Scalability Roadmap

Grounding the Vision

Goal: Build trust and generate knowledge with your community of practice.

• Actors: You (designer), Contorno Urbano team, neighbors of La Florida, community garden participants.

• Skills: Ethnographic observation, co-design facilitation, manual fabrication, reflective documentation.

• Knowledge: Urban regeneration, ethnocognition, participatory design theory.

• Actions:

  • Conduct mapping sessions & interviews in La Florida.

  • Co-build small-scale objects.

  • Document process (photos, reflections, sketches).

Outcome: Deep context understanding + trust network + design criteria from lived experiences.

Developing Participatory Prototypes

Goal: Expand collaborative making into collective infrastructure.

• Actors: Local makers, families, social workers, design students.

• Skills: Facilitation, low-tech prototyping, listening, modular design.

• Knowledge: Social inclusion policies, material circularity, maker pedagogy.

• Actions:

  • Use the brick-pressing machine to build functional storage.

  • Initiate co-making sessions for modular furniture and signage.

  • Launch a workshop series on cultural heritage and making.

Outcome: Functional prototypes + intergenerational exchange + enhanced visibility of local knowledge.

Community Stewardship Model

Goal: Start transitioning out of the central role; co-governance.

• Actors: Contorno Urbano staff, trained community facilitators.

• Skills: Delegation, co-leadership, impact evaluation, storytelling.

• Knowledge: Co-operative structures, participatory governance.

• Actions:

  • Establish a collective calendar for regular sessions.

  • Train local participants in co-facilitating and documenting.

  • Develop a rotating curation model for exhibitions/workshops.

Outcome: Decentralized ownership + sustainable routine + embedded value.

Amplification & Transfer (1+ year)

Goal: Spread model to other neighborhoods / cities.

• Actors: Other nonprofits, policy makers, EU culture networks, local councils.

• Skills: Grant writing, storytelling, strategic alliances.

• Knowledge: EU funding channels (e.g. Erasmus+, Creative Europe), public tender systems.

• Actions:

  • Package methodology (open toolkit, video).

  • Apply for funding with Contorno Urbano as lead partner.

  • Pilot project in another city (e.g. Barletta, Italy).

Outcome: Adaptable framework + replicable toolkit + financial sustainability through alliances.