all Linking Life-quality Inclusion Mixed city Schools Cultural centre The University City
Score Nordic model Welfare Growth Innovation New urban structure Fredericia Eskilstuna Stavanger Trondheim Norrköping Umeå Kristiansand Malmø
A) The Nordic Model Build on the Nordic values: - community and collective institutions - inclusion and trust - innovation and growth - democracy and people All people have to participate, all must contribute. All people have something to share. All people are something! The 8 projects focus on community as an urban strategy. No unique architecture or urban smartness. Something for everyday life, inclusion, community and all people.
Spaces & collective institutions Double strategy: - on community (solidarity) and individuality (happiness) - urban space - arena for both community and individuality - the collective institutions the school as a tool for cultural building.
B) The welfare system Help developing the Nordic welfare system: - focus on people and community (humanism) - investing in people (trust) - addressing poor (solidarity and universality) - new urban communities (coming together) - local workplaces (work) - the power of solidarity and democracy.
C) Growth and Innovation - high economic growth and productivity - the power of social and cultural sustainability - capitalism with political leadership and democracy - knowledge production, import and sharing - globalisation - workplaces as communities and meeting places - the power of people
D) New Urban structure - tolerance and variety - connectivity and cohesion - accessibility to urban resources for everybody - multi functionality shared city - urban space as faith based institution
Sharing the city faith Going together Work together Partnership Citizenship Collective responsibility
New Nordic urban model 450 pioneering urban projects - and 8 new projects - pave the way for a new model for the Nordic society, but as an urban society: - new urban communities - new urban culture - new urban democracy.
Maybe the best urban project in the Nordic cities: a choir of tenants singing in their residential area.
THE NORDIC WAY We don t do urban planning, but if But NCN do! THANKS FOR LISTENING it would probably be the best urban planning in the world.