Convivial Urban Spaces Creating Effective Public Places
Auteur : Shaftoe Henry
Despite developments in urban design during the last few decades, architects, urban planners and designers often continue to produce areas of bland, commercially led urban fabric that deliver the basic functional requirements of shelter, work and leisure but are socially unsustainable and likely generators of future problems.
Convivial Urban Spaces demonstrates that successful urban public spaces are an essential part of a sustainable built environment. Without them we are likely to drift into an increasingly private and polarized society, with all the problems that would imply. Taking a multidisciplinary approach, this book draws on research, and the literature and theory of environmental psychology and urban design, to advance our understanding of what makes effective public spaces. Practical guidance is illustrated with case studies from the UK, Spain, Germany and Italy. The result is a practical and clearly presented guide to urban public space for planners, architects and students of the urban environment.
Introduction 1. Public Spaces - Why Have Them and Who Are They For? 2. What Makes a Space Convivial? 3. How Can One Create and Sustain Successful Public Spaces? 4. Conclusion:The Constituents of Conviviality References and Bibliography Index
Date de parution : 12-2015
18.9x24.6 cm
Date de parution : 06-2008
18.9x24.6 cm
Thème de Convivial Urban Spaces :
Mots-clés :
public; successful; design; bernard; rudofsky; movable; seating; rambla; police; community; Young Men; CABE 2004a; Millennium Square; UK Custom; Sergels Torg; Loose Materials; Successful Public Spaces; Police Community Support Officers; Town Hall; Out-of Town Shopping Mall; Home Town; Jardin Du Luxembourg; La Rambla; Town Centre Managers; Bernard Rudofsky; St Mary's Square; Convivial Spaces; St Mark's Square; CABE Space; Advance Nursery Stock; Public Space Culture; Ken Worpole; Cribbs Causeway; Rapid Response System; Dispersal Orders