scholarly journals Access and Forms of Urbanity in Public Space: Transit Urban Design Beyond the Global North

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3495
Author(s):  
Nastaran Peimani ◽  
Hesam Kamalipour
Keyword(s):  
Synergistic Effect ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
International Literature ◽  
Street Networks ◽  
Incipient Stage ◽  
Global North ◽  
Two Measures

There has been an emerging interest in the study of urban design dimensions associated with Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs). However, addressing the question of how TOD principles laid out in the international literature can be explored in the context of the global South remains in an incipient stage. In this paper, we investigate the nexus between station walkable catchments and forms of urbanity around transit nodes by adopting an assemblage approach to cut across any separation of sociality and spatiality. Drawing on empirical research from two case studies in Tehran, this paper contributes to studies on transit urban design by developing two measures of accessibility—the Catchment of Accessible Public Spaces (CAPS) and Accessible Interfaces (AI). We found that the combination of high CAPS and high AI within a given time can enable streetlife intensity, which is also linked to a synergistic effect of a larger assemblage, including the number of entries and diversity of functions. We argue that a focus on both measures is critical to understand the performance and potential transformation of street networks in a TOD.

The Culture Zone in Katowice and its qualities as a public space

2018 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Paweł Pistelok
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Right Of Access

Abstract A city’s public spaces ought to meet a number of requirements to serve their main purpose, that is to foster public life. They need, for instance, to answer people’s needs, fulfil certain social functions, and let people use their basic rights, among them the most important right of access. In Katowice, one of the most prominent examples of the regeneration of public spaces is now the Culture Zone. The aim of this paper is to discuss the development of social functions in the area mentioned, a fine example of the post-industrial heritage of Upper Silesia. Applying some of the qualities of public space identified in the theories adopted, the paper discusses how the Culture Zone [in Polish: Strefa Kultury] fulfils the above-mentioned demands and requirements. Is it accessible? Does it meet the need for comfort? Does it function as a leisure space? By referring to analyses and opinions presented in the literature and comparing them with the results of the author’s own empirical research, this article discusses the importance, opportunities, and shortcomings of the Culture Zone as a public space.

scholarly journals Beyond the Sit-In: Public Space Production and Appropriation in Sudan’s December Revolution, 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5194
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Z. Bahreldin
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The Public ◽  
Space Transformation ◽  
Space Production ◽  
Space Activities

This article reflects on Khartoum’s sit-in space in front of the Army headquarter in Khartoum during Sudan’s Nile Spring. The article explores the public discourses, activities, and space transformation during the sit-in, which lasted fifty-eight days. Through studying the sit-in, we aim to discuss how the Nile Spring has, or has not, transformed the conception of what a public space is by examining the functions and activities of the sit-in space as a territory of political exercise. The methodology underlying this research includes direct and participant observation, a follow-up of the sit-in space activities on various media sources, a literature review, and interviews. The conclusions drawn by this article show how the sit-in space has challenged the current relationship between public space and the political ideology by providing a new example of what a public space is. The sit-in space succeeded in revolutionizing the understanding of how public spaces should be imagined, designed, appropriated, and managed. This inquiry has disclosed the necessity to rethink current planning and urban design processes that restrict democratic activities in public spaces.

scholarly journals How Many, Who, Where, What, and How Long: Public Space in Russian Monotowns through Jan Gehl’s Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5105
Author(s):  
Damiano Cerrone ◽  
Jesús López Baeza ◽  
Panu Lehtovuori ◽  
Daniele Quercia ◽  
Rossano Schifanella ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
City Life ◽  
Jane Jacobs ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Media Data

The paper presents a method to operationalize Jan Gehl’s questions for public space into metrics to map Russian monotowns’ urban life in 2017. With the use of social media data, it becomes possible to scale Gehl’s approach from the survey of small urban areas to the analysis of entire cities while maintaining the human scale’s resolution. When underperforming public spaces are detected, we propose a matrix for urban design interventions using Jane Jacobs’ typologies for good city life. Furthermore, this method was deployed to improve the conditions of public spaces in Russian monotowns through a series of architectural briefs for design competitions and urban design guidelines for local administrations.

scholarly journals Measure and proportion as keyword for qualitative town squares

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Roberto De Lotto ◽  
Susanna Sturla
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Spatial Dimension ◽  
Thematic Synthesis ◽  
Information Measures ◽  
Web Information ◽  
Renaissance Period ◽  
The Town

<p class="PublicSpace-Abstract" align="left">The authors of this paper refer specifically to public space as that of the town square.<br />According to Italian tradition town squares have been clearly recognised since the Renaissance period.<br />There are several studies about meaning, perception, and the shape of public spaces such as squares but there is no research about their actual measures, proportions, and about the presence of some recurrent numbers.<br />This study develop a thematic synthesis about meaning, definitions and proportions before seeking similarity about spatial dimension using simple statistical instruments.<br />The study comes from a pedagogical exercise, undertaken in the last three years in the Course of Urban Design at University of Pavia, where students developed 80 data sheets based on free web information measures of Italian and European squares.</p>

scholarly journals PUBLIC SPACES AND GENDER: TESTING THE RELATIONSHIP OF SPATIAL CONFIGURATION OF STREET NETWORKS

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Shakila Khalid ◽  
Raja Norashekin Raja Othman ◽  
Marlyana Azzyati Marzukhi
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Spatial Configuration ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Street Networks ◽  
Spatial Design ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to examine the spatial dominance in public spaces from a gendered and women perspectives and to analyse the relationship with the spatial configuration of street networks. In analysing the street networks in Space Syntax, the question arises; to what extent the movement and activity may explain street integration among gender-based pedestrians. The result found that there is a correlation between spatial configurative analyses and women present in the streets. In essence, the less integrated streets attract more women pedestrians and improve better quality of space. The research is relevant to spatial design interventions and policymaking to enhance gender equal access to public space.

scholarly journals Mobility and Walkability: An Analysis OF Urban Design Elements around Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ar. Romel M. Eltanal
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Design Elements ◽  
Healthy Communities ◽  
Street Networks ◽  
Health Consciousness ◽  
Using Data

Mobility and Walkability is an important concept in urban planning. The term is built around the concept of providing healthy communities, reducing dependency on automobiles and improving health consciousness to people. Based on factors including connectivity, densities, amenities, and socio-economics, this research focused on the analysis of urban design elements in relation to mobility and walkability of pedestrians around Divisoria District, Cagayan de Oro City through the influence of street networks around the area. Using data and actual survey helped locate high rates for walkability within the district. Additional qualities such as distance, safety, socio-economic and public spaces also play a role in the rates of mobility and walkability around the district. The urban design elements as facilitators take place within all types of developments around the area, but the number of barriers hinders mobility and walkability. Analysis of barriers and facilitators produced design guidelines that will promote mobility and walkability for new districts and urban development in the future. The findings suggested that urban design elements are important in achieving mobility and walkability.

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.

scholarly journals Urban cooling strategies as interaction opportunities in the public space: a methodological proposal

2021 ◽  
Vol 2042 (1) ◽  
pp. 012128
Author(s):  
X. Stavropulos-Laffaille ◽  
I. Requena-Ruiz ◽  
C. Drozd ◽  
T. Leduc ◽  
M. Servières ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Urban Climatology ◽  
The Public ◽  
Transect Approach ◽  
Data Analysis Methods

Abstract In the context of global warming, cities promote temporary or permanent public space designs based on the integration of various cooling techniques, hereafter called spatio-climatic devices, to locally cool down the atmosphere and preserve urban liveability. Such public spaces create interaction opportunities for citizens to seek thermal pleasure outdoors. To inform about the citizens’ thermal experience of these spaces, this paper explores fieldwork and data analysis methods at the crossroads of urban climatology, environmental psychology and urban design. Four spatio-climatic configurations are investigated in the ‘Extraordinary Garden’ in Nantes (France) through mobile microclimate measurements and ethnographic observations. By applying an ‘urban transect’ approach, preliminary selected microclimate, behavioural and activity observation data is displayed together with spatial information. This allows to highlight thermal situations induced by urban design and to link them to specific citizen-environment interactions. As a result, this approach contributes to a better characterization of urban cool spots as a strategy for more resilient public spaces.

Reconstruction Of Urban Parks Of Culture And Rest Of The Soviet Period

2019 ◽  
pp. 61-65
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Senior Citizens ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Limited Mobility ◽  
Functional Zoning ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
The City

This article analyzes the main problems of urban public spaces, because today public spaces can determine the future of cities. It is noted that parks are multifunctional public spaces in the urban environment, as they are an important element of the citywide system of landscaping and recreation, perform health, cultural, educational, aesthetic and environmental functions. The article notes that the need for easily accessible and well-maintained urban parks remains, however, the state of parks in many cities of Russia remains unsatisfactory, requiring reconstruction. A brief historical background of the Park of Culture and Rest of the Soviet period in Omsk is expounded, the analysis of the existing territory of the Park is presented. It is revealed that the Park, being the largest public space in Omsk, does not meet the requirements of modern urbanism, although it represents a great potential for designing the space for the purpose of recreation of citizens. Performed functional zoning scheme of the territory of the Park in question, where its division into functional areas destined for active recreational users of the Park is presented, considered the interests of senior citizens, people with limited mobility, etc. Reconstruction of Parks of the Soviet period can provide the city with additional recreational opportunities, as well as increase its tourist attractiveness.

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