Graduation project
Story Miner
Noor Bootsma
## “The Story Miner is meant to protect the places that have special social values for people in the same way that monumental buildings are protected.”
Every piece of land in the Netherlands is defined by a zoning plan describing archaeological, cultural-historical and biological values. These values determine what can and what cannot be built on a site. However, Noor Bootsma misses the social aspect in these considerations. Not taking social values into consideration means that important but sometimes invisible places such as a community centre might be overlooked during city development. The Story Miner collects stories from local residents explaining what certain places mean to them. These ‘soft’ values are mapped in a way that mirrors the official municipal zoning maps. Decision makers should take these values into account when working on redevelopment projects, Noor argues.