Introduction
Resource Centre is part of Maglemølle Commercial Park (Maglemølle Erhvervspark). The old power station is transformed into an ambitious concept for knowledge sharing in Resource City and Næstved. The building is the driver for the transformation of Resource City from a semi-derelict factory area to a centre for companies and knowledge within resources.
As well as being the offices for the secretariat of Resource Centre that works as the knowledge coordinator for Resource City, the Resource Centre also offers office space to small and medium-sized companies.
The Resource Centre acts as the physical surroundings for players in the future resource community, physical co-location ensuring more areas of contact and interaction. The physical surroundings will consist of rentable spaces of varying shape and size. There will be both single work-spaces that can be used fluidly as well as bigger spaces with low rent that can accommodate growing companies.
Social
In Resource Centre there will be room for companies of varying sizes that can draw on each other’s resources, inspire each other and enter synergetic working relationships with. The players within Resource City can offer each other and the community important and relevant knowledge about the future resource community based around Resource City. Resource City works as the physical surroundings that supports an innovative society driven by resource oriented development. In both theory and practice, knowledge sharing is crucial for the companies situated in Resource City. Since all work within the same overarching theme of resources, the movement and sharing of knowledge both within and between players should be encouraged and supported. This is facilitated by the secretariat of Resource City that works as a knowledge coordinator for the different stakeholders working here.
To include citizens in the project, a strategy for for dissemination of business models and ressource concepts that are created at Ressource City is developed. The continuous stream of visitors is important to generate interest in the finished products and will also awaken people’s curiosity and widen the guests’ horizons. This knowledge sharing will work as so-called on-site education where visitors can visit the local factories and see how upcyling works in practice. Facilites for visitors will also be built as examples of how upcycling works in practice, the café being an example of how food can be served with a focus on minimizing food waste. Professionals will cook from products that would otherwise have been discarded.