Women?s use of public space and sense of place in the Raval (Barcelona)

GeoJournal ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Ortiz ◽  
Maria Dolors Garcia-Ramon ◽  
Maria Prats
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place

scholarly journals The role of ethnic malls in placemaking: a case study of First Markham Place

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Liu
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Shopping Centres

This study examines the role and effectiveness of suburban, ethnic shopping centres in providing an alternative to public space. It is a response to the suburb's lack of good public spaces, and the resulting lack of community and sense of place, and is informed by the development of 'ethnoburbs' across North America. This study explores themes revealed by both literature and a series of field observations and intercept interview. A case study analyzing First Markham Place and how its mall patrons use the space revealed implications regarding the effectiveness of these malls as public spaces. The author found that the mall's role as a community hub provides opportunities to satisfy both practical and innate desires for cultural goods, services, and co-ethnic interactions, encourages a 'public life' not seen in conventional suburban malls, and creates a unique sense of place for members of the target ethnic community as well as non-members.

scholarly journals RUANG AKTIVITAS MASYARAKAT PULOMAS

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 845
Author(s):  
William Adiputra Dharmawan ◽  
Doddy Yuono
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Third Place ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Housing Complex

Modern people have a demanding and busy life. Jakarta is not an exception. Whose people is growing rapidly in terms of socio economic standing into middle class.This class requires different types and patterns of usage of space. They prefer to live in suburubia, spends time in malls instead of local places, and usually have 9-5 jobs.The mall’s role as a public space is problematic as it can siphon away public life that could’ve happen in local place which can shape a strong sense of place and character. Other than that, malls also requires a significant energy commitment to get to it, doesn’t create community around it, exclusive to lower class people, etc. A local third place is proposed as a solution. To pull back public life into the suburbia. Something smaller in scale, making the visitors into people not mere consumer. A personal place, A place that forms communities, a palce that is local so people don’t have to spend a lot of energy going to the place. A place that is open to all. A Third place. In this final project, the chosen site is right in the middle of a housing complex in Pulomas. Local residents would only have to walk no more than 5 minutes to visit the place. It provides public spaces that are in demand by local residents, such as food hall, gym, study space, archery hall, eventspace, etc in smaller scale. Public life that is stolen from the mall is taken back into the local place, creating a sense of place and community. AbstrakMasyarakat modern memiliki tuntutan kehidupan yang sibuk dan padat. Tidak terkecuali penduduk Jakarta. Yang strata sosio-ekonominya bertumbuh secara cepat menjadi kalangan menengah ke atas. Kalangan ini memiliki kebutuhan ruang dan pola penggunaan ruang yang berbeda. Mereka memilih untuk tinggal di perumahan, menghabiskan waktu di mall dibanding di tempat yang lokal, dan umumnya memiliki pekerjaan 9-5. Penggunaan mall sebagai tempat publik berpotensi menjadi masalah, ketika kehidupan publik yang bisa menjadi karakter suatu tempat di alihkan ke tempat yang anonim seperti  mall. Kurangnya kehidupan publik mengikis sense of place dan social capital yang dimiliki sebuah tempat. Selain itu mall juga membutuhkan komitmen energi yang besar untuk mencapai mall, pengunjung yang tidak menjalin komunitas, ekslusifitas terhadap kalangan menengah kebawah, dlsb. Third place yang lokal di usulkan sebagai solusi, untuk menarik kembali kehidupan publik di perumahan. Sebuah tempat yang mempunyai skala lebih kecil, menjadikan pengunjungnya sesama manusia, personal, membentuk komunitas, lokal sehingga kita tidak perlu banyak energi untuk mengunjungi tempat itu, dan terbuka bagi semua, sebuah third place. Di proyek tugas akhir ini, dipilih site tepat di tengah perumahan, di Pulomas. Warga lokal hanya tinggal jalan kaki tidak lebih dari 5 menit untuk mencapai site. Menyediakan tempat publik skala kecil yang dibutuhkan oleh warga lokal seperti food hall, gym, ruang studi, lapangan panahan, eventspace, lounge, dll. Kehidupan publik yang sebelumnya dicuri oleh mall dan tempat lain dilokalisasikan, menciptakan sebuah sense of place, dan sense of community.

scholarly journals The role of ethnic malls in placemaking: a case study of First Markham Place

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Liu
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Cultural Goods ◽  
Shopping Centres

This study examines the role and effectiveness of suburban, ethnic shopping centres in providing an alternative to public space. It is a response to the suburb's lack of good public spaces, and the resulting lack of community and sense of place, and is informed by the development of 'ethnoburbs' across North America. This study explores themes revealed by both literature and a series of field observations and intercept interview. A case study analyzing First Markham Place and how its mall patrons use the space revealed implications regarding the effectiveness of these malls as public spaces. The author found that the mall's role as a community hub provides opportunities to satisfy both practical and innate desires for cultural goods, services, and co-ethnic interactions, encourages a 'public life' not seen in conventional suburban malls, and creates a unique sense of place for members of the target ethnic community as well as non-members.

scholarly journals Interstitial place

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Melnichuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
North America ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Adjacent Buildings ◽  
Landscape Urbanism

The fabric of many post WW2 campuses in North America, can be described as a collection of independent buildings rather than as infrastructure that shapes and connects a network of public spaces with character, sense of place and social amenity. The same can be said for our late modernist cities. A re-examination and design of these interstitial leftover spaces can provide much needed public domain for students and faculty while also improving the ambiance and connectivity of adjacent buildings. Through analyzing and intervening within an existing underutilized circulation plaza within Ryerson’s urban Toronto campus, this thesis project asserts the importance of public space by creating new connections and relationships between building, landscape, and people using strategies of landscape urbanism and infrastructural urbanism. The synthesis of architecture, infrastructure and landscape has the potential to create public realm by intensifying and uniting new and existing flows within existing urban and social networks.

Traditional European Squares in Contemporary Urbanism: Dubrovnik's Medieval Squares

2009 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 57-73
Author(s):  
Tigran Haas
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Social Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Square ◽  
Urban Places

Buildings alone do not matter, it is only the ensemble of streets, squares, and buildings and the way they fit together that comprises the true principles of good urbanism and place making. One of the main rules of good urban design is the quality of the public space. This paper analyzes the importance of creating & maintaining a true public square in contemporary urban condition, as one of the built environments' pillars for sustaining social and cultural identity. Criticism has been posed towards the (neo) romanticizing the importance of European squares (as some critics would call it “Postcard Squares”) in everyday life and contemporary town planning. Movements such as New Urbanism, which promote good urban design have not put squares that high on their urban design agendas. Also the usage of the historic European city's public realm model - the square - as the important ingredient for all urban places has not been forthcoming. To investigate this phenomena, and facilitate the discourse, The Square of the St. Blaise Church (Luza Square) and the Gunduliceva Poljana Square in the Old City of Dubrovnik, are analyzed and reflected upon through various data collection, theory reflections and urban design evaluation methods, such as Garham's Sense of Place Typology-Taxonomy. If cities have livable and vibrant social spaces, do residents tend to have a stronger sense of community and sense of place? If such places are lacking, does the opposite happen?. This paper seeks out to answer these questions. Finally the paper also looks at how the phenomenon of creating good social spaces through creating ‘third places’ is achieved and confirmed in the squares of Dubrovnik.

scholarly journals Interstitial place

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Melnichuk
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
North America ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Adjacent Buildings ◽  
Landscape Urbanism

The fabric of many post WW2 campuses in North America, can be described as a collection of independent buildings rather than as infrastructure that shapes and connects a network of public spaces with character, sense of place and social amenity. The same can be said for our late modernist cities. A re-examination and design of these interstitial leftover spaces can provide much needed public domain for students and faculty while also improving the ambiance and connectivity of adjacent buildings. Through analyzing and intervening within an existing underutilized circulation plaza within Ryerson’s urban Toronto campus, this thesis project asserts the importance of public space by creating new connections and relationships between building, landscape, and people using strategies of landscape urbanism and infrastructural urbanism. The synthesis of architecture, infrastructure and landscape has the potential to create public realm by intensifying and uniting new and existing flows within existing urban and social networks.

scholarly journals Strengthening Community Sense of Place through Placemaking

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Ellery ◽  
Jane Ellery
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Community Involvement ◽  
Host Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Planning And Design ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The concept of community involvement and the effect that the act of “making” has on the community itself is a key consideration in the placemaking discussion (Project for Public Spaces, 2015a; Silberberg, Lorah, Disbrow, & Muessig, 2013). From a historical perspective, community development has been placed in the hands of individuals who are considered experts in the creative process. This approach often results in targeted criticism of the proposed development by the host community and a lack of trust in the motives and priorities of the professionals involved (Nikitin, 2012) and diminishes community involvement in the development of public space, a practice that empowers communities and fosters a sense of place among community members. This article discusses the theoretical foundations of community participation and the value of coproduction in the planning and design process, explores the role of placemaking as a strategy for developing a host community’s sense of place, and proposes a continuum of placemaking strategies based on Arnstein’s ladder of citizen participation to increase the likelihood that a sense of place within the host community will be developed as an outcome of the planning and design process. This continuum is designed to help planning and design professionals better understand how they might include the community in a co-produced process and to highlight the degree to which a placemaking approach to community planning and design promotes a sense of place as an outcome of the process.

AN INTEGRATED PUBLIC ART IN PUTRAJAYA URBAN LANDSCAPE

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Alamah Misni Misni ◽  
Anwar Suran
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
The City

The art found in public space represents a local social and cultural situation, as well as the artistic and aesthetic tendencies. There is a close relationship between the public art and the city landscape. Public art is part of the broader visual environment of buildings, landscapes, and infrastructure. It can promote a sense of place, contribute to legibility or wayfinding, and support efforts to quality urban design. It can be in the form of sculpture, street furniture, mural, and even fountain structure. This research focuses on the user's perception and appreciation of integrated public art in the Putrajaya urban landscape. Data was collected using qualitative and quantitative methods. The case study data collections were conducted through a survey, observation, and distribution of questionnaires. The case study was carried out in the Putrajaya urban landscape. Putrajaya was selected as a case study because it is the new administrative capital of Malaysia that has seen the need to be distinctively outstanding in both its characteristics and development. Putrajaya has revealed the influence of public art in enforcing and strengthening the identity of the city. Subsequently, the recommendation has been made to enhance the planning process and management system by the local authority in the Putrajaya urban landscape. Therefore, this research will help to generate the social awareness and understanding of the effort of integrating public art into the Malaysian urban landscape. Keywords: Putrajaya, planning, public art, sense of place, urban landscape

Urban furniture in digital placemaking: Adapting a storytelling payphone across Los Angeles

2021 ◽  
pp. 135485652199918
Author(s):  
Benjamin Stokes ◽  
François Bar ◽  
Karl Baumann ◽  
Ben Caldwell ◽  
Andrew Schrock
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Art Exhibition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Shared Culture

A growing number of urban practitioners and scholars are interested in using digital storytelling to strengthen neighborhood connections to shared culture and build a coherent sense of place. This article contributes to this discussion by investigating how ‘urban furniture’ can sustain social capacity for digital placemaking. While traditional ‘urban furniture’ in public space is purely physical, digital-physical hybrids are emerging, from benches that tell stories to bus stops that play videos. This extended case follows the travels of an Afrofuturist piece of urban furniture: a community-hacked payphone called Sankofa Red. Our analysis triangulates findings across three installations to show how placemaking can be sustained as a social process: as part of a successful makeover of a community plaza, featured in a neighborhood history game, and in an art exhibition on race and ethnicity. We identify promising practices to adapt urban furniture and retain design collectives beyond a single placemaking installation. As a way for cities to build capacity, we propose that rotating one kind urban furniture (e.g., payphones) across neighborhoods can build the social capacity for placemaking around a shared technical foundation, while still prioritizing local needs and culture.

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