The lecture given at the Aruba Happy Community Congress on December 6th.

1. Bo Bario Programme
Renewing neighbourhoods, together

2. Topics
• The Bases of the Bo Bario Programme
• The design and envolvement process
• Juana Morto Pilot experience
Neighbourhood information gathering, Juana Morto

3. WHY CHANGE?

4. EQUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY,
OPPORTUNITY
Pedestrian Mobility in Aruba – Sports in public

5. Pedestrian Mobility in Aruba – functional for work
EQUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY,
OPPORTUNITY

6. Aesthetics
EQUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY,
a set of principles concerned with the nature
and appreciation of beauty, especially in art
OPPORTUNITY

7. The bases of the Bo Bario Programme
- Renobacion urbano
- The Government view: two main pillars
- Public Space Development
- Social Value Development
- A constant cycle building mutual understanding
and knowledge
- Through an interactive process, designers learn
from the inhabitants and inhabitants learn how
to best use their facilities

8. Renobacion Urbano
• Learning from people abroad
• Learning from each other
• Learning & working together

9. Public Space Development
- Rebalanced public space Building blocks:
- Roadways & Bike paths
- Walkways
- Trees and greenery

10. Public Space Development

12. Het nieuwe ruimtelijke organisatie
systeem is gebaseerd op drie
hoofdonderdelen:
- Toegespitst rijverkeer met
gestructureerd parkeren
- Voetgangersruimte geintegreerd
met andere services zoals oa.
gezamelijke afvalophaalplekken
- Groenvoorziening geintegreerd met
regenwaterafvoer

15. Juana Morto – Caya Central lighting before

16. Juana Morto – Caya Central lighting after

17. EQUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY,
OPPORTUNITY

18. Social Value development
• The inhabitants’ projects and needs are the
central piece around which each neighbourhood
process revolves
• For each neighbourhood, a specific programme is
formulated containing specific goals and dates for
the area
• Government organisations such as FCCA work
together with NGO´s like CEDE Aruba including
them in the projects at the earliest possible stage

19. Social Value development
• Presentations of the new public space concepts go
hand in hand with invitations to participate in
creating a custom made project for the
neighbourhood
• The social group prepare important information to
share with the neighbourhoods thus guiding and
educating the inhabitants whilst being guided and
learn as well

20. Juana Morto Pilot Experience
• The site
• The People
• The Process

21. Juana Morto Case Study
• The site

22. Juana Morto Case Study

23. Juana Morto Case Study
• The site
– 52 Households
– Mostly Adults
– 1 tot 2 persons per household
– Less than half of the households have a car
– Lower income range
– Natural beauty
– General Misperception of the Bario

24. Juana Morto Case Study
• The People
- Stichting Vishon Nobo Juana Morto Complex
- Breakthrough dance Ministry
- International mix

25. Juana Morto Case Study

26. Juana Morto Case Study

27. Juana Morto Case Study
• The Process
- Emerging Strategy
- Personal Discovery

34. Juana Morto Case Study
• EmergingStrategy
- Envolve the inhabitants from the get go
- Make a large body of proffesionals and
experience available to the citizen
- Beautification does not mean renewal
necesarily
- Explaining the project to local authorities and
institutions and getting their committment

35. Juana Morto Case Study
• Personal Discovery
- Neighbourhoods are not isolated
- Inhabitants have most often the right ideas
- Neighbourhood stories and legends
- Building knowledge and experience can be a
cumulative process

36. Change what?
- Perception of ourselves
- Neighbourhoods are filled with people and thus value
- People in «bad» neighbourhoods have valuable ideas
- Perception of our public space
- erradicate thenegative association of the «street»
- public space is a fundamental platform for:
* social interaction and mutual learning experiences
* creating awareness of our collective home (milieu)
* the creation of healthy and happy communities
- Our priorities
- Accomodating space for people rather than vehicles
- Investing in good pedestrian and bike infrastructure will yield in further
enable and sustain healthy happy communities
- Investing in healthy environment for our kids will help them grow to be
more sociable and consious beings.

39. EQUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY,
OPPORTUNITY