New Public Spaces of Circulation, Consumption and Recreation and their Scope for Informal Social Interaction and Cohesion

2019 ◽  
pp. 199-219
Author(s):  
Patricia Aelbrecht
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
New Public

scholarly journals Public Space Update. Report from the United States

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Margaret Crawford
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Public Events ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
New Public

Like everything else in this large and disparate country, public space, as a movement and as a collection of physical places is highly varied and unequally distributed. Even so, over the last decade public space in both senses has moved to the forefront of American urbanism. In terms of academic debates, the narratives of decline that dominated discussions of public space since the 1990s have been replaced with expanded definitions of public space. The number of actual new public spaces, public events and support for them has grown exponentially over the last decade.  These spaces continue to attract large numbers of people. For design professionals, this has meant new opportunities to connect their practices with the larger public realm.  At the same time, however, critics have raised important questions about their inclusivity and ability to promote genuine social interaction.

Beyond Metaphor

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 29-50
Author(s):  
Joseph D. Bryan
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Body Politic ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Impartial Spectator ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Senses

Body-politic metaphors served historically as figurative vehicles to transmit assorted socio-political messages. Through an examination of the metaphors la mollesse (softness) and Adam Smith’s impartial spectator, this article will show that the language of eighteenth-century French and British writers was not simply heuristic or metaphorical. Contemporaries reacted to the growth of commerce and luxury, and the concomitant creation of new public spaces and forms of social interaction, by arguing that the corporeal mediated the social. I want to introduce the concept of corporeal sociability: cognitive physiology and the network of the senses, contemporaries argued, contained the information necessary to assess novel forms of commerce and revealed that sociability was congenitally embodied.

Role of Public Spaces in Promoting Social Interaction in Divided Cities

2018 ◽  
pp. 103-121
Author(s):  
Marija Kukoleca ◽  
Ana Mafalda Madureira ◽  
Javier Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Spaces

scholarly journals Design public spaces to enable all 0-5 year children flourish

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rubczak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
City Planning ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Numerous Investigation ◽  
Healthy Development ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
New Public ◽  
Research Questions

The Public Spaces of Tomorrow are places that enable young children 0-5 to flourish. Contemporary places support healthy child development. The early years are the foundation for lifelong physical and mental health, wellbeing, and social skills. Designing, planning, and building new public spaces for our babies and toddlers should take into consideration the wellbeing of their caregivers. Engage parents, grandparents, siblings, or pregnant women in the design process provides for the ability to create new types of public spaces. Knowledge of how to do it for wellbeing in specific circumstances, places, social or natural environment is the purpose of the work (for ex. the Covid-19 pandemic is still unfolding but the principle of healthy development or caregiver isn`t changing). Responsibility of local authorities, urban planners, architects, park managers, all people engaged in city planning and functioning, have their role to play. During the collaborative workshop Mentor and Student Research Lab 3 in Poland (Gdańsk University of Technology) numerous investigation and methods were tried to answer research questions on how to resolve problems of designing public spaces of tomorrow.

scholarly journals New Typologies of Contemporary Shopping Malls in Egypt

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-122
Author(s):  
Karim Wagih Fawzi Youssef
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Corporate Websites ◽  
New Public ◽  
Globalized Economy ◽  
The City

Contemporary shopping malls in Egypt have created new public spaces for lifestyle and leisure, which complement the commercial logic of consumer behavior. Mega malls in Egypt are simultaneously merging shopping, leisure, and entertainment, creating an ambivalence. They are representations of the globalized economy, but also manifest a certain uniqueness through their typology, their mode of insertion in the urban fabric and the type of public spaces created in them. This paper traces four new typologies in the design of six mega shopping malls in Egypt, constructed since 2010, as they integrate new public gathering spaces for leisure, recreation, and entertainment. Data on the new malls in Egypt was collected from corporate websites and promotional brochures, Google Maps and Street View, TripAdvisor, social media websites, visitor comments and news articles. A key finding is the trend of integration of large outdoor recreational spaces such as courtyards and plazas in mall design, the inclusion of a water element for attraction as well as the transition in function from simply offering goods and services to one that offers experiences and events to encourage recurring visits to the mall. The transformation of the mall parallels changes in conceptualizing the city of the 20th century as a large marketplace, an emporium of consumption, to conceptualizing the city of the 21st century as a large theatre and a festive place.

Outdoor Seating Design to Facilitate Social Interaction Among Older Adults

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thamar Swart ◽  
Johan Molenbroek ◽  
Lau Langeveld ◽  
Martin Van Brederode ◽  
Brecht J. Daams
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Usability Test ◽  
Public Meeting ◽  
Near Future

AT A GLANCE: The number of older adults who like to meet each other in public spaces in the Netherlands is increasing. For this article, older adults were surveyed regarding their wants and needs for public meeting spaces. By means of a literature search on ergonomics, interviews, observations, and discussions with experts and older adults, a list of needs and preferences was created and used to guide a design for an outdoor meeting space for older adults, dubbed “The Oud-door.” Older adults were engaged in the design process by asking them questions, discussing the ideas and concepts with them, and, finally, conducting a usability test. Manufacturer Jan Kuipers Nunspeet will develop this design further, and “The Oud-door” will be available on the market in the near future.

scholarly journals New public spaces as the basic nodes for development of new city areas (case study of Kronstadt, Russia)

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 04026
Author(s):  
Olga Kokorina ◽  
Dmitry Zinenkov ◽  
Tamara Datsuk
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Public ◽  
Independent Unit ◽  
New City ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

The article presents research materials and analysis of factors affecting the creation of new nodes of public spaces, as starting points for the development of Kotlin Island and the city of Kronstadt. Their current state and problems, resources and opportunities are described. Currently, there is a process of rethinking the value of the coastal territories of Kronstadt, the potential of which is not realized. One of the possible ways to solve this problem is to increase the use of coastal territories by creating tourism and public-business infrastructure along the coastline. Kronstadt has a number of unique characteristics, the use of which can transfer it from degrading to developing. This is possible by creating a polycentric model in the city - new growth points, as well as rethinking the value of abandoned and coastal territories. This approach will not only increase funding, attract more people, provide a sufficient number of jobs, but also subsequently create conditions for the further development of the city as an independent unit - the center of the St. Petersburg metropolitan area.

scholarly journals SOME ASPECTS OF THE FORMATION OF PEDESTRIAN STREETS AND ZONES IN THE NEW PUBLIC SPACES OF URBAN CENTRE / MIESTO CENTRO NAUJŲ VIEŠŲJŲ ERDVIŲ – PĖSČIŲJŲ GATVIŲ IR ZONŲ – KŪRIMO KAI KURIE ASPEKTAI

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 252-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinas Jakovlevas-Mateckis
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
City Centre ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Urban Centre ◽  
Street Design ◽  
New Public ◽  
Design Objects ◽  
Main Components ◽  
Main Streets

Nowadays in urban centres, especially in old towns full of cars, the surroundings became noisy, polluted by gas, the beauty of architecture choked up, and a human being started feeling insecure and uncomfortable. This situation forces resolute actions to be taken. One of them – to oust cars from city centre and old town and form new public spaces there: pedestrian streets and even entire pedestrian zones. Therefore, this article examines evolution of formation of architectural environment of the pedestrian zones, their organization and realization abroad as well as our country's practical achievements and peculiarities. Spaces and their main components are examined in detail: the street size, greenery, small architecture and street design objects which form architectural environment. The main streets and pedestrian zones are presented in conclusions. Santrauka Šiandieninių miestų centruose, ypač senamiesčiuose, užtvindytuose automobilių, aplinka tapo triukšminga, oras užterštas, apstatymo architektūros grožis nustelbtas, o jų gyventojai ir lankytojai pasijuto nesaugiai ir diskomfortiškai. Ši situacija verčia imtis ryžtingų veiksmų. Vienas iš jų – išstumti automobilius iš miesto centro, senamiesčio branduolio ir kurti jame naujas viešąsias erdves: pėsčiųjų gatves ar net ištisas pėsčiųjų zonas. Todėl darbe nagrinėjami jų architektūrinės aplinkos formavimosi raida, organizavimo ir realizavimo užsienyje bei Lietuvoje praktikos pasiekimai ir ypatumai. Detaliau nagrinėjami pėsčiųjų gatvių ir pėsčiųjų zonų architektūrinę aplinką formuojančios erdvės ir pagrindinai jų komponentai: gatvės erdvės dydis, želdiniai, mažosios architektūros ir gatvės dizaino objektai. Išvadose pateikiami apibendrinimai: miesto pėsčiųjų gatvių ir pėsčiųjų zonų projektavimo pagrindiniai uždaviniai.

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.

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