Projections 5: Tales of the allotment

Abstract

With the series Projections VAI and deSingel give stage to urban and architectural research in Flanders. Tales of the Allotment presents research about societal challenges of residential subdivision: under-usage, big ecological footprint, too little differentiation, unsalable houses, social tensions, etc. The main question of the exhibition is how to initiate a transition process towards a sustainable transformation of these subdivisions. The underlying hypothesis is that this would require a collective learning process among all those involved in such a subdivision. The exhibition tells five stories in which inhabitants, policy makers, designers, researchers and organisations initiate (and sustain) such a learning process and experiment with forms of collective habitation, small-scale business activities, generating renewable energy together, new coalitions and so on.