SPACES FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE. What kind of Spaces the Creative Class is looking for?

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1 SPACES FOR CREATIVE PEOPLE What kind of Spaces the Creative Class is looking for? Workshop The Space of the Creative Class HDV (Hungary), 11 October 2010

2 Physical Facilities for Creative People Creative Spaces To Live, Work, Learn, Experiment, Interact and Play There is a need for physical spaces where artists and other people can meet and reflect on the creative processes in order to produce new ideas in an interdisciplinary basis Leonel Moura (2009) New spaces for experimentation, innovation and entrepreneurship: as an example, the setting up of meeting places and laboratories for usercentered and open innovation and experimentation, where various disciplines work together should be promoted CE (2010)

3 Physical Facilities for Creative People Creative Spaces To Live, Work, Learn, Experiment, Interact and Play Artistic Residencies Live-Work Houses Creative Industries Incubators Coworking Spaces Fab Labs Fabrication Laboratories Cultural (Alternative) Spaces

4 Creative Spaces To Live and Work Artistic Residencies > Places where artists live and practice their art for a period of time, away from their usual environment > Provide cultural professionals with accommodation, studios or ateliers, production facilities, technical equipment and platforms for communication,exchange and presentation to enable them to undertake their creative work > Sharing and learning environments ->cultural exchange and dialogue with other cultures > Res Artis Worldwide Network of Artistic Residencies + Support Programme for Emerging Art Residencies Artistic residencies provide space and time for the artist whoseonly objective is the artistic creation. Domingos (2009)

5 Artistic Residencies O Espaço do Tempo Montemor-o-Novo - Portugal We believe that the artists in residence in a rural space can find the ideal environment conducive to some distancing, providing encounters from which creative work can profit There is the idea of creating a laboratory for the innovation and renewal of artistic languages

6 Artistic Residencies ARTErra Rural Artistic Residencies Tondela - Portugal What for? For the creation in communion with nature; to foster a dynamic group strictly for work in residence in a rural environment blogspot.com/

7 Creative Spaces To Work and Interact Creative Industries Incubators > Inexpensive space to emerging artists, arts groups, and creative-related businesses comprising individual and collective facilities: office spaces, communication services, front-desk services, hot-desk services, shared spaces > Start-up services: initial analysis of business ideas, entrepreneurship training, business strategy formulation, business plan coaching >Technical support and business development and networking services: help in finding business partners and sources of financing for specific projects; legal, financial, marketing and management consultancy, etc. >Promote the interaction and cooperation between creative businesses, enhancing knowledge development -> network events Excellent networking environment new friends, contacts and partners! Incubator Tenant (2010)

8 Creative Industries Incubators Creative Incubator Tallinn - Estonia An innovation environment for the creative industries Making different districts of Tallinn more attractive by means of creative industry centers avaleht

9 Creative Industries Incubators Arts Incubator of Kansas City Kansas City -USA We provide workspace that supports artistic success The goal is to turn artistic passions into viable careers Fostering artists, cultivating ventures, enhancing community

10 Creative Spaces To Work and Share Coworking Spaces > Community office space for self-employed developers, contractors, freelancers, mobile professionals and small creative businesses > An affordable and flexible alternative to renting or buying office space with shared office equipment and access to common facilities > Shared values of collaboration, community, sustainability, openness, and accessibility >A space of networking, sharing of information and experiences and potential development of joint projects and deals >Coworking visa network:allows members of one space, when traveling, to use another coworking space, gratis + The Hub Network Coworking is a movement to create cafe-like community/collaboration spaces for developers, writers and independents. Coworking Community Blog

11 Coworking Spaces The order of importance of features in a space (1 5) Note: Results of a Coworking Survey in the World

12 Coworking Spaces Camaraderie Toronto - Canada They have combined the best elements of café culture with a productive, functional work environment that is affordable for startups to gain ground and succeed Work independently, not alone

13 Coworking Spaces CoworkLisboa LX Factory Lisboa - Portugal A factory of experiences where intervention, thought, production is made possible The place where there are more ideas per m 2 in Lisbon

14 Creative Spaces To Create and Experiment Fab Labs > A rapid prototyping platform oriented to encourage local entrepreneurs to take their own ideas from the drawing board to prototypes to startinglocal micro businesses >A Fab Lab can give its users around the world the ability to locally conceptualize, design, develop, fabricate and test almost anything -> user-centred innovation >It is a group of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, such as: a laser cutter that makes 2D and 3D structures, a high-resolution milling machine that makes circuit boards and precision parts, etc. >All the labs have the same equipment and capabilities so it is possible to share digital designs and fabricated solutions between labs, forming anetwork of intellectual property and idea exchange Instead of telling people what we re doing, how about we give people the tools and let them do it? Gershenfeld(2006)

15 Fab Labs Fabrication Laboratory

16 Fab Labs Fablab Amsterdam Amsterdam - Netherlands The City Lab Stop thinking and start creating! And become an urban innovator. Explore the role of personal fabrication, prototyping and tinkering in the future of urban development. fablab.nl/

17 Creative Spaces To Interact and Play Cultural (Alternative) Spaces > Spaces oriented to promote cultural activities mainly managed by cultural associations > Artists can show their work outside the commercial circuit -> alternative arts > Exhibitions, concerts, theatre performances, cinema, photography, literature, debates > Experimentation and improvisation -> spaces of artistic creation and presentation > Informal and open spaces with an original atmosphere > Spaces with simple decoration -> Minimal investment There aren t barriers between performers and the audience it s a kind of a collective movement. Nabais (2009)

18 Cultural (Alternative) Spaces Fábrica Braço de Prata Lisboa - Portugal There are lots of homeless people, both in theatre and visual arts, people outside the commercial circuit by option or lack of institutional acknowledgement

19 Cultural (Alternative) Spaces Velha-a-Branca Estaleiro Cultural Braga - Portugal Philosophy of Velha-a-Branca: to have a space where the population of Braga can experiment and promote a cultural activity People in Braga didn t have a noncommercial place to exhibit, to organize a debate or to give a concert

20 Creative Spaces Some Common Trends What kind of facilities creative people are looking for? > Affordable spaces in old industrial and/or historical buildings with a special atmosphere > Spaces for cultural and creative creation, exhibition and presentation > Mixed use spaces where one can live, work, learn and play (workspaces, bars, restaurants, etc.) > Flexible spaces that can be used on a temporary basis > Mix of personal reflection (individuality) and sharing of experiences (community) > Spaces for interaction: meeting rooms, coffee corners, shared resources, etc. > The emergence of hybrids: Incubators with artistic residencies, etc.

21 Contacts INTELI Inteligência em Inovação Av. Conselheiro Fernando de Sousa, 11, 4º Lisboa - PORTUGAL Tel.: Fax.: [email protected]