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Apr 1, 2015 · Public spaces are the living rooms, gardens and corridors of urban areas. They serve to extend small living spaces and providing areas for social interaction and economic activities, which improves the development and desirability of a community. This increases productivity and attracts human capital while providing an improved quality of life ...
Jul 27, 2021 · Introduction. Mixed messages on the relationship between public space and social divides. Findings. Finding #1: To achieve social cohesion, downtown public spaces must enhance connectivity to...
Jan 25, 2021 · In this paper, we argue that the embodied experiences of the everyday, and the socio-spatial dynamics which shape them, are formative of political practices during events of civil unrest. Furthermore, by examining the production of public space during these events, we also aim to unveil its emancipatory potentials.
- Yannis Kallianos, Mattia Fumanti
- 2021
Nov 22, 2021 · Many experts say public online spaces will significantly improve by 2035 if reformers, big technology firms, governments and activists tackle the problems created by misinformation, disinformation and toxic discourse.
- Sara Atske
- Reminders of The Power of The State
- Protest in The Arab World: The Case of Tunisia
- Designing For Protests: An Architect’s Perspective
Public spaces around the world have been not only places for people to gather and interact but also to demonstrate and, at times, to face their death. In 2014, Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kiev was at the centre of the Ukrainian Euromaidan Revolution. It was a deadly revolutionof dignity. Yet the consequences of other protests largely attest to how the ...
Tunisia’s Habib Bourguiba Avenue was the main stage of the 2011 Tunisian Revolution. This public space, considered the historical, political and economic heart of the city, is broad and lined with trees and government buildings, hotels and street cafes. The two paved and heavily trafficked roads on either side of the median strip isolate the pedest...
In designing public squares and avenues, architects should learn from these past dilemmas. The public square should not be represented as the city’s gated property or as a walled garden. It should be a space that provides citizens with opportunities to engage in political and social debates. In the wake of the Arab Spring, rethinking spatial qualit...
May 11, 2022 · Ren highlights the urgency of viewing public space as a shrinking area of political discourse, linking access to public space in the pandemic with the expansion and contraction of political spaces.
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Jun 10, 2020 · A public space is a form of democracy. It is a space of freedom of movement, expression, and most importantly, it is our first contact with a city. A mere reflection of the urban fabric, it...
