Services to the public – A Living Lab in Veynes

The students based their project on the Living-Lab methodology provided by Adrets – Association pour le développement en réseau des territoires et des services.

Firstly, they produced a diagnosis of the area, highlighting its specific problems. Secondly, they allowed ideas and projects to emerge in line with the working theme. It was in this context that they set up various participatory mechanisms during an initial residency in Veynes. Four participatory workshops were organized, open to local residents, to enable them to question their mobility practices, reflect on alternatives or imagine “ideal” developments in the commune to facilitate travel and access to services.

The qualitative and quantitative data collected was analyzed by the students and used to prepare the third stage of the project: putting the idea into action, enabling it to evolve into a concrete service. During their second stay, they set up two experiments: a physical car-sharing platform and the occasional pedestrianization of a strategic street identified as problematic by local residents.

The final stage of the project involved a joint evaluation of the tools and services created, to ensure their sustainability. To this end, the students organized a public presentation of all their work, and questioned the various local players on the relevance of their experiments, as well as on the future prospects for the continuation of this Living-Lab.