Rôle et limites des tiers-lieux dans la fabrique des villes contemporaines

The notion of third place is mostly developed in an empirical way. It covers multiple realities such as projects of coworking spaces, living labs and fab labs. Some third places are specially interested in the city and in the new conditions of urban fabrication. Relying on open innovation methods and on the digital potential, these Thirds Places defend the idea of an urbanism which is not only the experts domain, but would also be coproduced with inhabitants. They defend a right to infrastructure in the cities (whether material or immaterial). To question the role and scope of Third Places in the fabrication of contemporary cities, we will focus on the analysis of French and Spanish Third Places specialized on urbanism. This analysis enhances a better understanding of the role of Third Places in urban production, and will highlight the difficulties of the construction of an urban policy of third places