scholarly journals 2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
Open Environment ◽  
Global Institutions ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
City Space ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
Global Population ◽  
Geographical Locations ◽  
10Th World

On 8-13 February 2020 City Space Architecture, the publisher of The Journal of Public Space, participated in the 10th World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi as an exhibitor, and in collaboration with 16 global institutions promoted the exhibition 'PUBLIC SPACE IS VITAL FOR AN EQUITABLE URBAN FUTURE'. On April 7, while about 40% of global population was under coronavirus lockdown, City Space Architecture and the School of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong jointly announced the online initiative '2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic' through The Journal of Public Space: after one month of consultation, by email and through online meetings, with academic scholars and colleagues from different geographical locations, we, public space scholars and activists, felt the urgency to build social and health resilience by establishing an open environment for discussion and learning, while taking advantage of technology and virtual platforms that many could access for free.

scholarly journals Stand up for Public Space! A networking event at the Habitat III conference and a global online campaign

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Luisa Bravo ◽  
Mirko Guaralda ◽  
Hendrik Tieben ◽  
Luis Alfonso Saltos Espinoza ◽  
Manfredo Manfredini
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Short Description ◽  
Future Planning ◽  
Chinese University ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
City Space ◽  
The University ◽  
Space Architecture

<p>At Habitat III, the United Nations conference on Housing and Sustainable Development, held in Quito, Ecuador (17-20<sup>th</sup> October, 2016), we launched the global online campaign 'Stand up for Public Space!' - <a href="http://www.standupforpublicspace.org">www.standupforpublicspace.org</a> - which is a research project promoted by City Space Architecture in collaboration with the Queensland University of Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, LASE+CityUrb Ecuador and the University of Auckland (QUT Ethics Approval Number 1600000966). The purpose of this project is to foster a discussion on public space as a common good, through the collection of experiences, stories, habits and activities, documenting public space and its users from different geographical contexts. Participation will involve people taking a picture of their favourite public space and sharing it through their own Twitter or Instagram profiles. The project asks people to include also a short description of the picture, in order to know where the selected public space is located, what it means to them and why they would like to share it with a broader public. All entries are to be submitted using the following hashtags:</p><p align="center">#standupforpublicspace     and/or     #myfavouritepublicspace</p><p>This project intends to provide a good insight of what a public space is for people in different countries and different continents. Data from the research will inform the development of a new taxonomy of public spaces and their uses, which might be useful to inform future planning documents and policies.</p>

scholarly journals Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City | Report from the Habitat III Village, Pop-up Public Space

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Luisa Bravo ◽  
Mirko Guaralda
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Sustainable Urban Development ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
City Space ◽  
Italian Context ◽  
Urban Visions ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
Space Habitat ◽  
The Ideal

<p>‘Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City’ was an event held at Habitat III, the United Nations conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, in Ecuador, included in a series of meetings and events at the Pop-up Public Space, Habitat III Village, in Parque El Ejido in Quito. On 26<sup>th</sup> October 2016, we presented two research projects aiming at community engagement on issues related to the future of the urban environment:<br />-    the "InstaBooth", a telephone booth-inspired portable structure developed at the Urban Informatics Lab of the Queensland University of Technology - <a href="http://www.urbaninformatics.net/projects/instabooth/">http://www.urbaninformatics.net/projects/instabooth/</a> - which uses tangible and hybrid interaction such as multi-touch screens and media façades to facilitate face-to-face and digitally mediated discussions;<br />-    the cinematography competition "Urban Visions. Beyond the Ideal City", promoted by City Space Architecture - <a href="http://www.cityspacearchitecture.org/?p=urban-visions-beyond-the-ideal-city">http://www.cityspacearchitecture.org/?p=urban-visions-beyond-the-ideal-city</a> - which is the first film competition in the Italian context involving film-makers at a professional level on topics related to cities and urbanity.</p>

scholarly journals Academic Learning about Public Space. Knowledge Sharing toward Implementation of the New Urban Agenda

2019 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Luisa Bravo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Special Program ◽  
Cooperation Agreement ◽  
The Past ◽  
City Space ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
Young Researchers ◽  
New Urban Agenda

In September 2018 City Space Architecture organized a three day event in Venice titled ‘Knowledge sharing toward implementation of the New Urban Agenda’, included in the ‘Past Present and Future of Public Space’ international conference series started in 2014 with an inaugural three day event in Bologna. City Space Architecture signed a cooperation agreement with La Biennale di Venezia within the 16th International Architecture Exhibition (Venice Architecture Biennale) - titled FREESPACE, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara[1] - in order to be included in the ‘Biennale Sessions’, a special program for Universities and Higher Education Institutions. The 2018 conference in Venice was organized in partnership with UN-Habitat, ISOCARP – the International Society of City and Regional Planners, University of Auckland (New Zealand), and Hunan University (China). It was willing to strengthen City Space Architecture's efforts around the implementation of the New Urban Agenda adopted at the Habitat III conference and to continue the discussion on the importance of public space in cities, with the participation of students and young researchers. [1] 16th International Architecture Exhibition FREESPACE, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara: https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2018.

scholarly journals Exploring the Work of Artists and Activists to Translate Research into Action and Foster Public Space Culture

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
South America ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
City Space ◽  
The Future ◽  
Art And Activism ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
Selection Of

In November 2018 The Journal of Public Space published the special issue ‘Art and Activism in Public Space’, that was launched in Barcelona at RMIT Europe headquarters, during the SkypeLab Sympolab (http://www.skypelab.org/), and was introduced by Estanislau Roca Blanch, Vice Rector for Infrastructure and Architecture at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. The issue collected a selection of projects of invited artists and activists, from Italy, Spain, Germany, United States, South America, Africa and Australia, and was the result of a collaboration between City Space Architecture and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. The issue received an overwhelming success: according to our data and statistics, it gave a significant boost to the journal, so we decided to start a series on this topic. The Journal of Public Space is interested to embed artists and activists’ research work in the discussion on public space, highlighting the importance of on-the-ground observations and human-oriented thinking for the future of cities.

scholarly journals Facilitating Spatial Negotiation: a pragmatic approach to understanding public space

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Mlicka
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
Common Space ◽  
Spatial Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
City Space ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Participatory Practice ◽  
Space Architecture

<p class="PublicSpace-Abstract" align="left">The workshop ‘Facilitating Spatial Negotiation’, which took place as part of the ‘Past, Present and Future of Public Space’ International conference on Art, Architecture and Urban Design that took place in Bologna (2014), promoted by City Space Architecture, demonstrates a pragmatic approach to understanding how public space can be realised. The method of collaborative painting is employed within a participatory practice that adopts tactics from spatial agency and critical spatial practice. First, this paper provides a descriptive and visual insight into the discussion between six participants on the topic of the street as a public space, in light of the Social Street movement. Then, it sets out how the session can be understood, through analogy, as a creative exercise in performing a common space. By reflecting upon this event through the framework of participatory practice, the focus is on how conflict is revealed and negotiated within the group. Two instants of conflict are discussed, which raise the critical question whether people are, in fact, interested in working together towards the production and use of common space. It is suggested that the implications of this workshop are twofold. First, a truly public space cannot be realised if the principles of common space are not adopted within the process of its negotiation. Secondly, the finding of a common language in the process of negotiating public space is crucial to this process. The painterly approach offers a shared visual forum, but ultimately the use of any facilitating medium depends on people’s responsibility to participate.</p>

scholarly journals We the people, We the public space. An interactive exhibition at the 9th World Urban Forum

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 153-162
Author(s):  
Luisa Bravo ◽  
Valerio Francia
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Forum ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Kuala Lumpur ◽  
The Public ◽  
The People ◽  
City Space ◽  
Space Architecture ◽  
We The People

At the Ninth session of the World Urban Forum, convened by UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, held on 7-13 February 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, City Space Architecture was selected to be part of the event as an exhibitor: it was included in the exhibition area, held at the main venue of the Forum, the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, besides the Petronas Towers, as the only Italian exhibitor, together with 200 selected exhibitors from 50 countries.The exhibition space hosted the exhibition ‘We the people, We the public space’: recalling the well-known United Nations’ campaign ‘We the people’ for the Global Goals[1] launched in 2015, the exhibition was intended to stress the concept that people and public space, intended as the space for democracy, social justice and equity, are strongly intertwined, so that talking about people is the same thing as talking about public space. The UN commitment ‘Leaving no one behind’[2] (United Nations, 2016 and 2017) for inclusive development is strictly related to people and therefore to public space: it is a demand for country leaders to prioritise the needs of those most marginalised and disadvantaged, facing poverty and discrimination, so that the goals for sustainable development are delivered by 2030[3].   [1] https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2015/09/we-the-people-for-the-global-goals/ [2] https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2016/leaving-no-one-behind [3] https://action4sd.org/leavenoonebehind/

scholarly journals Traceur as Bricoleur. Poaching public space through bricolent use of architecture and the body

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33
Author(s):  
Matthew D. Lamb
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Critical Ethnography ◽  
The Body ◽  
City Space ◽  
Ways Of Being ◽  
Operational Logic

<p>This paper emerged from many months of regular participation in the parkour community in Indianapolis, Indiana. First, this study looks at the art of parkour as a bricolent engagement with architecture. Acts of bricolage, a sort of artistic making-do with objects (including one’s body) in the environment, play with(in) the dominant order to “manipulate the mechanisms of discipline and conform to them only in order to evade them” (de Certeau, 1984:  xiv). Second, this study investigates architecture’s participation in the production and maintenance of what de Certeau calls, “operational logic” (p. xi). That is, how architecture acts as a communicative mode of space; one, which conveys rationalized or acceptable ways of being in space. This critical ethnography, then, takes to task the investigation of how traceurs, the practitioners of parkour, uncover emancipatory potential in city space through bricolent use of both architecture and the body.</p>

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