Dimensions of public space, lecture by Petar Vranic, 3 July 2013
This document outlines the objectives and program for a summer school on architecture and urban design in Sochi, Russia. The summer school aims to collaboratively understand public spaces and how they influence lifestyle through non-conventional design approaches. Over two weeks, participants will develop their understanding of a chosen public space and factors shaping it, and design scenarios to improve local public spaces through stakeholder engagement and implementation planning. The document discusses dimensions of public space, including political, economic, environmental and social roles. It also examines challenges facing public spaces and how their role and accessibility can become more limited and privatized over time.
What is nota purpose of this summer school: competition
among you for the best public space project ever ….
What is a purpose of this summer school : an collaborative
attempt to understand better dimensions of public space, the
way it influence people lifestyle….
attempt to get beyond conventional architectural
approach to design……
to invent new tools for assessing and analyze space… to
deliver workable proposal to improve public spaces in this
beautiful city….
and to enjoy while doing all this…
Program
Week #1
Understanding city/ space as a process
Objective: to develop better understanding of
complex and multi-layered fabric of chosen
public space and the system of forces that
continuously reconfigure it.
Week #2
Design city / space as a process
Objective: to develop urban design scenario for
development of public space/network of
spaces, which will include possible stakeholders,
phases of implementation, maintenance plan of
particular project etc.
Public space playdifferent roles for different sets of citizens and their
publicness.
Serving as medium for performance of public life, public space has always
been live value analysis of structural changes of public domain.
The role of public space
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From collective andpublic towards individualized and private.
Accordingly public spaces become more limited in the scope of their
activities. In that sense the role of public space is prominently shrinking in
domain of public sphere and which affects it’s political role as well.
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external public spaceas pieces of land that lie between private landholdings
such as public squares, streets, parks, stretches of coastline, rivers, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)
Types of public space
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internal 'public' spaceor public institutions such as libraries, museums, town
halls, train or bus stations, etc.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)
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external and internal’quasi-public' space :
Places such as university campuses, sports grounds, restaurants also form part
of the public realm, if only nominally, because their owners and operators
retain rights to regulate access and behavior there.
Carmona, Heath, Oc and Tiesdell (2003)
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Challenges of publicspace prominently are shifting focus from political to
economic.