In cities all over Europe, buildings today are treated as investments rather than the increasingly rare spaces for people to live in. Every year, tens of thousands of former family homes, industrial and office spaces are being vacated and demolished – most of them in order for real estate speculators to build expensive replacements for buildings that could have less costly been renovated. With the help of the crowd, investigative media house CORRECTIV has launched the demolition atlas where people share information about planned demolitions and possible speculations, so far in Switzerland, Germany and Greece with partner media Solomon. In this session, we will show you how we reached thousands to participate, what kind of stories came out of it and how you can do the same in your country – no expert skills required.
