LOOPER Co-creation model
Basic Information
Language
English
Latest update
Price
Free
Tool type
Method / Approach
Application area
- Analysis, scenarios and measure selection
- Appraisal and assessment
- Evaluation and monitoring
Target Audience
- Rural areas
- Small cities
- Medium-sized cities
- Large cities
- Metropolitan regions
Summary
The Looper Model is a new way of improving neighbourhoods and cities. It includes not only data for technical problem-solving, but also the human side of co-creation, via 'Learning Loops'. The Looper Model can help with practical solutions for air quality, noise, traffic safety, security, greenspace and other challenges in the public realm.
A Learning Loop first sets up a collective debate on priorities, with participatory citizen monitoring. A community-based visioning, and design and evaluation process follows, and then real improvements are made with feedback on the outcomes.
A Looper Living Lab can be set up with the structure of the '6-P' - people, place, priorities, policies, platform and process. Three Looper Living Labs in Brussels, Manchester and Verona developed and tested the Model.
The Looper Toolkit includes monitoring kits for air or noise, tools for visualisation, evaluation, and decisionmaking, as well as online or offline tools for citizens to explore ideas and designs.
Good Example
The Looper Living Lab in Brussels was located in the municipality of Schaerbeek and worked on the issue of traffic safety. Looper implemented two loops of the Looper co-creation process, aimed at solving issues related to traffic safety. During the process, various different stakeholders were involved, to get to the best possible solutions for the issue at hand.
The first loop, situated in the Helmet neighbourhood, resulted in a data campaign to collect data on traffic safety, and included a survey about the mobility preferences of residents, a geotagging application through which citizens could identify traffic safety hotspots, and pop-up field research to count traffic and measure the speed of cars. During the co-design phase, over 40 ideas were submitted to help solve the issue, and five were subjected to a MAMCA for evaluation. In the end, it was decided to implement an awareness-raising campaign about the presence of childeren on the streets, in the form of a mandala at an intersection.
For the second loop, Looper joined an existing initiative by the Schaerbeek municipality to implement a school street in the Daily neighbourhood. The school street started the implementation phase, that was planned for a three-month test period, but was stopped early because of the closing of schools due to the outbreak of COVID-19.
Contacts
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Mobilise Mobility and Logistics Research Group
imre.keseru [at] vub.be
