15u volksraadpleging

Gathering in Muizen

Gathering in Muizen

How do we build the square together?

Can all voices be present?

How do we want to live together democratically?

How do we engage in dialogue?

Can all voices of Muizen be heard?

Do things like the square also have a voice?

How do we make the square together?

How do we build the square together?

we are now going to start with the first part

it's actually a referendum

about the square we're sitting on now

the idea is that later we vote on the proposals

so you got the program

you see there is a band at the top

and that you, every page has a color

and actually you see those colors here as well

from yes to no

yes?

so it's actually kind of gradual voting

but that will become clear later

I think we can just start by watching the first video

hello, I'm Kris Mys

with our archituctural office, by now 15 years ago

we renovated the dorpshuis and built the square

we set up the zocalo

an idea from Mexico, where not only in Mexico city

but also in small towns, small villages even

there's always such a zocalo, something like, a pedestal in Dutch

so a base

to say, this where public life, community life

social dynamics have their place

we had hoped that the school and the classes and the children

would make use of that

then there was the red cross

then there were studio's over there

which actually could open themselves towards the edge

we wanted to get rid of that gate

an additional access

we wanted to get rid of that door

an extra passage to everything behind it

that the square becomes really porous and crossable

and an intersection of roads and people

so the question is, very simple: should we open up more entrances to the square?

yes, I heard the gentleman say something about that gate

that there would be access to what's behind it

but behind that is just the school playground

as a parent of someone from the school, of one of the children

I think that could be a good entrance

to connect the school with the playground

um, as long as the zocalo square isn't more accessible

meaning more usable

it doesn't make much sense to make more entrances there, I think

one, two, three

those are the full no's?

four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen

fourteen no's

ok, we move on to the second vote

rue-leaved saxifrage

that little flower?

yes

and if you look carefully, but you have to move a little lower

to the chalice, so the brown where the white comes out

that is, rue-leaved saxifrage, here you can see the best

yellow flowers right?

yellow flowers, yes, that's St. John's wort

that's a plant that's still used in

not only in folk medicine but also in official medicine it is still used a lot

against depression, among other things

it's somthing that is often found