City Project And Public Space

Author : Silvia Serreli
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789400760370

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City Project and Public Space by Silvia Serreli Pdf

The book aims at nurturing theoretic reflection on the city and the territory and working out and applying methods and techniques for improving our physical and social landscapes. The main issue is developed around the projectual dimension, with the objective of visualising both the city and the territory from a particular viewpoint, which singles out the territorial dimension as the city’s space of communication and negotiation. Issues that characterise the dynamics of city development will be faced, such as the new, fresh relations between urban societies and physical space, the right to the city, urban equity, the project for the physical city as a means to reveal civitas, signs of new social cohesiveness, the sense of contemporary public space and the sustainability of urban development. Authors have been invited to explore topics that feature a pluralism of disciplinary contributions studying formal and informal practices on the project for the city and seeking conceptual and operative categories capable of understanding and facing the problems inherent in the profound transformations of contemporary urban landscapes.

Author : Jay Walljasper,Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781550923421

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The Great Neighborhood Book by Jay Walljasper,Project for Public Spaces (PPS) Pdf

Abandoned lots and litter-strewn pathways, or rows of green beans and pockets of wildflowers? Graffiti-marked walls and desolate bus stops, or shady refuges and comfortable seating? What transforms a dingy, inhospitable area into a dynamic gathering place? How do individuals take back their neighborhood? Neighborhoods decline when the people who live there lose their connection and no longer feel part of their community. Recapturing that sense of belonging and pride of place can be as simple as planting a civic garden or placing some benches in a park. The Great Neighborhood Book explains how most struggling communities can be revived, not by vast infusions of cash, not by government, but by the people who live there. The author addresses such challenges as traffic control, crime, comfort and safety, and developing economic vitality. Using a technique called "placemaking"-- the process of transforming public space -- this exciting guide offers inspiring real-life examples that show the magic that happens when individuals take small steps, and motivate others to make change. This book will motivate not only neighborhood activists and concerned citizens but also urban planners, developers and policy-makers.

Author : Annette Miae Kim
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226119229

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Sidewalk City by Annette Miae Kim Pdf

This title re-maps public space in order to unveil contemporary spatial practices and to explore future possibilities. In the midst of historic migration and urbanisation, our limited public spaces are being contested and re-conceptualised in cities around the world with innovative experiments in some places and bloody battles in others. This book uses the case of sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where a vibrant everyday urbanism takes place in flexible patterns that defy conventional conceptions of public space.

Author : Klara Jaya Brekke,Christos Filippidis,Antonis Vradis
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781947447462

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Athens and the War on Public Space by Klara Jaya Brekke,Christos Filippidis,Antonis Vradis Pdf

Sometimes, the maelstrom of a crisis can be captured in a single image. The image of the mundane, barely noticeable movement of an urban dweller as they go about their everyday life. Athens and the War on Public Space commences from images just like this one, collected over a two-year period of research (2012-2014) in Athens during a time of severe financial and political crisis. For the author-curators of this volume, public space became a light-sensitive surface upon which they could begin to map the material imprints of the most structural and violent characteristics of the crisis, and their research spread in different directions, tracking the role of infrastructure and the shifts the financial crisis brought about upon built environments, the violent manifestations of the official anti-migrant policy, the rise of racism, the imposition of the emergency upon public space, and the phenomenology of mass transit.

Author : Mariana Mogilevich
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781452963938

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The Invention of Public Space by Mariana Mogilevich Pdf

The interplay of psychology, design, and politics in experiments with urban open space As suburbanization, racial conflict, and the consequences of urban renewal threatened New York City with “urban crisis,” the administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay (1966–1973) experimented with a broad array of projects in open spaces to affirm the value of city life. Mariana Mogilevich provides a fascinating history of a watershed moment when designers, government administrators, and residents sought to remake the city in the image of a diverse, free, and democratic society. New pedestrian malls, residential plazas, playgrounds in vacant lots, and parks on postindustrial waterfronts promised everyday spaces for play, social interaction, and participation in the life of the city. Whereas designers had long created urban spaces for a broad amorphous public, Mogilevich demonstrates how political pressures and the influence of the psychological sciences led them to a new conception of public space that included diverse publics and encouraged individual flourishing. Drawing on extensive archival research, site work, interviews, and the analysis of film and photographs, The Invention of Public Space considers familiar figures, such as William H. Whyte and Jane Jacobs, in a new light and foregrounds the important work of landscape architects Paul Friedberg and Lawrence Halprin and the architects of New York City’s Urban Design Group. The Invention of Public Space brings together psychology, politics, and design to uncover a critical moment of transformation in our understanding of city life and reveals the emergence of a concept of public space that remains today a powerful, if unrealized, aspiration.

Author : Project for Public Spaces
Publisher : American Planning Association
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015007581328

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Managing Downtown Public Spaces by Project for Public Spaces Pdf

Author : Jon Kher Kaw,Hyunji Lee,Sameh Wahba
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781464814938

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The Hidden Wealth of Cities by Jon Kher Kaw,Hyunji Lee,Sameh Wahba Pdf

In every city, the urban spaces that form the public realm—ranging from city streets, neighborhood squares, and parks to public facilities such as libraries and markets—account for about one-third of the city’s total land area, on average. Despite this significance, the potential for these public-space assets—typically owned and managed by local governments—to transform urban life and city functioning is often overlooked for many reasons: other pressing city priorities arising from rapid urbanization, poor urban planning, and financial constraints. The resulting degradation of public spaces into congested, vehicle-centric, and polluted places often becomes a liability, creating a downward spiral that leads to a continuous drain on public resources and exacerbating various city problems. In contrast, the cities that invest in the creation of human-centered, environmentally sustainable, economically vibrant, and socially inclusive places—in partnership with government entities, communities, and other private stakeholders—perform better. They implement smart and sustainable strategies across their public space asset life cycles to yield returns on investment far exceeding monetary costs, ultimately enhancing city livability, resilience, and competitiveness. The Hidden Wealth of Cities: Creating, Financing, and Managing Public Spaces discusses the complexities that surround the creation and management of successful public spaces and draws on the analyses and experiences from city case studies from around the globe. This book identifies—through the lens of asset management—a rich palette of creative and innovative strategies that every city can undertake to plan, finance, and manage both government-owned and privately owned public spaces.

Author : Meredith Glaser
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789059727144

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The City at Eye Level by Meredith Glaser Pdf

Although rarely explored in academic literature, most inhabitants and visitors interact with an urban landscape on a day-to-day basis is on the street level. Storefronts, first floor apartments, and sidewalks are the most immediate and common experience of a city. These "plinths" are the ground floors that negotiate between inside and outside, the public and private spheres. The City at Eye Level qualitatively evaluates plinths by exploring specific examples from all over the world. Over twenty-five experts investigate the design, land use, and road and foot traffic in rigorously researched essays, case studies, and interviews. These pieces are supplemented by over two hundred beautiful color images and engage not only with issues in design, but also the concerns of urban communities. The editors have put together a comprehensive guide for anyone concerned with improving or building plinths, including planners, building owners, property and shop managers, designers, and architects.

Author : Barbara Goličnik Marušić,Matej Nikšič,Lise Coirier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9058563456

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Human Cities by Barbara Goličnik Marušić,Matej Nikšič,Lise Coirier Pdf

'Human Cities: Celebrating Public Space' combines theoretical, practical and artistic approaches related to public space.

Author : Jerold S. Kayden,The New York City Department of City Planning,The Municipal Art Society of New York
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0471362573

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Privately Owned Public Space by Jerold S. Kayden,The New York City Department of City Planning,The Municipal Art Society of New York Pdf

In New York - wie auch in vielen anderen Großstädten - wächst die Zahl der öffentlichen Plätze, die Privatpersonen gehören und auch privat betrieben werden. Als Gegenleistung für die Schaffung dieser Plätze und Einrichtungen, erhalten die Erbauer von der Stadt Sonderkonzessionen (in der Regel für die Gebäudehöhe). Dieses Buch dokumentiert und beschreibt anhand von Fotos, Lageplänen und Karten über 300 öffentliche Plätze in New York, die in privater Hand sind. Zu den bekanntesten zählen u.a. das Trump Tower Atrium, die Sony Arkade und die Citicorp Mall. Jede Beschreibung enthält Informationen zu Größe, Fertigstellungsdatum, Architekten/Landschaftsarchitekten, Gebäudeeigentümer, Öffnungszeiten und Lage. Zu den Abbildungen gehört jeweils ein Foto sowie eine maßstabsgetreue Zeichnung, die verdeutlichen, wie sich der Bau in die angrenzende Gebäude-/Straßenlandschaft einpaßt. (y05/00)

Author : Patricia Aelbrecht,Quentin Stevens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780429951046

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Public Space Design and Social Cohesion by Patricia Aelbrecht,Quentin Stevens Pdf

Social cohesion is often perceived as being under threat from the increasing cultural and economic differences in contemporary cities and the increasing intensity of urban life. Public space, in its role as the main stage for social interactions between strangers, clearly plays a role in facilitating or limiting opportunities for social cohesion. But what exactly is social cohesion, how is it experienced in the public realm, and what role can the design of city spaces have in supporting or promoting it? There are significant knowledge gaps between the social sciences and design disciplines and between academia and practice, and thus a dispersed knowledge base that currently lacks nuanced insight into how urban design contributes to social integration or segregation. This book brings together scholarly knowledge at the intersection of public space design and social cohesion. It is based on original scholarly research and a depth of urban design practice, and analyses case studies from a variety of cities and cultures across the Global North and Global South. Its interdisciplinary, cross-cultural analysis will be of interest to academics, students, policymakers and practitioners engaged with a range of subject areas, including urban design, urban planning, architecture, landscape, cultural studies, human geography, social policy, sociology and anthropology. It will also have significant appeal to a wider non-academic readership, given its topical subject matter.

Author : Neil L. Shumsky
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0815321872

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The Physical City by Neil L. Shumsky Pdf

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Matthew Carmona,Tim Heath,Taner Oc,Steve Tiesdell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136020490

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Public Places - Urban Spaces by Matthew Carmona,Tim Heath,Taner Oc,Steve Tiesdell Pdf

Public Places - Urban Spaces is a holistic guide to the many complex and interacting dimensions of urban design. The discussion moves systematically through ideas, theories, research and the practice of urban design from an unrivalled range of sources. It aids the reader by gradually building the concepts one upon the other towards a total view of the subject. The author team explain the catalysts of change and renewal, and explore the global and local contexts and processes within which urban design operates. The book presents six key dimensions of urban design theory and practice - the social, visual, functional, temporal, morphological and perceptual - allowing it to be dipped into for specific information, or read from cover to cover. This is a clear and accessible text that provides a comprehensive discussion of this complex subject.

Author : Stephen Carr
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0521359600

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Public Space by Stephen Carr Pdf

The authors offer a perspective of how to integrate public space and public life. They contend that three critical human dimensions should guide the process of design and management of public space: the users' essential needs, their spatial rights, and the meanings they seek.

Author : Ali Madanipour
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0415256283

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Public and Private Spaces of the City by Ali Madanipour Pdf

This book sets out to find out how and why social space is subdivided in this way and to explore the nature of each realm as defined by spatial and symbolic boundaries.