Research projects

REDESIGN will support the transformation of local urban food systems. To this end, Food Value Systems (FVS) will be created with the following objectives:

• Strengthening urban resilience through food-led green urban and peri-urban infrastructure enhancement,
• foster participation in the food system of local communities (with a particular focus on vulnerable groups),
• contribute to the quality and beauty of living places, and
• mitigate climate change through the integration of urban agriculture with the built environment.

The FVSs will operate through the development and application of a “Learning Loop” methodology grounded on New European Bauhaus (NEB) values – sustainability, ethics and inclusion – to accelerate innovation in all the steps of the food system (including production, consumption, exchange, and disposal) and expand beyond the notion of ‘food chain’ to integrate the cultural, social and political dimensions of the transformation.

REDESIGN is based on a network of three main groups of actors: ‘observation’ cases, ‘implementation’ cases/Living Labs, and a board of cities. In the three Living Labs, the REDESIGN Food Value Networks will be set up and implemented with the involvement of local stakeholders. Each implementation case will have a specific focus on one area of the urban food system

• Teviot Social Housing Estate, (UK): nutrient recovery and food production
• Salt Cultural Orchards (ES): the setting up of a multifunctional food lab
• Ernährungsrat Dortmund und Region e.V. (DE): food policy councils & world field

Results will include regenerated neighborhoods in the implementation cases, the setting of three Living Labs steering the Food Value Networks, a Learning Loop methodology, all scalable and replicable in other contexts.