New European Bauhaus Prizes 2023

Initiative category

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Email user
joanna.wolany@wp.pl

Basic information
Initiative title
CONNECTING GENERATIONS

Full initiative Title
CONNECTING GENERATIONS - building intergenerational ties in local communities

Please provide a short, catchy description of your initiative to be used in communication towards the public.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS is a project which aims to develop intergenerational ties through joint creative activities leading to the creation of accessible, architecturally interesting space that meets the needs of residents.
Project will be developed on several levels:
ARCHTECTURAL - creating accessible, human friendly space based on the collected experience of people
SOCIAL - elimination of biggest Seniors problem - loneliness
HISTORICAL - creating bridges between the past and the future

What was the geographical scope of your intiative?
Local

Where was your intiative implemented?
Member State(s) and Western Balkans
Poland

If relevant, insert names of region(s)/municipality(ies) involved
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Does your initiative address mainly urban or rural issues?
It addresses urban-rural linkages

Does your initiative refer to a physical transformation of the built environment or other types of transformations (hard or soft investments)?
It refers to a physical transformation of the built environment (hard investment)

Has your initiative benefited from EU programmes and/or funds?
No

Has your initiative won an EU prize with a monetary value awarded?
No

Does your initiative has a minimum level of maturity? The minimum level of maturity is exemplified by stakeholder/ initiative promoter commitment to implement the initiative in practice and a clear methodology /approach.
Yes

On whose behalf are you submitting the application?
As an individual in partnership with other persons
Please provide the contact details for the intiative promoter (the individual or representative of the organisation authorised to represent the intiative).
- First name: Joanna
  Last name: Wolany
  Gender: Female
  Nationality: Poland
  Address (country of permanent residence for individuals or address of the organisation)<br/>Street and number: Gwiaździsta 12
  Town: Pszczyna
  Postal code: 43-200
  Country: Poland
  Direct Tel: +48 609 268 585
  E-mail: joanna.wolany@wp.pl
  Website: http://idea95.pl
Social Media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
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In case my initiative is selected as a finalist of the NEB Prizes 2023, I agree to share the name (individual and/or organisation’s), email address, website and social media accounts indicated above with other NEB Prizes finalists. I also agree to publish the name (individual and/or organisation’s), website and social media accounts indicated above next to the public description of my initiative in the channels of the European Commission.
Yes

How did you hear about the New European Bauhaus Prizes?
New European Bauhaus or European Commission websites

Description of the initiative
Please provide a summary of your initiative
CONNECTING GENERATIONS is a project which aims to develop intergenerational ties through joint creative activities leading to the creation of accessible, architecturally interesting space that meets the needs of residents.
Project will be developed on several levels:
Architectural-creating accessible, human friendly space based on the collected experience of people
Social-elimination of biggest Seniors problem - loneliness
Historical-creating bridges between the past and the future

Please indicate the main themes of your initiative with 5 key words.
intergenerational

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architectural accessibility

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sustainable

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green spaces

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ecological buildings

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of sustainability and how these have been/will be met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS
The project supports sustainable development, promotes green, energy-neutral architecture, meeting places are within walking or cycling distance, supports people with disabilities, strives to integrate young people and Seniors.

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of aesthetics and quality of experience for people (through design, positive emotions and cultural benefits) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS will be developed on several levels.
1. ARCHITECTURAL level:
*Creating places for intergenerational spending time among greenery, surrounded by accessible architecture, close to home (about 15 minutes from the place of residence), giving a new role to buildings in cities.
*Creating accessible, human friendly space based on the collected experience of people with disabilities, Seniors, and young people with temporary disabilities.
*Creating a new approach to the design of kindergartens, schools, housing estate community centers, taking into account such rooms as reading rooms with the possibility of receiving Seniors, school workshops with the possibility of creating joint technical meetings with Seniors.
*It is an analysis of the urban tissue and supplementing it with bicycle routes to every school, kindergarten or health center, new green places in the city, parks, gardens, green walls, etc
CONNECTING GENERATIONS assumes building intergenerational relations :
*Reading rooms in kindergartens. - A book as an inseparable element of a young person's development. Adding a reading room with a library to the guidelines for designing of kindergartens or creating such a place in existing buildings - inviting Seniors to read fairy tales to children every day.
*Atelier - space for creativity - creating places teeming with artistic life - at your fingertips.
Meetings in historic interiors of cities that will inspire young people to learn more about the history of these places - joint works on creating spaces available in cities, as well as painting, sculpture, joint vernissages of young people with Seniors.
*Workshops in schools - A combination of theory, practice, art and craft
Know more, share knowledge - places where young people will learn how to repair a bicycle, repair a broken zipper, and at the same time young people will help Seniors learn computer programs, deal with matters via the Internet.
2. SOCIAL and
3.HISTORIC level

Please give information about the key objectives of your initiative in terms of inclusion (ranging from accessibility and affordability for all to inclusive governing systems, design for all principles or new societal models) and how these have been met. Please highlight how the initiative can be exemplary in this context.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS will be developed on several levels:
1. ARCHITECTURAL:
*Creating places for intergenerational spending time among greenery, surrounded by accessible architecture, close to home (about 15- 20 minutes from the place of residence), giving a new role to buildings in cities.
*Creating accessible, human friendly space based on the collected experience of people with disabilities, Seniors, and young people with temporary disabilities.
*Creating a new approach to the design of kindergartens, schools, housing estate community centers, taking into account such rooms as reading rooms with the possibility of receiving Seniors, school workshops with the possibility of creating joint technical meetings with Seniors.
*It is an analysis of the urban tissue and supplementing it with bicycle routes to every school, kindergarten or health center, new green places in the city, parks, gardens, green walls, etc
2. SOCIAL:
The project aims to create strong intergenerational ties, enable Seniors to actively participate in the lives of young people and mutually use their skills. This is to eliminate the biggest problem Seniors face – loneliness.
3. HISTORICAL:
Creating bridges between the past and the future.
Involvement of young people in learning about the history of places, city monuments, involvement in the care of monuments Developing passion, creating joint intergenerational meetings, historical walks showing local heritage, open-air events, painting workshops.

Please explain the way citizens benefiting from or affected by the initiative and civil society have been/will be involved in the initiative and what has been/will be the impact of this involvement on the initiative
Advantages of the project for age groups:
- the CONNECTING GENERATIONS project is designed for all age groups, with an emphasis on Seniors and young people and people with disabilities.
- advantages for Seniors: the opportunity to participate in social life, putting aside the biggest problem of old age, which is loneliness. Many medical studies indicate that the contact of Seniors with children and adolescents accelerates the healing process and definitely improves the quality of life.
- advantages for children and teenagers - Research shows that children and teenagers also benefit from contacts with Seniors. Their self-esteem increases, the healing processes in diseases run faster .They do not pass by indifferently in adult life.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS this is a look into the future with all the baggage of the past. It is about building intergenerational relationships anew, in which the time spent together, touch and looking into the eyes are so important.

Please explain how different stakeholders at various levels (local, regional, national, European) were engaged in the design and implementation of the initiative.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS– it is a chance to open a new, beautiful chapter of intergenerational meetings, to take care of both teamwork and the social effect of creating a neighborhood around and in the building, in the city space.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS- is a project that can be implemented in any town, for the benefit of all residents and future generations.

Please explain which disciplines and/ or knowledge fields were reflected in the design and implementation of your initiative. Please explain how representatives of these different fields interacted with each other, and what the added value of this process was
ARCHITECTURE - joint works on creating spaces available in cities. Creating a new approach to the design of kindergartens, schools, housing estate community centers, taking into account such rooms as reading rooms with the possibility of receiving Seniors, school workshops with the possibility of creating joint technical meetings with Seniors.
URBAN PLANNING - project emphasizes the joint analysis of urban space and its adaptation to the needs of people with disabilities. - advantages for other people - enriching the quality of life. It is an analysis of the urban tissue and supplementing it with bicycle routes to every school, kindergarten or health center
GREEN, SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION - new green places in the city, parks, gardens, green walls, etc
WOODEN CONSTRUCTION - wooden construction of new buidings
PROTECTION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS - Developing passion, creating joint intergenerational meetings, historical walks showing local heritage, open-air events. Involvement of young people in learning about the history of places, city monuments, involvement in the care of monuments
SOCIOLOGY - The time of the pandemic has left its mark on all generations. However, the most difficult moments were experienced by the generation of Seniors. Moments spent alone, without meetings with loved ones, friends, without direct access to culture meant that many of them are unable to rise up mentally and meet the widely available cultural offer. Fear, badly damaged health, four walls that have become a magical haven of safety... And yet the generation of our Seniors deserves a beautiful autumn of their life
ART - joint vernissages of young people with Seniors
MEDICINE - Many medical studies indicate that the contact of Seniors with children and adolescents accelerates the healing process and definitely improves the quality of life.

Please highlight the innovative character of the initiative, when compared to mainstream actions in the field of the initiative
CONNECTING GENERATIONS– it is a chance to open a new, beautiful chapter of intergenerational meetings, to take care of both teamwork and the social effect of creating a neighborhood around and in the building, in the city space.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS- is a project that can be implemented in any town, for the benefit of all residents and future generations.

Please describe which elements of your initiative could be replicated or transferred to other places, groups of beneficiaries and contexts. This may involve, for example, aspects of the methodology, technology, processes, products, learnings, etc.
The CONNECTING GENERATIONS project emphasizes the joint analysis of urban space and its adaptation to the needs of people with disabilities. - advantages for other people - enriching the quality of life.
Advantages of the project for age groups:
- the Connecting Generations project is designed for all age groups, with an emphasis on Seniors and young people and people with disabilities.
- advantages for Seniors: the opportunity to participate in social life, putting aside the biggest problem of old age, which is loneliness. Many medical studies indicate that the contact of Seniors with children and adolescents accelerates the healing process and definitely improves the quality of life.
- advantages for children and teenagers - Research shows that children and teenagers also benefit from contacts with Seniors. Their self-esteem increases, the healing processes in diseases run faster, They do not pass by indifferently in adult life.
The works on the boards were made by our young people. One of the posted works was drawn half by 11-year-old Zuzia and half by her Grandfather 60+. Joint activities bring a lot of joy.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS - is a project that could be initiated in any community.

Please describe the methodology or approach used in your initiative.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS
STEP I - knowledge transfer about accessibility, green buidings and history form teacher to youth
STEP II - creating and building available meeting places, surrounded by green / reading rooms, ateliers, school workschops, etc/
STEP III - common activities of youth and Seniors

Please explain what kind of global challenges the initiative addresses by providing local solutions
The CONNECTING GENERATIONS project emphasizes the joint analysis of urban space and its adaptation to the needs of people with disabilities. - advantages for other people - enriching the quality of life,
CONNECTING GENERATIONS– it is a chance to open a new, beautiful chapter of intergenerational meetings, to take care of both teamwork and the social effect of creating a neighborhood around and in the building, in the city space.
CONNECTING GENERATIONS this is a look into the future with all the baggage of the past. It is about building intergenerational relationships anew, in which the time spent together, touch and looking into the eyes are so important.

Please detail the scope of progress in the implementation of the initiative. This can include already demonstrated results/outputs related to the chosen Prizes category, and the already achieved benefits from the initiative for direct and indirect beneficiaries. This can also include a development plan of the initiative, with a particular attention to the steps envisaged in the year following the application, and including envisaged results and benefits from the initiative
CONNECTING GENERATIONS - the current education of young people in the field of architecture and urban planning brings measurable results in the form of high awards in architectural competitions (2nd and 3rd place in a national competition organized by the chamber of architects "Kształtowanie Przestrzeni"). Young people recognized spaces in which there is no accessibility for people with disabilities, they notice historical buildings that need renovation, they point out the lack of green spaces in the city and bicycle paths (the exercise charts are attached).
The combination of young and Senior generations will bring solutions whitch exactly meets the needs of residents.
So far, our activities have included only education and promotion of meetings. We can see the enthusiastic approach of the participants, but the scale of activities is limited due to the lack of appropriate spaces. As professional architects, we can privide full design and formal procedure and create furts such project or building.

Please provide documents that demonstrate the maturity level of the initiative and commitment to implement the initiative in practice (e.g.: evaluation report, final or mid-term initiative report, certification, publications, building permit, grant agreement, letter of support, partnership agreement, etc.)
PDF
PDF
- pdf-1-18425.pdf
If relevant, please describe how your initiative contributes to developing new competences, especially in the context of the European competence framework on sustainability.
So far, our activities have included only education and promotion of meetings. We can see the enthusiastic approach of the participants, but the scale of activities is limited due to the lack of appropriate spaces. As professional architects, we can privide full design and formal procedure and create furts such project or building.
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