elop8*

After elop*athlon we realize that the “solution” to La Otra Banda is inside La Otra Banda people, so, by activating this attitude of commitment of locals to their neighborhood we will achieve a more secure, full of identity town.

Our feeling after this first visit is that there is no need to create new spaces. Currently, spaces are no use because of a lack of a proper identity and quality. If we re-activate places by creating a real program we can make people aware of the place they live. By that we can increase the feeling of community, social cohesion, and also increase the security. Local economy and urban development will be easier to achieve as a consequence of the this.

The key* La Otra Banda locals and people interested in la Otra Banda development.

After kick off week we decided there were two areas  we wanted  to attack, the spatial and the social. So first, we have to activate the people inside La Otra Banda, for example. Creating groups in each street, in which every group have some tasks as keeping their street clean. By these little activities, people will start interacting even more with their closer neighbours and have in mind a purpose in common, in this case, keeping their street clean. Fiestas or ferias come later. First, people have to be interested in their area, somehow.

We have to find a connection between already known fiestas in the area and new ferias we want to promote. Thanks to this ferias we are going to design the places in function of the events, in order to give more quality and more identity to each little spot of La Otra Banda. Events will give the opportunity to make people aware of their spaces and to re-activate it.

We have to find people that can be interested or is already interested on developing each feria at La otra Banda, and then define the places of each one and talk about the temporary infrastructure that is going to be used.