How Co-design Processes Improve Public Space Resilience:: Lessons From Two Urban Parks in the Atacama Desert

With the social, ecological and sanitary pressures on urban settlements<br/>and the public sector being unable to successfully provide such answers<br/>alone, co-design can play a crucial role towards urban transformations<br/>and resilient public spaces. We understand co-design as a process in<br/>which institutional networks of public, private...

Culture and Context in Public Space Design: Symbolic ornamentation, local craftsmanship and public participation as a way to enable meaning and affordance

Rapid urbanization and increasing globalization of urban development strategies are resulting in a lack of connection between people and places, and places and their context. Nevertheless, cultural embedding and sense of place have a direct impact on the quality of public space. The purpose of this research is to explore culture and context...

Negotiated Public: An Investigation on the Streetscape of Beijing’s Old City

In Beijing’s old city, the emergence of conflictual practices in the street life have challenged the conventional concepts of ‘public’ and ‘private’, as well as the design principles based on this normative expression. This paper proposes a novel way of reading and understanding the street spaces by exploring a traditional type of street in...