Urban regenerations: Temporary uses for a participatory and inclusive transition

Born in 1986, Paul Citron is an urbanist, PHD in urban planning, and professor at l'école d'urbanisme de Paris. He works in the fields of experimental and solidarity-based urban planning. He is co-founder of Plateau Urbain, a temporary-use cooperative ("Les Grands Voisins" project in Paris), and chairman of "Surface Plus Utile", a lobby for a real estate stock dedicated to players working in social and ecological transition.

Daniel Schnier lives in Bremen and is a Dipl.-Ing. Department of Architecture. He completed his studies at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences and wrote his diploma thesis on the revitalization of the old Stadtwerder waterworks site. He also worked as a construction management assistant on the conversion and conversion of Speicher XI, postgraduate studies in art and cultural studies at the University of Bremen. Since July 2006 he has been the initiator and co-operator of the AAA – Autonomous Architecture Atelier. Since 2009 he has been involved in the implementation of the ZZZ - ZwischenZeitZentrale Bremen. The ZZZ is now working nationwide to create a network for temporary use on behalf of the federal government.

Valerio Barberis is the Deputy-Major for Urban Planning, Environment and Circular Economy of the City of Prato. Valerio is  graduated in Architecture at the University of Florence where he carries out teaching and research activities as Adjunct Professor at the Department of Architectural Planning. In his role as policy maker he promotes an overall vision of the future of the city of Prato, which takes shape in the formation of an Urban Agenda that is emerging in the national and European panorama, in the debate on sustainable local development. From 2016 he is the coordinator for Italy in the Partnership on Circular Economy within the Urban Agenda for the EU program, undertaken by the European Commission.

Andrea Benini has always lived in the city that elected him mayor on 8 June 2014 with 58.04% of the vote. Before dedicating himself to politics, he worked for the newspaper Toscana Oggi, a monthly publication of the regional dioceses. His political career began in 2004, as a municipal councillor in Follonica on the Margherita lists. In the following term of office, from June 2009 until March 2011, he served as President of the Municipal Council, then became Deputy Mayor with delegations to culture, social and sports policies, the Health Society and international cooperation, in addition to being appointed President of the municipal institution Es. The mayor appointed his council on 24 June 2014, and held to himself the delegations of town planning, social policies, voluntary work, health, and sport.

Architect, CEO of Abitare Toscana, company of advisoring and management for social impact investors, who deal with the evolution of welfare, primarily housing, and does so by placing the social component at the center of the real estate investment to be managed: the social housers. Manager anb Cooperator, I promote networks based on a “Team of Teams” engagement, and in any case, socially oriented in the governance and management of the entire value chain, which experiment “urban housing”, that is a new way of living in the city by experimenting with tools and ways to innovate cooperation, and the third sector in general, as a form of sustainable management of collaborative living contexts and their respective proximity areas.

Architect, 48 years old, founder of Paratissima in 2005 and CEO of PRS Srl - Paratissima Produzioni & Servizi - Impresa Sociale since 2017, a company that deals with events and activities in the field of contemporary art, creativity and design. He also works as a consultant and project manager in the fields of cultural and sports marketing, territorial enhancement and property management for socio-cultural projects.