A Holistic Research Approach to Measuring Urban Identity: Findings from Kyrenia Area Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derya Oktay ◽  
Havva Alkan Bala
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
Identity Changes ◽  
Holistic Research ◽  
The City

As cities are losing place identity under the influence of industrialization, technological advancements and globalisation, a key task for mainstream politicians, urban planners/designers and residents is to understand what makes a city unique and recognizable. As urban identity is formed not only through identifiable and memorable formal attributes, but through the meaning attached by the users of the city, there is a need for a holistic approach integrating objective measures achieved through pre-analysis of the urban environment, and subjective measures achieved through user surveys. This study, based on such a holistic research framework, aims to measure the urban identity in Girne (Kyrenia), using survey data with a sampling of 250 participants, following a pre-analysis of the town. The results of the analysis indicated that although historic landmarks are so powerful in constructing the urban identity, traditional urban pattern and social life have not been found significant in constructing the images of the city unless they are frequented by local residents. On the other hand, the new housing developments lacking locally appropriate architectural and contextual qualities do not influence the urban image at all. Further, as the findings revealed that the perception of urban identity changes in time, there appears an opportunity to regain and/or enhance identity through various strategies. These include urban design strategies that depend so much on the specific context of a particular area, including all environmental dimensions defined in the paper.

MODERN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IN CITY FURNITURE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
Aysu SARI ÇETİN
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Architectural Design ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The People ◽  
Unique Identity ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
The City

Cities have different architectural features in terms of cultural, historical, geographical and social life. It is seen that each city has a unique identity over time. The reason for this is that the people living in the city have lifestyle, social behaviors and cultural values. Many cities have architectural symbols that symbolize that city. Functional use should be prioritized in the design phase of urban furniture, aesthetics is of course an important detail, but in order for the community to be together in the city, urban furniture should be ergonomic and functionality within certain standards in terms of different physical features. The climatic conditions of that city should be taken into consideration in the selection of materials for urban furniture. Lighting elements, plant elements, recreational elements, signs and information signs, floor coverings, artistic objects, including waste bins should be considered together. Urban furniture should complement each other with a holistic approach. It is seen that the materials used in the design have positive and negative effects on people psychologically. Wooden designs using natural materials give the feeling of calmness and rest. It is seen that concrete and iron materials give a sense of strength. In the use of artificial materials, there is a feeling of anxiety. The phenomenon of color in designed urban furniture causes a sense of dynamism or calmness. Remarkable designs are often made for symbolic purposes. It is an important detail for urban furniture that it is sometimes criticized and attracted attention instead of being liked.

scholarly journals People’s Experiences in Relation to the City Liveliness of Urban Heritage Trail

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syazana Suaidah Shahimi ◽  
Izawati Tukiman ◽  
Mohd Ramzi Mohd Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Street Life ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Design ◽  
Urban Street ◽  
City Environment ◽  
Urban Heritage ◽  
The City

Populaces are prominent indicators of livability in creating ‘street life’ for cities and public spaces. Evaluating people’s experiences is significant in creating a city liveliness and urban heritage trail. The exploration of design strategies that could allow them to integrated and connected with other spaces in the context of city and heritage as well as creating a social life among them. The measuring variables are people’s experience on the spaces; thus, create the pattern of behavior, which cause spaces liveliness, using Kuala Lumpur Heritage Trail as an example of pedestrian priority streets, city environment and heritage value. The aim of this research is to evaluate people’s experiences and analyze their behavior towards the urban street design within cities environment and Malaysia heritage values. The analyzed review comprising on the livability of the street in the context of interrelation between behavioral patter of people and the preferences of urban heritage. Hence, this paper will give an understanding of how people experiences the presence of urban streets and heritage values, thus, bringing liveliness to the streets.

scholarly journals Ocupações tradicionais e infâncias de terreiro: experiências de vida e cuidado em religiões de matriz africana/Traditional occupations and childhoods in the terreiro: life experiences and care in African-based religions

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-583
Author(s):  
Ellis Lopes Cordeiro ◽  
Ricardo Lopes Correia ◽  
Samira Lima da Costa ◽  
Silvia Barbosa de Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Therapy ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Children's Narratives ◽  
The City

Introdução: Há distintas perspectivas sobre a infância. Assim, é necessário alargar os conhecimentos em Terapia Ocupacional a respeito dos cotidianos de crianças (Erês), sobretudo as de terreiro, que imprimem formas de envolvimento sagrado, baseado nas ocupações tradicionais, onde o dentro e o fora do terreiro possuem limites muito tênues. Objetivo: Compreender o envolvimento em ocupações tradicionais e os sentidos e implicações que estas exercem na vida cotidiana mais ampla de crianças de terreiro. Método: Foram conduzidas atividades dialogadas, durante o desenvolvimento de uma pesquisa qualitativa e exploratória em Terapia Ocupacional, com abordagem da pesquisa-participante, junto a sete crianças de um terreiro de candomblé na cidade de São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, entre outubro e novembro de 2016. Resultados: Foram produzidas atividades dialogadas, que facilitaram a produção de narrativas das crianças, sobre o cotidiano de terreiro. Um mural serviu de síntese das narrativas e identificação de quatro temas, que oportunizaram a discussão sobre ocupações tradicionais na infância, a saber: 1) Minha vida no terreiro; 2) Ser criança no terreiro; 3) Ser criança de terreiro fora do terreiro; e 4) O projeto Erê Yá L’omi. Discussão: Os temas destacam os sentidos de pertencimento, a construção identitária e as formas de lidar com as violências da intolerância religiosa na vida social mais ampla. Considerações finais: A tradição e a ancestralidade constituem elementos fundamentais do envolvimento ocupacional de crianças e jovens de terreiro. Este envolvimento se refere a uma tessitura intergeracional, pois estão intimamente coligadas à (re)existência e às funções e aprendizagens no terreiro.Palavras-chave: Ocupações tradicionais. Infância. Povos de terreiro. Comunidades. Terapia Ocupacional.Abstract Introduction: There are different perspectives on childhood. Thus, it is necessary to expand the knowledge in Occupational Therapy regarding the daily lives of children (Erês), especially those in the terreiro, which print forms of sacred involvement, based on traditional occupations, where the inside and outside of the terreiro have very tenuous limits. Aim: To understand the involvement in traditional occupations and the meanings and implications that these have in the wider daily life of children in the terreiro. Method: Dialogue activities were conducted during the development of a qualitative and exploratory research in Occupational Therapy, with a participant-research approach, with seven children from a candomblé terreiro in the city of São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between October and November 2016. Results: Graphic activities were produced that composed the children's narratives about the daily life of the terreiro. A mural served as a synthesis of the narratives and identification of four themes that made it possible to discuss traditional occupations in childhood, namely: 1) My life in the terreiro; 2) Being a child in the terreiro; 3) Being a child in a terreiro outside the terreiro; and 4) The Erê Yá L’omi project. Discussion: The themes highlight the senses of belonging, the identity construction and the ways of dealing with the violence of religious intolerance in the broader social life. Final considerations: Tradition and ancestry are fundamental elements of the occupational involvement of children and young people from the terreiro. This involvement refers to an intergenerational fabric, as they are closely linked to (re) existence and to the functions and learning in the terreiro.Keywords: Traditional occupations. Childhood. Terreiro’s folk. Communities. Occupational Therapy.ResumenIntroducción: Existen diferentes perspectivas sobre la infancia. Así, es necesario ampliar los conocimientos en Terapia Ocupacional sobre la vida cotidiana de los niños (Erês), especialmente los del terreiro, que imprimen formas de implicación sagrada, basadas en ocupaciones tradicionales, donde el interior y el exterior del terreiro tienen muchos límites tenues. Objetivo: Comprender la participación en las ocupaciones tradicionales y los significados e implicaciones que estas tienen en la vida cotidiana más amplia de los niños del terreiro. Método: Las actividades de diálogo se realizaron durante el desarrollo de una investigación cualitativa y exploratoria en Terapia Ocupacional, con un enfoque de investigación participante, con siete niños de un terreiro de candomblé en la ciudad de São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, entre octubre y noviembre 2016. Resultados: Se produjeron actividades gráficas que componían las narrativas infantiles sobre la vida cotidiana del terreiro. Un mural sirvió como síntesis de las narrativas e identificación de cuatro temas que permitieron discutir ocupaciones tradicionales en la infancia, a saber: 1) Mi vida en el terreiro; 2) Ser un niño en el terreiro; 3) Ser niño en un terreiro fuera del terreiro; y 4) El proyecto Erê Yá L’omi. Discusión: Los temas destacan los sentidos de pertenencia, la construcción de la identidad y las formas de abordar la violencia de la intolerancia religiosa en la vida social más amplia. Consideraciones finales: La tradición y la ascendencia son elementos fundamentales de la participación ocupacional de los niños y jóvenes del terreiro. Esta implicación se refiere a un tejido intergeneracional, ya que están estrechamente vinculados a la (re)existencia ya las funciones y aprendizajes en el terreiro.Palabras clave: Ocupaciones tradicionales. Infancia. Pueblos de terreiro. Comunidades. Terapia ocupacional.

scholarly journals Defining The Identity of Technocentric Transformations In An Urban Edge – A Case of Kazhakuttom, Trivandrum

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-102
Author(s):  
SHAHANAZ JALEEL
Keyword(s):  
Place Identity ◽  
Functional Change ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Primary Study ◽  
Design Strategies ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Residential Units

Technocentric developments often result in creating a socio-spatial duality in different contexts, forming a place identity with contesting nature of the global and local settlements. The location of technocentric campuses in the urban periphery results in a haphazard development with little response to the context, also resulting in social strife and generating possibilities of marginalisation and gentriication of the local communities in near future. This will affect the urban life due to a discontinuity in the urban realm. The current transformations include functional change of existing residential units into mixed-use commercial and lodging facilities and, conversion of vacant plots into high density residential and commercial functions.The transformations seen at the site of the case study also include the conversion of the earlier dead bypass stretch into a highly active corridor with restaurants, informal eateries, and hang out areas targeting the techie population which adds to the changing urban identity of Kazhakuttom. This paper attempts to envision the future development and urban identity of Kazhakuttom as the new economic district of Trivandrum city as a favourable work-live-entertainment environment with support facilities, while also incorporating local aspirations to ensure social and spatial continuity.The methodology involved a detailed macro and micro level primary study and analysis of Kazhakuttom so as to identify the issues. The methodology included correlating the primary study with literature study on concepts and theories of identity, glocalization, and hybridization. The design cues from related technocentric contexts in Silicon Valley, Gurgaon and Bengaluru allowed developmemnt of design strategies for integrating the technocentric campuses with the local context and culture of the place.

scholarly journals Urban Readings on Public Art Representations in Landscape Architecture

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aysel Yavuz ◽  
◽  
Habibe Acar ◽  
Nihan Canbakal Ataoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Public Art ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Landscape Architecture ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
The Public ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
The City

Being a social presence, people participate in social life in the public spaces of the city. In these areas, they are in perceptual and physical contact with each other and get the opportunity to socialize. Social life culture contributes to urban culture and urban identity while keeping communities together. Cities creates areas for people to express themselves outside of their basic needs. The art used in the expression of an emotion, design and beauty has been included in our socio-cultural life in public spaces over time. Public art, which provides social, physical, environmental and economic contributions to the society and the city, is a manifestation of a multi-layered and multi-dimensional expression that includes different representations. Public art representations are important urban images and are the sensory components of collective memory. Today, in the process where the cities start to look alike, public art representations identified with the place make sense of the space and contribute to the identity of the city. In our study, the approach of landscape architecture to this subject will be evaluated by making important public art representations and city readings.

scholarly journals Scientific Review of the Phenomenon of “Urban Identity” in Modern Foreign Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 142-152
Author(s):  
Anna Ozerina ◽  
Tatiana Timofeeva
Keyword(s):  
Regional Identity ◽  
Place Identity ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Communication Policy ◽  
Scientific Review ◽  
Urban Identity ◽  
Territorial Identity ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approaches ◽  
The City ◽  
City Identity

Being a trend of our times, urbanization of city areas has affected not only transformation of the territorial identity, but also personal identity. The article raises the problem of interaction between the man and the city and the problem of city identity on the whole which is of great urgency and interest for contemporary society. The work provides the overview of foreign research aimed at understanding the nature of the phenomenon of city identity. As a result, the overview showed: a variety of terms ("place identity", "urban identity", "identity in landscape", "city identity", "urban place identity", "local identity", "city brand identity", "regional identity", "territorial identity", "community identity" and others) which help to describe processes of interdependence between the city and the man; authors' attempts to hierarchically structure these notions; the necessity to study this phenomenon by using both methodology of a particular scientific area and interdisciplinary approaches; controversy in defining the notion of urban identity; importance in relation to the need for developing brands of modern cities without loss of their historic and socio-cultural uniqueness. Characteristic aspects of the study of the phenomenon from the point of view of various approaches are shown. Two main lines for studying the nature of the phenomenon of urban identity have been defined: the first one is that the identity belongs to the city or geographical place, the other one says that the identity belongs to the person living in a particular area. The authors consider information and communication policy as an integrative way unleashing new opportunities for organizing theoretical-empirical analysis of this phenomenon. Strategies for further study of the issues relating to urban identity have been formulated: 1) analysis of national surveys on the problem; 2) defining and detailing of the research vocabulary for this phenomenon; 3) preparation and carrying out the research in the context of the region.

Drezno w relacjach polskich osiemnastowiecznych peregrynantów. Rekonesans .

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 26-43
Author(s):  
Marcin Pliszka
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Life ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

The article analyses descriptions, memories, and notes on Dresden found in eighteenth-century accounts of Polish travellers. The overarching research objective is to capture the specificity of the way of presenting the city. The ways that Dresden is described are determined by genological diversity of texts, different ways of narration, the use of rhetorical repertoire, and the time of their creation. There are two dominant ways of presenting the city: the first one foregrounds the architectural and historical values, the second one revolves around social life and various kinds of games (redoubts, performances).

Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Machado
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Traditional Elite ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

This book analyses the physical, social, and cultural history of Rome in late antiquity. Between AD 270 and 535, the former capital of the Roman empire experienced a series of dramatic transformations in its size, appearance, political standing, and identity, as emperors moved to other cities and the Christian church slowly became its dominating institution. Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome provides a new picture of these developments, focusing on the extraordinary role played by members of the traditional elite, the senatorial aristocracy, in the redefinition of the city, its institutions, and spaces. During this period, Roman senators and their families became increasingly involved in the management of the city and its population, in building works, and in the performance of secular and religious ceremonies and rituals. As this study shows, for approximately three hundred years the houses of the Roman elite competed with imperial palaces and churches in shaping the political map and the social life of the city. Making use of modern theories of urban space, the book considers a vast array of archaeological, literary, and epigraphic documents to show how the former centre of the Mediterranean world was progressively redefined and controlled by its own elite.

scholarly journals A sustainable urban regeneration project to protect biodiversity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elvira Tarsitano ◽  
Alba Giannoccaro Rosa ◽  
Cecilia Posca ◽  
Giovanni Petruzzi ◽  
Michele Mundo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Urban Redevelopment ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
Natural Area ◽  
Urban Image ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Protected Natural Area ◽  
The City

AbstractThe sustainable urban redevelopment project to protect biodiversity was developed to regenerate the external spaces of an ancient rural farmhouse, Villa Framarino, in the regional Natural Park of Lama Balice, a shallow erosive furrow (lama) rich in biodiversity, between two suburbs of the city of Bari (Apulia, Italy) and close to the city airport. This work includes a complex system of activities aimed not only at a spatial revaluation, necessary to relaunch the urban image, but it is accompanied by interventions of a cultural, social, economic, environmental and landscape nature, aimed at increasing the quality of life, in compliance with the principles of sustainability and social participation. One of the means to revitalize a territory subject to redevelopment is the planning of events and activities of socio-cultural value that involve the population to revive the sense of belonging to the territory and the community and at the same time to protect the biodiversity of the urban park of the protected natural area.

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