Circular Lapinlhati Community Culture

The Project’s brief: make reusing and recycling of materials much easier in all Lapinlahti premises and to increase the rates of reusing, repurposing, and recycling significantly. This calls for both technical and cultural solutions.

The intervention: Through research we identified the potential to push the limits of what the Lapinlahti community can become. Thus, we decided to locate our intervention deeper in the system, reaching for alignment among community members via visioning workshops to envision together a future where Lapinlahti could become a zero-waste community exemplar and a sustainability travel attraction in alignment with the Carbon Neutrality Action Plan.

Methods used:
- visioning workshops design & facilitation
- future thinking tools
- primary/ secondary research

Full report here

Deliverables & Legacy

- designer in all phases
- workshops design & facilitation
- embodiment lead
- futures thinking methods for Community Engagement
- individual know-how and leadership
- team cooperation & democratic decision-making

To ensure alignment in the community vision of Lapinlhati in 2035, we provided the community with futures thinking methods for community engagement, such as backcasting and collective dreaming exercises which are tools that can inspire the community to continue the work and advance legacy. The whole visioning strategy is a tangible deliverable that is further explained in the client report I personally led. Moreover, thanks to the ideas generated, we delivered a plan of Lappari Nest with a list of projects, a potential space and collaborators.

Since handing over the project, Lapinlahden Lähde have continued to invest in the idea of the Lappari Nest. With support from the City of Helsinki, they plant to apply for funding to help realise the Lappari Nest soon.