1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Rouen
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Jardin d’intérieur dans la résidence Lamauve
Short description of the intervention
As part of their school curriculum, engineering students from the engineering school "ESIGELEC" (École supérieure d'ingénieurs en génie électrique, in english Graduate School of Electrical Engineering) had to carry out a Project of Initiative and Creativity. They have chosen to build an indoor garden with an intergenerational component in the Lamauve retirement residence in Rouen in collaboration with Saint-Léon primary school (Ref. 1).
Address

La résidence Lamauve (Retirement housing)
101 Rue du Renard
76000 Rouen
France

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Total area
8.00m²
NBS area
8.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Building
Website of the intervention
http://www.natures-adventure-63.webself.net/leprojet
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2017
End date of the intervention
2017
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
-Create an interior garden (Ref. 1)
-Share knowledge and know-how around a multidisciplinary theme: Nature! (Ref. 1)
-Establish an intergenerational link through manual and artistic activities ..." (Ref. 1)
-"The aim is to give an animation to the elderly but also to teach some values and knowledge to young students." (Ref. 2)
-Develop creativity (Ref. 1)
-Sharing between several generations around a playful project (Ref. 1)
Quantitative targets
-5 engineering students created a structure for the vegetal wall of about two meters by four meters in the retirement house (Ref. 2)
Monitoring indicators defined
Area of wall (Ref. 2)
Number of students involved (Ref. 2)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Environmental education
Social cohesion
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Economic development: agriculture
Implementation activities
-"Residents took part on the game and transmitted a fairly precise specification of their desires. We install mainly flowers because they claim color"
-"On the structure (for the vegetal wall) of about two meters by four meters, modules are adaptable to all residents and their possible mobility problems."(Ref. 2)
-Handicraft and artistic activities (Ref. 1)
-"Students have organized food sales at school to finance the purchase of the equipment, as we are not allowed to self-fund" (Ref. 2)
-An educational mission: the students from the engineering school adapted to the school curriculum of CE2 class (4th grade), for example to explain how a plant works. (Ref. 1)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Knowledge creation and awareness raising
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Nature in buildings (indoor)
Green walls and ceilings
Vegetation Type
Flower beds
Other
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Regulating services
Mediation of smell / noise / visual impacts
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Intellectual interactions (scientific and / or educational)
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Researchers/University
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Young people and children
Marginalized groups
Elderly people
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Researchers, university
Other
Please specify other non-government actors involved
Primary school students are also helping in this project. (Ref 2)
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Students from the engineering school "ESIGELEC" are the main initiator of the project. (Ref. 1)
Primary school students are also helping in this project in their schools (Ref. 2)
Partners are the retirement housing called "La résidence Lamauve", the primary school "Saint-Léon", and the students from the engineering school "ESIGELEC". (Ref. 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
Researchers/university
Land owners
Educational actor (schools or universities)
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Public sector institution
Researchers/university
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Educational actor (schools or universities)
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Taskforce groups
Dissemination of information and education
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
As part of their school curriculum, engineers students had to carry out a "Project of Initiative and Creativity". (Ref. 1)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Please specify other vegetation type
vegetal wall (Ref1)
interior garden (Ref. 1)
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Partners are the retirement housing called "La résidence Lamauve", the primary school "Saint-Léon", and the students from the engineering school "ESIGELEC". (Ref. 1)
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Research has been done by the engineers students (Ref. 1).
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
No
Please specify
Concerning financing, the students had to sell food at school in order finance the purchase of equipment as they don't have the right to self-fund. (Ref. 2)
Co-finance for NBS
Unknown
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
Other
Please specify other source of funding
Sales of food at school (Ref. 2).
Type of fund(s) used
Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Other
Business models
Green education model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Private non-for-profit actor (e.g. NGO, foundation)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Technological
Infrastructural innovation
Social
Cultural innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Interior garden of 2 meters by 4 meters in the retirement house (Ref. 2)
Please specify social innovation
"Intergenerational garden project" -An educational mission: the students from the engineering school adapted to the school curriculum of CE2 class (4th grade (Ref. 1, 2)
Developing creativity thanks to activity and sharing knowledge with multiple generations (Ref. 1)
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Please specify other economic impact
Provided practical training opportunity for enginerring students (Ref. 1).
Description of environmental benefits
Green space and habitat:
-Increased green space area: installation of wall of 8m^2 (Ref. 2).
Economic impacts
Increase of green jobs (e.g. paid employment positions)
Generation of income from NBS
Other
Description of economic benefits
Sales of food at school (Ref. 2).
Provided practical training opportunity for enginerring students (Ref. 1).
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved social cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Education
Increased support for education and scientific research
Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Description of social and cultural benefits
Social justice and cohesion:
-Improved access to urban green space/Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalized groups or indigenous peoples: initiative is located in a long-term care facility (Ref. 1).
-Increased opportunities for social interaction: -Establish an intergenerational link through manual and artistic activities ..." (Ref. 1)

Education:
-Support education and scientific research: -Engineering students created this project with the help of primary school pupils (Ref. 1). -"Share knowledge and know-how around a multidisciplinary theme: Nature! (Ref. 1)
--"Share knowledge and know-how around a multidisciplinary theme: Nature! (Ref. 1)
- Provided practical training opportunity for enginerring students (Ref. 1).


knowledge:
"Intergenerational garden project" -An educational mission: the students from the engineering school adapted to the school curriculum of CE2 class (4th grade (Ref. 1, 2)
Developing creativity thanks to activity and sharing knowledge with multiple generations (Ref. 1)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
-"Share knowledge and know-how around a multidisciplinary theme: Nature! (Ref. 1)
-Establish an intergenerational link through manual and artistic activities ..." (Ref. 1)
-Engineering students created this project with the help of primary school pupils (Ref. 1)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
other
Please specify other method used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Research has been done by the engineers students (Ref. 1).
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
No specific information available as of August 19, 2020. Stay at home orders were active in all of France from March 16, 2020 to May 11, 2020 (https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19).
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Other
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Yes
Mode(s) of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Focus Group
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Yes
Please specify
"Residents took part on the game and transmitted a fairly precise specification of their desires. We install mainly flowers because they claim color" (Ref. 2).
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref. 1
Ref. 2
List of references
1. Nature's Adventure (n.d). "Le Projet". Created by students from ESIGELEC. Available at: https://natures-adventure-63.webself.net/leprojet (Accessed: August 19, 2020).
2. Devalaud, Aurélien (2017). "À Rouen, écoliers et étudiants installent un jardin d'intérieur dans une maison de retraite". Available at: https://www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-222053-rouen-a-rouen-des-ecoliers-et-des-etudiants-installent-un-jardin-d-interieur-dans-une-maison-de-retraite.html (Accessed: August 19, 2020).
Comments and notes
Comments
Section 6: Job creation: other (no drop down box available). Provided practical training opportunity for enginerring students (Ref. 1).
Additional insights
2020 comments:
Further information on this initiative is not available as of August 19, 2020. The retirement home's website is available at: http://fondation-lamauve.fr
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Children working on the interior vegetal wall plants
Children working on the interior vegetal wall plants
Guillaume Simon (2017), retrieved 08/10/2018
Plants on the interior vegetal wall
Plants on the interior vegetal wall
Guillaume Simon (2017), retrieved 08/10/2018
Plants on the interior vegetal wall
Plants on the interior vegetal wall
Guillaume Simon (2017), retrieved 08/10/2018
Interior vegetal wall in a retirement housing
Interior vegetal wall in a retirement housing
Guillaume Simon (2017), retrieved 08/10/2018
Please specify other source of non-financial contribution
Primary school students are also helping in this project. (Ref. 2)