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CENTRINNO: Urban Ecosystem Cartography
I co-authored CENTRINNO’s Cartography Alpha Version (D2.2, 2022): a shared method for nine European pilot cities to map local skills, materials and community networks.
What existsA co-authored cartography method for a nine-city programme, documented in a Horizon 2020 deliverable.
CENTRINNO stands for New CENTRalities in INdustrial areas as engines for inNOvation and urban transformation. The project was funded under Horizon 2020 grant 869595.
- My role
- Co-author
- Period
- 2021–2022
- Status
- Completed research
- Focus
- Nine European pilot cities
The question
Nine pilot teams needed to map local resources, infrastructure, communities and material flows. The method had to be repeatable without treating very different neighbourhoods as interchangeable or publishing every piece of locally gathered information.
My contribution
At Metabolic, I co-authored D2.2, the Cartography Alpha Version, as one of six named authors. I helped shape a method connecting geographic context, community mapping and material flows. The report documents a clickable three-page website mock-up using Amsterdam as its example, alongside KUMU maps.
How I approached it
Map the local system
We brought geographic context, community assets and material flows into a shared research frame.
Demonstrate the approach
I helped shape the KUMU approach; the alpha report presents prepared KUMU examples.
Document the method
We published the Cartography Alpha Version and resources describing how pilot teams could adapt the process to their own contexts.
What exists
- Named as one of six authors of CENTRINNO deliverable D2.2, Cartography Alpha Version, submitted on 31 January 2022.
- A common method connecting geospatial context, community mapping and material flows.
- Prepared KUMU maps, with Amsterdam as the worked example.
Where the work stands
D2.2 documents the 2021–2022 alpha scope. The public website has evolved since then and includes later pilot material produced by the wider programme. “Urban ecosystem” refers to resources, infrastructure and social relationships, rather than a biodiversity survey.
Design choices and constraints
- Separate public outcomes from internal collaborative collection and analysis.
- Connect geography, community assets and material flows in the same method.
- Use a shared taxonomy while allowing each pilot to adapt the process.
Nine different city contexts required shared structure, local flexibility and care over the publication of community information.
Explore the work
- Document
CENTRINNO Cartography Alpha Version, D2.2 (opens in a new tab)
Credited Horizon 2020 deliverable · PDF
- Project website
CENTRINNO Cartography: public website and toolkit (opens in a new tab)
Current project website · mapping tools, templates and pilot case studies
- Document
Connection-mapping example from the 2022 alpha (opens in a new tab)
D2.2, p. 34, Figure 23. Shared KUMU demonstration of material, tool and knowledge connections; MapTiler and OpenStreetMap contributors. Original source figure retained.