scholarly journals The Virtual Public Thing: de-re-territorialisations of public space through shopping in Auckland’s urban space

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfredo Manfredini ◽  
Ross Jenner
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Relationship ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
De Re ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Shopping Centres ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Urban Places

New recombinant factors emerging in urban public space counteract the increasing disjunction of urban places subject to commodification and privatisation. In low-density cities within neoliberal political frameworks, these factors have developed peculiar places of social relationship: the integrated urban enclosures devoted to lifestyle consumption that are the latest evolution of shopping centres. These enclosures are heterotopic places mobilised by spectacle that quickly subsume the fundamental changes occurring in the relations between architecture and associative life in our contemporary post-consumerist, digital era. The paper discusses a comparative analysis of the new mall typology recently introduced into Auckland, exploring the important challenge they pose to architecture and urban design in defining the future of public space.

scholarly journals Relevance of Walking and Informal Activities in Urban Space: A Case of Dar es Salaam City, Tanzania

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Fortunatus Bahendwa
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Contextual Elements ◽  
Dar Es Salaam City ◽  
Urban Activities

The design discourse mostly in developing world cities tends to commit walking as the concern for transportation purpose. This notion tends to dismiss walking as an extended conception of urban space and take it for granted which allow elements of informal walking fields to emerge. This orients walking in the lines of a mere ‘street sidewalk’ rather than an important element in enhancing urban space in terms of environmental quality, access and use of urban space and everyday life realities. The empirical study in Dar es Salaam show that the gap in walking provision seem to be filled by the informal actors in urban space struggling to create the informal walking spheres in which trading, vending, meeting and recreating take place. Such observations draw a lesson that such informal developed urban activities along the streets and the urban space have not been disassociated from walking. The paper recognizes the essence of such integration of walking with other activities in urban space. It is thus concluded that urban design discourse have to conceive walking, including its contextual elements, as integral component in the field of urban public space that connect with other urban functions rather than isolate it from them.

scholarly journals The Soundscape Hackathon as a Methodology to Accelerate Co-Creation of the Urban Public Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1932
Author(s):  
Jorg De Winne ◽  
Karlo Filipan ◽  
Bart Moens ◽  
Paul Devos ◽  
Marc Leman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Visual Aesthetics ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Viable Approach

The design of urban public spaces is typically performed by architects and urban planners, which often only focus on the visual aesthetics of the urban space. Yet, a visually pleasing public open space designed for relaxing will be underused if it sounds unpleasant. Ideally, sonic design should be integrated with visual design, a need the soundscape approach answers. The current trend of co-creating the urban space together with all stakeholders, including local residents, opens up new opportunities to account for all senses in the urban design process. Unfortunately, architects and urban planners struggle to incorporate the soundscape approach in the urban design process and to use it in the context of co-creation. In this work, a hackathon is proposed to generate creative concepts, methods and tools to co-create the urban public space. A soundscape hackathon was organized in the spring of 2019. Participants were challenged to apply their own immersive approaches or virtual and/or augmented reality solutions on selected urban soundscapes. They presented their results to colleagues in the field and to a professional jury. This paper describes the process and results of the event and shows that a hackathon is a viable approach to accelerate the co-creation of the urban public space.

Urban Design on Key Areas of Riverside District in BaoTou — The Scattered Minute City Center

2014 ◽  
Vol 584-586 ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Da Peng Liu
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Process Theory ◽  
Developing Strategy ◽  
City Center ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
The Status

Urban design is widely applied as means of guiding the urban space, a kind of research topic, and also a kind of developing strategy. Concerning with operation strategy and technique, minute research still sticks in the status of theoretic discussion. The author will theoretically analyze a domestic real case-urban public space of Riverside District by the scattered minute city center, the process of which has revealed some similar characters with the urban design process theory. This effort, though not to great extent, will contribute to the research realm relating to urban design implementation, which is still in exploration so far.

Analysis on Building Readable Image of Urban Public Spaces

2013 ◽  
Vol 409-410 ◽  
pp. 883-886
Author(s):  
Bo Xuan Zhao ◽  
Cong Ling Meng
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Space Images ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Good Image ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City

City, is consisting of a series continuous or intermittent public space images, and every image for each of our people living in the city is varied: may be as awesome as forbidden city Meridian Gate, like Piazza San Marco as a cordial and pleasant space and might also be like Manhattan district of New York, which makes people excited and enthusiastic. To see why, people have different feelings because the public urban space ultimately belongs to democratic public space, people live and have emotions in it. In such domain, people can not only be liberated, free to enjoy the pleasures of urban public space, but also enjoy urban life which is brought by the city's charm through highlighting the vitality of the city with humanism atmosphere. To a conclusion, no matter how ordinary the city is, a good image of urban space can also bring people pleasure.

scholarly journals Migration, Informalization and Public Space in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 150-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua Kirshner
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Santa Cruz ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Key Points

In this paper, I ask how migrant insertion into the local economy, in particular in the informal economy, has led to contestation over public space in Santa Cruz.  Related to this issue, the paper asks what sorts of collective actions are used to defend rights to the use of urban public space, and what are the key points of contention.  In my analysis, I look at theoretical connections between the informal economy and urban space, recent changes in the Santa Cruz local economy ‒including accelerated migration and the burgeoning informal economy‒ and conflicts over uses of public urban space.En este trabajo indago cómo la inserción migratoria en la economía local, particularmente en la economía informal, ha llevado a un debate sobre los usos del espacio público en Santa Cruz. En relación con esta problemática, mi trabajo explora qué tipo de acciones colectivas se utilizan para defender los derechos del uso del espacio público urbano, y cuáles son los puntos claves de conflicto. En mi análisis, exploro las conexiones teóricas entre la economía informal y el espacio urbano, los cambios recientes en la economía local de Santa Cruz ‒incluyendo la migración acelerada y la emergente economía informal‒ y los conflictos sobre usos del espacio urbano público.

scholarly journals The Transformation of Urban Public Space of Post-Soviet Yerevan

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1 (31)) ◽  
pp. 3-15
Author(s):  
Harutyun Vermishyan ◽  
Srbuhi Michikyan
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Administrative Records ◽  
The Public ◽  
Spatial Practice ◽  
Space Production ◽  
Depth Interviews

The aim of this study is to diagnose the transformation of the structure of the public space of the Northern Avenue of Yerevan. The theoretical basis of this research is A. Lefebvre's theory of space production. The spatial triad (representations of space, representative space and spatial practice) by A. Lefebvre was used to identify the codes of social transformation of the public space of the Northern Avenue. The study was carried out using a tool developed within the framework of the methodology of narrative semiotics, which made it possible to identify the structural elements of the Northern Avenue, reflected in public experience. Methods used include observation, content analysis and traditional analysis of archival / administrative records and in-depth interviews with key informants. Diagnostics of the structure of the public space of Northern Avenue demonstrates the peculiarities of the formation of public space and the ideological transformations of the urban space of post-Soviet Yerevan.

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 Urban Public Space of a Small City and the Needs of Residents in Realizing Practices of Socio-Cultural Interaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-335
Author(s):  
V. Petrova ◽  
V. Dvoinev
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Cultural Interaction ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
The City

To date, the urban environment is considered as an interesting area of sociological research. Urban space represents a built environment, which includes buildings, streets, squares, parks, embankments, etc. Every day, citizens interact with this public space, build their routes, form impressions and the image of the city, they also evaluate its effectiveness in connection with opportunities for the realization of their needs of socio–cultural interaction. Public spaces are those places where holidays are held, social and economic relations are formed, verbal and non-verbal communications are created. In urban public space take place meetings of friends and acquaintances, the integration of various cultures, social groups with diverse goals, norms and attitudes. Public spaces act as a stage for the social life of individuals when they are a comfortable, accessible and safe environment. The article presents the results of a sociological study of the conformity of public spaces of the city of Vyazma in the Smolensk region with the needs of its population. The study was conducted using observation and interview methods. An analysis of the collected data helped to identify the main purpose of the urban public space as it is seen by the residents, the types of their interactions, to determine the structure, functions and effectiveness, as well as to assess the quality of the content and equipment of the urban public spaces, as well as to identify the most active groups of population and how their activities change in the daily and seasonal cycles. Based on the results obtained, recommendations were developed for improving and developing public space and urban life in general. Recommendations can become the basis for creating design solutions for a comfortable, safe and innovative environment for both small and large cities.

TO THE PROBLEM OF PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL SPACE OF THE STREETS OF SLAVYANSKAYA, KOROLENKO, NOVAYAIN N. NOVGOROD

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-141
Author(s):  
Alexander S. SHUMILKIN ◽  
Elena E. GRACHEVA
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Cultural Characteristics ◽  
Urban Architecture ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Architectural Space

The article deals with the actual problem of complex preservation of historic wooden buildings in the context of changing and developing urban space. The realized experience of preservation of wooden buildings in large cities of Russia is given. The historical and cultural characteristics of the architectural space of one of the valuable fragments of the historical environment of Nizhny Novgorod - the area of Korolenko, Novaya, Slavyanskaya and Studenaya streets are given. The prospects of its development as an urban public space are analyzed. There is a change in attitude towards the preservation of the considered fragment of development and the wooden urban architecture as a whole at the professional, social and political levels in recent decades and now.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF SPATIAL CONFIGURATION IN THE THERMAL AREA OF FORT ORANJE PUBLIC SPACE IN TERNATE CITY

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 253-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asri A. MUHAMMAD ◽  
Firdawaty MARASABESSY ◽  
Arif KUSUMAWANTO ◽  
Ardhya NARESWARI
Keyword(s):  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
Island Effect ◽  
Before And After

Crowded city will be impact to the temperature of urban areas. This condition is commonly known as the urban heat island effect. It’s impact to the activity that happened in the urban space. Recently, Fort Oranje (urban space/square) that has history value has been revitalized as an urban public space that is crowd visited by Ternate’s people. Therefore, the thermal comfort becomes an important thing and that is available to the users. The research is aim to know the influence of space configuration change to the aspect of thermal comfort in the urban public space. The method that is used in this research is empirical measurement and simulation method using Envi-MET software. This method is used to simulate the condition of thermal area in Fort Oranje. The result of this research showed that space configuration that change before and after the development of Ternate waterfront city impact to the thermal conditions in Fort Oranje public space.

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