Shaping the Outside Space through Play Narrative

Shaping the Outside Space through Play Narrative

Anton, Alexandra (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Landscape Architecture)

Piccinini, D. (mentor)
van Dorst, M.J. (mentor)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Landscape Architecture

2017-06-28

After the Second World War, play has been used as a tool to reconstruct the image of the city of Amsterdam. Even though nowadays urban areas present similar derelict sites, the causes and needs are different. The negative effects of gentrification and suburbanization require a play related strategy with emphasis on sustainable aspects. As a result, the objective concerns the introduction of strategies related to play to stimulate a new dynamic in a derelict central urban area, to disclose and activate a hidden identity. Several design strategies and theories are studied. The analysis follows a layer approach that depicts the natural, cultural and urban layer, the social structure and its relation with the public space and the notion of play. The resulted strategy regards play spaces as polycentric, flexible and dynamic.

play
derelict urban area
water infrastructure
natural dynamics

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Student theses

master thesis

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