ASF-UK Change by Design Workshop in Ecuador 2013 | DEADLINE 1st JUNE 2013

Don't miss the chance to be part of this exciting collaborative effort! For the 4th installment of the Change-by-Design workshops, ASF-UK is teaming up with a coalition of Ecuadorian architects, community organisations, activists and academics to develop design strategies for the “Buen Vivir” neighbourhood, that can help shape the Urban Revolution Agenda or ‘Revolución Urbana’ in Ecuadorian cities in 2013.

About the Change by Design Workshops

Change by Design is a series of international workshops, exploring participatory design as a tool for advocacy and socio-spatial transformation in informal settlements, in collaboration with grassroots organizations, local NGOs and governmental agencies involved in slum upgrading and housing rights. This methodology has been developed since 2009, when we started implementing the international workshops in Brazil and Kenya, (http://www.asf-uk.org/change-by-design) and more recently, as a training session at the United Nations World Urban Forum in Naples, 2012 (http://www.asf-uk.org/archives/1492).

About Change by Design Ecuador | Imagining the Buen Vivir Neighbourhood through Participatory Design

The Buen Vivir concept, meaning ‘Good Living’ (or sumak kawsay in Kichwa) is an indigenous philosophy that advocates for social organisation, collective wellbeing, and new ways of engaging with people and the environment. Building on participatory design tools developed in previous workshops in Brazil & Kenya, we will be using the Buen Vivir concept to design an upgrading plan for the community of Los Pinos and a series of project proposals for the Community of Atucucho.

The workshop will also engage Ecuadorian students and professionals alongside the international participants, and will host a city-wide symposium and several visits to other organised informal settlements.

For images, stories and updates on the communities and local partners visit our facebok page.

Local partners | The Ecuadorian coalition for Buen Vivir and Change by Design

This coming May, the Ecuadorian coalition will be implementing a series of one-day workshops with various actors, exploring the City, the Neighbourhood and the House of Buen Vivir, in preparation for the Change by Design workshop in August 2013.

The coalition is formed by:

CLACSO’s Latin American Working Group on Popular Habitat and Social Inclusion

CONBADE The National Confederation of Barrios of Ecuador (CONBADE)

IAEN | The National Institute of Higher Studies

UPS | The Polytechnic Salesian University of Quito (UPS)

GBA | The Neighbourhood Government of Atucucho

BCA | The Community Bank of Atucucho

The Community Development Committee of Los Pinos

Follow-up Internships for International Participants

As part of the work by our Ecuadorian partners and to follow-up the results of the workshop in August, we are making available 3 internships for international participants that wish to stay and work in Quito after the workshop. The internships will have a duration of min. 3 months and max. 6 months and will be undertaken with two research institutions and one government organisation, assisting in research, fieldwork and project development for the communities of Los Pinos and Atucucho.

Scholarships for Ecuadorian Participants

We also have 6 full scholarships available for Ecuadorian participants (residing in Ecuador essential) to join us in Change-by-Design Ecuador 2013. For more information, contact [log in to unmask]

Where? Quito, Ecuador

When? 10th-24th August 2013

Who? For professionals and students interested in design activism, participatory methodologies and community development

Application deadline: 1st June 2013

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How much?* £750 Includes all meals, accommodation and organised travel for 2 weeks (flights and airport pick-up not included)

Change by Design Team:

Alexandre Apsan Frediani | The Bartlett DPU - UCL

Isis Nuñez Ferrera | SCIBE, ASF-UK

Matthew French | ASF-UK

Naomi Shinkins | ASF-UK

With the support of: