Now that the Euler project has come to a close, time to share what we have learned. Our aim from the start was to unlock and deepen the skill-set of those disconnected from the labour market. This involves geographical exploration as well as building social relationships. A number of actions that others can also use […]
Again, we didn’t buy the building, but we discovered that citizens have not only the appetite to develop buildings and sites – and in that way influence their living environment – they are even willing to share their knowledge and put in their own skills and expertise for the realisation of their future urban environment. […]
In October we reported on our attempt to collectively buy the police tower of Antwerp. Together with hundreds of citizens we made renovation plans, exploitation models, convinced investors, and gathered anchor tenants. But the fact that another consortium of investors could buy the tower for the single reason that they had the highest bid (without […]
Our participation last year in the attempt to collectively buy one of the tallest towers in the city of Antwerp; ‘Den Oudaan’ or the city’s police tower, led to very remarkable insights for the EULER project. We discovered that the key of our collective action was the ‘openness’ of the process. This openness is in […]