'Can you hear me?': Phone centers and the struggle for public space

Workshop 3. Politics of public space

The political struggle on and at Kizilay square with respect to perceived, conceived and lived public space before and after 1980

Workshop 3. Politics of public space Abstract: Since the time it was conceived as a socio-spatial project of new established Republic of Turkey, K?z?lay Square in Ankara has been reproduced within its (historical) meaning, (urban) function and (spatial) form, through changing contradictions and actors within political, social and economic...

Gallatin Road: A sketch of a low income commercial strip

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality Abstract Sprawling commercial strips receive very little attention among urban scholars. When they do they are represented either as anathema to intelligent urban design, as asocial spaces given over to the automobile and American consumerism, or they are lamented as representing the loss of...

Being side by side. On changing neighbourhood and family relations in Yenimahalle, Turkey

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality

Public spaces in small cities in a shrinking region. Putting public interest back into the agenda

Workshop 2. Public space interventions There is no shortage of technical recommendations and guidelines on public spaces design to enhance public life. But if these guidelines are to be effective, special consideration is required for the stage that precedes design, namely the stage at which public space goals are set. The research presented in...

The retraining of the open space in the Great Residential Complexes of the Public Outskirts

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality Introduction This contribution sets the attention on the physical dimension of the public space that today involves a relationship with the idea of void. Despite you speak of transformation of the classical idea of public space - the traditional "slow places", the telematics plaza or the...

Neighbourhood structure and public space: Implications for low-income women’s social networks and emotional well-being

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality Abstract This paper contributes evidence from a longitudinal study of public housing relocatees in Boston, Massachusetts. Through the federal HOPE VI program, households were relocated from a poverty-concentrated public housing community to different types of housing and neighborhoods. This...

Formal modification strategies for the construction of Public Spaces in urban regeneration projects of European cities

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality The construction or reconstruction of outdoor public spaces is a key aspect of many urban regeneration projects in suburban or derelict areas of various European cities. This paper reports the analysis of the strategies that have been used in three urban regeneration projects in Denmark, France...

Modelling costs and quality of housing units and public spaces for improving public-private collaboration in new residential developments – Case Guayaquil, Ecuador

Workshop 2. Public space ionterventions

Public space: Open to everybody – but how? Street art as a threat or a prospect

Workshop 2. Public space interventions Abstract Street art, a form of local urban intervention, encounters strong oppositions from many planners. Making an imprint in public space is, for the most part, only legal if you advertise or if the municipality commissions you. By unlawfully taking up space in the city, streets artists challenge the...

The transformation of the Dutch Urban Block in relation to the public realm; model, rule and ideal

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality

Transformation of public spaces as a result of power-knowledge strategy in armed conflict time- second intifada- Palestine

Workshop 2. Public space interventions

General information PhD Seminar on public space

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Public space network; sustainability and life quality

Workshop 2. Public space interventions

Proceedings PhD Seminar on public space

The local market in Kigali as controlled public space: Adaptation and resistance by local people to “Modern City Life”

Workshop 1. Public space and neighbourhood quality