scholarly journals Attractiveness of Central Public Spaces in Small Polish Towns Based on a Spatial Order Analysis

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1327
Author(s):  
Wioletta Kamińska ◽  
Mirosław Mularczyk
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Spatial Order ◽  
Functional Diversification ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
The Aesthetic

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the attractiveness of centrally located public spaces (main squares) in select new small towns in Poland. The evaluation was conducted from the spatial order perspective. Spatial order is composed of five elements: architectural and urban planning, functional, aesthetic, social, and “green” orders. The new small towns included in this analysis are settlement units, which in 2020 were populated by up to 20,000 inhabitants and received municipal rights in the 21st century. We used the point bonitation method in our research based on the source material collected during a field study. A total of 286 inventory cards of buildings and nine cards of town squares were compiled. The analysis demonstrated that the main squares in the towns studied are characterised by low or average levels of attractiveness from the spatial order perspective. The architectural–urban planning order in the towns in question was related to the number of inhabitants as well as the period over which a given settlement unit had municipal rights. A larger number of inhabitants had a positive influence on the functional diversification of the central squares and their development, whereas a small number limited both the functional diversification and the number of small architectural elements found at the square. The social order in the given towns was not connected to the number of inhabitants. The elements of social order were assessed favourably, both in larger towns that revitalised their central squares and in smaller settlements. The aesthetic and green orders were strongly related to the revitalisation of public space.

scholarly journals Sacred Architecture and Public Space under the Conditions of a New Visibility of Religion

Religions ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Jakob Helmut Deibl
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Sacred Architecture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The City

Embedded in the paradigm of the “New Visibility of Religion,” this article addresses the question of the significance of sacred buildings for public spaces. ‘Visibility’ is conceived as religion’s presence in cities through the medium of architecture. In maintaining sacred buildings in cities, religions expose themselves to the conditions of how cities work. They cannot avoid questions such as how to counteract the tendency of public space to erode. Following some preliminary remarks on the “New Visibility of Religion,” I examine selected sacred buildings in Vienna. Next, I focus on the motifs of the city, the “ark” as a model for sacred buildings and the aesthetic dimension of public space. Finally, I consider the contribution of sacred buildings to contemporary public spaces. What is at issue is not the subject that moves in public and visits sacred buildings with the aim of acquiring knowledge or with the urgency to act, but rather the subject that feels and experiences itself in its dealings with public space and sacred buildings. In this context, I refer to the experience of disinterested beauty (Kant), anachronism, multi-perspectivity (Klaus Heinrich), and openness (Hans-Dieter Bahr).

scholarly journals FROM A ‘BLIND WALKER’ TO AN ‘URBAN CURATOR’: INITIATING ‘EMOTIONALLY MOVING SITUATIONS’ IN PUBLIC SPACES / NUO KASDIENIO MIESTELĖNŲ „AKLUMO” IKI MIESTO AKTYVIZMO: INICIJUOJANT „EMOCIONALIAI PAVEIKIAS SITUACIJAS” VIEŠOSIOSE ERDVĖSE

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jekaterina Lavrinec
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Spatial Structures ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Urban Art ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Alternative Scenarios

Reconstructing the mutation of a ‘blind walker’ into the figure of reflexive urban activist, who proposes creative solutions to the problems of de-activated public spaces, urban art interventions are comprehended as a tool for re-inventing and revitalising urban settings while initiating intensive interaction and cooperation between citizens. The idea to arrange ‘emotionally moving situations’ so as to activate reflexive attitude of the citizens toward everyday urban settings was proposed by situationists. By disturbing usual everyday rhythms and trajectories, urban art interventions, flash mobs and urban games establish a reflexive distance from the usual, routine ‘choreography’ of the place and propose alternative scenarios of behaviour in public space. Therefore urban art interventions can be considered as a tool for creative reconceptualization of spatial structures and social order, embedded in urban space. Santrauka Remiantis M. de Certeau pasiūlyta miestelėno „aklumo” metafora, kuri nurodo į nerefleksyvų santykį su kasdiene aplinka, straipsnyje rekonstruojama šios miestelėno figūros transformacija į miesto aktyvistą („miesto kuratorių”), kuris reaguoja į miesto problemas ir ieško kūrybinių šių problemų sprendimų. Aktyvaus santykio su miesto aplinka modelis buvo plėtojamas dar situacionistų (I. Chtcheglovas, G. Debord‘as, A. Kotányi ir kt.), kurie ieškojo kasdienio miesto patyrimo suspendavimo technikų (pavyzdžiui, dreifavimas) ir siūlė reorganizuoti miesto erdves, kad jos imtų produkuoti „emocionaliai paveikias situacijas”. šios paieškos paskatino situacionistus plėtoti „unitarinio urbanizmo” koncepciją. Šiuolaikiniams miestams susiduriant su deaktyvuotų viešųjų erdvių problema, „emocionaliai paveikių situacijų” kūrimo idėja atgimsta nauju pavidalu. Meninės intervencijos į viešąsias erdves, flash-mobai ir miesto žaidimai ardo įprastus elgesio scenarijus, steigia refleksyvųatstumą su rutininiu miesto patyrimu, o taip pat skatina naujųmiesto ritualų atsiradimą bei formuoja emocinį miesto reljefą. Intervencijos į viešąsias erdves gali būti analizuojamos ir kaip refleksijos forma, ir kaip aktualių miesto problemų(viešųjų erdviųdeaktyvavimo) sprendimo būdas.

The Quality of Central Squares in Small Towns of Ostrava Agglomeration

2015 ◽  
Vol 744-746 ◽  
pp. 2225-2231
Author(s):  
Ondřej Vašíček ◽  
Martin Budina ◽  
Tomáš Nehudek
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
General Public ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
The Other ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Current Usage ◽  
Regional Capital

Quality of public spaces, especially quality of central squares, has recently been a hot topic among experts as well as the general public. The submitted article focuses on the analysis of the central squares of small towns around the regional capital city Ostrava. These towns are part of the Ostrava agglomeration. Evaluated squares are alike for their location and historical development, on the other hand, their current usage is often different. The subjects of the research are mainly those factors and aspects that affect the quality of the central square of aesthetic, architectural and techno-economic. These factors are for each square separately analyzed and evaluated. The aim of the analysis is to determine how selected cities approach their most important public space, to the central square.

scholarly journals Public Space and the Efficiency of the New Residential Zones in Small Slovak Towns and Villages

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-559
Author(s):  
Alžbeta Sopirová ◽  
Lucia Štefancová ◽  
Silvia Bašová ◽  
Karol Görner
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Development ◽  
Eleven Case

Abstract The paper deals with the issue of creation of new public spaces in emerging residential areas in rural settlements and small towns. The developers of the new residential zones currently pursue their private interests and the specific rural structure is complemented by isolated residential complexes without relation to the centre of the settlement and structure of the main public spaces. The hypothesis that the efficient residential structure can be achieved even at a higher percentage of active and vibrant public spaces is verified at eleven case studies in three selected settlements (Bernolákovo, Brezno, Chorvátsky Grob – Čierna Voda). The examined proposals (case studies) showed that despite the wide application of social and recreational public spaces and the large percentage of green area per capita, the site coverage coefficient was comparable and the population density was even higher than the current standards of development. In conclusion, it is possible to say, that the creation of public spaces in a residential zone does not adversely affect the efficiency of the new development. On the contrary, it brings a lot of benefits.

scholarly journals Citra Kawasan Manahan Kota Surakarta Sebagai Lokasi Stabilisasi PKL

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Murtanti Jani Rahayu ◽  
Imam Buchori ◽  
Retno Widjajanti ◽  
Rufia Andisetyana Putri ◽  
Erma Fitria Rini
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Street Vendor ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
Environmental Orientation ◽  
Visual Technique ◽  
Aesthetic Style ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The City

Stabilization as one of the street vendors arrangement type conducted by the government of Surakarta, that have great implications on the aesthetic style and form at some city parts. Some parts of Surakarta has changed a lot since the inauguration of the location, that is a public space, as a street vendors stabilization location in part of the area. Manahan area is one of the locations of street vendor stabilization that is considered successful. The presence of street vendors who have been arranged in the area Manahan able to attract visitors both weekand and weekdays, especially on holidays. This area is also more easily remembered by the visitors than other areas that there is no stabilization of street vendors. It means that this area has good and unique image quality that can be a memory for visitors. The purpose of this paper is to explore the image of street vendor Manahan stabilization area. Understanding the image of city area, principle that is used to assess the five basic elements of image formers include landmarks, path, edge, district and node. All five elements will be the componens in assessing the identity, identity and meaning that will shape the cognition of visitors so that it can be used as environmental orientation when someone is in a place. The introduction of Manahan stabilization area begins with stimulation done by graphic and visual technique before the interviews made a cognitive map in Stabilisasi PKL Manahan area and also made familiarity-favorability-semantic differensial assesment. This area has the potential of sustainability and good image compared to other stabilization locations, so that the managed street vendors can continue to grow and the location of the arrangement becomes an attractive area and supports the identity of the city of Surakarta as a merchant friendly city by staying a beautiful and friendly city for all the citizens and tourists who visit it.

scholarly journals A Study on the Public Landscape Order of Xinye Village

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 586
Author(s):  
Li Xu ◽  
Shang-chia Chiou
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Landscape Design ◽  
The Public ◽  
Space Design ◽  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
Cultural Schemata ◽  
Five Elements ◽  
Modernization Process ◽  
The Aesthetic

In the modernization process since China’s reform and liberalization, urban and village space design is reflected in the characteristics of Western cultures. The idea of Western space design has a profound influence on China, but the piecemeal individuation of art design, the disorderly public art modeling and concept, not only interferes with the aesthetic sense of urban and village public space itself, but also seriously affected the landscape order of public space. In fact, Chinese traditional settlement landscape excels in abundant landscape design and spatial sequence. This paper, using the methods of literature discussion, field research and spatial analysis, takes the typical traditional landscape settlement “Xinye Village” (新葉村) in the south of the Yangtze River as an example, and explores its public landscape order as a whole, and finds its spatial structure based on the “Five Elements and Nine Divisions (五行九宮)” cultural schemata. In the process of development, it has experienced the competition of public space, thus forming a stable and sustainable spatial order form. The purpose is to explore the cultural schema of the public landscape from the traditional Chinese settlement, and to put forward the possibility of “constructing the public landscape order based on culture” in future urban and village landscape design.

scholarly journals Expert Role of Regional Museum for the Projects of Public Spaces Improvement

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatyana Ladygina ◽  
Maria Belyaeva
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
History Museum ◽  
Cultural Workers ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Reconstruction Project ◽  
The City

This article considers the experience of improving public spaces of one of the small towns in Sverdlovsk region – the city of Krasnoufimsk. The topic of urban improvement is a serious challenge for our country. When designing public areas, it is important to consider the features of the city, its history, uniqueness, opinion of the population. Several tasks can be solved through the improvement of the city: the development of a comfortable urban environment, attracting tourists and preserving the cultural heritage. The choice of certain landscaping projects in most cases requires historical and cultural examination. Cultural workers should also act as experts in the public space reconstruction project. This article reflects on a similar experience during the reconstruction project of the Ufa river embankment in the central district of Krasnoufimsk, when employees of the regional museum were invited to participate. The text presents examples of filling the space of the embankment with hidden meanings from the regional history. The authors are of the opinion that representatives of museum community in modern society are not only keepers of the past, but also creators of the future image of the city. Keywords: public spaces, urban landscaping, small town, cultural heritage, historical and cultural expertise, local history museum

scholarly journals Restating the Scene of Foundation: Establishing Israeli Statehood and Culture inNational Collectionby Public Movement

2017 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-54
Author(s):  
DAPHNA BEN-SHAUL
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Critical Dimension ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Performance Score ◽  
Tel Aviv ◽  
Institutional Authority ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Political Scene

National Collectionwas a participatory tour performance presented at Tel Aviv Museum of Art in 2015 by Public Movement, a group that investigates public choreographies and forms of social order. This article discusses the work's examination of the interdependency between the state and its cultural institutions, both as a paradigmatic form and as historical narrative. By following the different stages of the performance score – the group's arrival at the museum's original building where Israel's 1948 Declaration of Independence ceremony took place, a march in public space to the current museum and the tour held inside – the article explores the ways in whichNational Collection‘restates’ the aesthetic political scene of foundation and the museum's central role. Along with the embodiment of institutional authority, the performance formulates a significant critical dimension, conveying doubt and a constant sense of crisis embedded in establishing a state and prominent by displaying or reforming museum order.

scholarly journals Madryckie place w relacjach wybranych polskich podróżników w XIX i na początku XX wieku

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
Natalia Bursiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Critical Assessment ◽  
European City ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The 19Th Century

This article presents the perception of Madrid squares as viewed by Polish travellers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The squares functioned for centuries as key areas of a city, both for the residents and visitors. In Spain, they were also an important element of culture and urban planning. Plaza Mayor – a unique European city square – was established in that country. Therefore, it may be assumed that the squares, playing a leading role in the analysed urban space, are one of the main tourist destinations. The aim of the article was to analyse the accounts of Polish travellers who came to Madrid in the 19th century and attempt to answer the following questions: what role the squares played during the time of those travels, which square made the greatest impression on the writers and why. The author also wanted to gain a better understanding of the aesthetic sensitivity and architectural and urban awareness of the Polish travellers. The analysis was carried out on the basis of source texts and historical studies. The presented image of public spaces was juxtaposed with iconographic and cartographic sources. The article shows that the Polish travellers staying in Madrid in the 19th and early 20th centuries limited their urban strolls to only a few squares, and the most important ones were approached with critical assessment.

scholarly journals Democracy, discourse, and design: Cape Town’s (re)turn to public space

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-290
Author(s):  
Sharóne L. Tomer
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Space Program ◽  
Spatial Order ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Public spaces had been central to Cape Town’s colonial planning and spatial order, but became marginalised in the twentieth century under modernist planning and apartheid policy. As apartheid came towards its close, architects and planners began to champion public space as a way of addressing the city’s deficiencies. Books, articles, and policy documents were written celebrating public space as a humanist device and vehicle for democracy. The City of Cape Town’s emerging Urban Design Branch instituted a major public space program: the Dignified Places Programme. This paper traces the history of public space as a terrain through which political aspirations, whether of domination or contestation, have been asserted in Cape Town. The paper will argue that at the end of apartheid, a public space turn occurred which reflected the specificities of post-apartheid democracy, in both its aspirations and limitations.

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