5th step of the third-place world tour by Wide Open with a pioneering project in transitional urbanism: Vila Itororó, in São Paulo. For the 5th step of the exploration of positive ecosystems, Wide Open travelled to São Paulo, in Brazil, to meet a pioneering project in transitional urbanism: Vila Itororó. If the young project – […]
Academic partner of the Wide Open Project, the EDHEC Business School supports this world tour of ecosystems of positive innovation. The 5th step of the Wide Open Project – the world tour of positive ecosystems – has been made in Sao Paulo, the biggest city in Brazil. With its more than 12 million inhabitants in […]
Second step of the Wide Open Project, a world tour of positive innovation ecosystems: transitional urbanism in Montreal. This month, our two explorers set sail for Montreal and are now making a stopover at Project Young, a pioneering site for the temporary occupation of a municipal industrial building in the city of Montreal. The opportunity […]
For the 6th step of the Wide Open Project, Léa moved to Africa, looking for positive ecosystems to meet the future challenges of the continent. AN URBANISTIC UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE It must be said that the challenges are daunting: according to demographers, the African population will have doubled between 2010 and 2050 and the number […]
For the 6th step of the Wide Open Project, exploration of positive ecosystems around the world, Léa traveled to Africa, in Togo. In a commune on the outskirts of Lomé, in Baguida, she came to visit a unique space dedicated to the promotion of Togolese handicrafts on the international scene: the Arts and Crafts Club. […]
The 4th step of Wide Open exploration was made in Bogotá for a stopover at Casa B, a unique cultural third-place. While its crime rate has abated in recent years, Bogotá remains marked by insecurity: some of its neighborhoods – especially in the South – constitute real “no-go zones”. Belén, located on the symbolic border […]
As the first destination, the explorers of the Wide Open collective went to meet Ponyride, a third-place with positive impact, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. Violently hit by the subprime crisis, this former capital of the auto industry is the first city in the United States officially declared bankrupt in July 2013. After a […]
First stop: the vibrant & creative city of Detroit. After years of economic, demographic & social crisis – leading to the city’s official bankruptcy in 2013 – Detroit communities are struggling to foster their city’s comeback, while solving some of its massive social challenges. The Build Institute, a non-profit incubator, trains, develops, and coaches social […]
Detroit is the first step of the Wide Open project, a tour of the world of exploration of third-places of positive innovation. While the former capital of the automobile was declared officially bankrupt in 2013, Detroit is reborn today from the ashes, thanks to many initiatives of revitalization, carried by various actors: Contractors Investors Makers […]