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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 ...
Sep 10, 2015 · While there are plenty of reasons why public space is important, here are the top five. 1) It benefits our health Especially in cities or so-called ‘concrete jungles’, public spaces such as parks create a relaxing and inviting atmosphere where people can come and decompress from their stressful daily routines at home and work either by ...
- The ‘Public’ Private Spaces in Our Cities
- Cross The Boundaries
- Private Public Spaces
Our cities are complex mixes of public and private property. Consider the short walk from Brisbane’s CBD to South Bank to illustrate this patchwork. We can walk on footpaths, cross roads, bisect the square at Queens Gardens and finally cross the river at the Goodwill Bridge, all on public property, and all the while skirting private boundaries. We ...
This public-private meander is replicated in cities across the globe. They highlight the blurred and porous boundaries that demarcate public and private property. We navigate these boundaries surprisingly well, alert to the subtle and not-so-subtle lines of property. For example, high fences, no trespassing signs, or strategic CCTV cameras tell us ...
This enclosure is ongoing with the so-called privately owned public spaces that masquerade as something they’re not. A good example is the "public” plazas of office buildings, where we grab a quick lunch. They’re privately owned and not true public spaces at all. In better appreciating the publicness of public property we can better grasp what’s at...
Aug 22, 2016 · Public spaces are an important asset to our cities. They provide people many opportunities to come together and engage with the community. If public spaces are successful they are...
- Thejas Jagannath
May 2, 2016 · Creating safer and more inclusive public spaces. There are several examples of cities in different parts of the world that successfully transformed from violent, criminal and unsafe environments, into inclusive, safer and more livable places.
- Gunes Basat
May 9, 2016 · The design of public places should allow all residents to take ownership of them, so they can become a shared asset that the entire community can enjoy. Actions should be taken to create vibrant and healthy cities for all people regardless of age or social, economic, or ethnic background.
Nov 17, 2022 · What Is Public Space? answers the question from a personal, cultural, and urban design point of view. It begins by defining public space by what it does or accommodates and explores the many ways that spaces are made “public” by people, meanings, and practices.
