scholarly journals Visual Analysis as a tool for Urban Intervention Comparative Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Elena Builes ◽  
Leonardo Correa ◽  
Diana Carolina Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Methodological Triangulation ◽  
Urban Intervention ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
Photography Analysis

In the past few years’ urban design development has been a topic that in some of Latin America cities such as Medellin, Mexico City and Córdoba, has been evolving under the shadow no longer far from concepts as social innovation and social urbanism, a situation that generates new perspectives and concerns about the impacts that this transformations bring to the cities and its communities. The aim of the collaborative research project was to acknowledge the impacts of urban transformations on five different cities and comparing them to find similarities and differences. A comparative analysis of multiple cases was proposed, along with a methodological triangulation that contained observation, photography analysis and the production of graphics accompanied by interviews in order to arouse an approach to the perceptions of the community residing the space and their affective bonds with it. Inquiring about this process and impacts, and the inhabitants’ relation with their newly transformed space, researchers used graphic research methods that allowed collecting, evaluating and establishing comparative criteria and identifying reiterating impacts caused by urban interventions. Different graphic and visual tools such as drawings, photography and graphic reconstruction were used as a tools to identify the urban and architectural strategies through which a connection between urban space and its inhabitants in each city in order to compare with the other four cities. These tools where used in order to define a recurrent method creating an effect of distance, which increases the effect of designation and shows urban dynamics to articulate submerged realities in opposition with the images created through the visual tools, so a closer relationship between research and representation is made.

scholarly journals Student Homelessness: Sheltering Our Future: An Adaptable Approach to Underutilised City Spaces

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Caryl Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Test Site ◽  
Urban Setting ◽  
Homeless Population ◽  
Future Application ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
The City

<p>The increasing housing demands from population growth creates a persistent housing shortage and unaffordability in our cities. Students are one demographic that is dramatically affected as they move closer to their education provider for study. The student influx at the start of the semester creates a large demand in the already inadequate housing market. Students with a limited budget have reduced accommodation options and this consequently drives many into a state of homelessness. A study from University of Otago measures that over a quarter of New Zealand’s homeless population are students (Amore, 2016). This considerable number of students are living in cars, tents, couch-surfing and sleeping rough for weeks during their studies. The desperate situation impinges on the student’s health and well-being and thus their academic performance.  In this context, the scope of this research focuses on the requirements of homeless tertiary students in the urban setting. Their vulnerability, insecurity and distress are explored to provide direction to solutions that will alleviate the existing problems of their insufficient living environments. As proximity to the education providers and amenities are key factors, this thesis examines underutilised and leftover spaces within the city as opportunities for inhabitation, and to create efficient use of urban space. Currently, there are successful examples of activating overlooked laneways into vibrant spaces. However, these transformations rely on the activities in the lane and the interventions are largely landscaping and installations. By investigating the successful regeneration of previously undesirable and neglected spaces through architectural re-imagination, this thesis identify laneways to be a potential site to the urgent need for shelters.  The architectural experiments and design development are informed by the combination of site challenges and programme to form an overall design-led research. The thesis tests how temporary modular design has a significant role in the design of economic and adaptable solutions for the increasing issue of homelessness. This establishes that through a critical design, we may shelter those in desperate need within the urban context. The architecture provides a safe environment that is empathetic to its users and the larger urban scale while also creating a statement and awareness to homelessness. The thesis concludes with the design framework for a single test site and assesses its suitability for future application to other leftover spaces in the city.</p>

RECONFIGURING THE “MIXED TOWN”: URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS OF ETHNONATIONAL RELATIONS IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL

2008 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Rabinowitz ◽  
Daniel Monterescu
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Old City ◽  
Urban Transformations

Studies of Middle Eastern urbanism have traditionally been guided by a limited repertoire of tropes, many of which emphasize antiquity, confinement, and religiosity. Notions of the old city, the walled city, the casbah, the native quarter, and the medina, sometimes subsumed in the quintessential “Islamic city,” have all been part of Western scholarship's long-standing fascination with the region. Etched in emblematic “holy cities” like Jerusalem, Mecca, or Najaf, Middle Eastern urban space is heavily associated with the “sacred,” complete with mystical visions and assumptions of violent eschatologies and redemption.

scholarly journals Managing Urban Transformations of Refugee Settlements in West Delhi from Camps to Nagars: The Story of Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-240
Author(s):  
Prerana Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Governance ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
Urban Transformations

Migration has become a common phenomenon in the contemporary world. In the Post World War II period, due to social and political unrest between conflicting and dividing nations, many countries across the globe saw migrations at different scales. The pressure created by the inflow and outflow of a huge population, within a comparatively short span of time, created various urban dynamics that have been reflected in the urban fabric of cities through largescale creation of camps, refugee colonies, workers’ and migrants’ colonies, urban villages and slums, many of which have survived due to good governance or political and urban development management systems. On the other hand, several others have fallen prey to various social distresses and suffered as underdeveloped or undeveloped archaic areas causing hindrance to development and prosperity of adjacent urban areas. The socio-economic condition that developed in New Delhi after the Partition in 1947 saw migration of millions overnight, with the creation of a l arge number of refugee camps in the city. This paper describes the courageous survival of one of these camps at Basai Darapur as well as the ambitious transformation of such camps to the colonies Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar, over time, with proper management, through urban governance, socio-political aid, urban planning visions and urban design guidelines. The paper also attempts to discuss the possible holistic future of Moti Nagar and Kirti Nagar in coming times through careful urban management, considering opinions of different urban local bodies, real-estate stakeholders and public participations in different phases of urban development aided by the Delhi Masterplan 2021.

scholarly journals Políticas públicas para o urbano em Guarapuava, PR, Brasil

Terr Plural ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 73-89
Author(s):  
Tatiellen Cristina Prudentes ◽  
Márcia Silva
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Third ◽  
Urban Intervention ◽  
Governmental Institutions

We analyze the forms of urban intervention based on public policies, with resources from the federal government, in a medium-sized city in the state of Paraná, between 2013 and 2016. The results are presented in three sections. In the first, we review concepts and themes focused on public policies; In the second one, we present and discuss documentary data, from governmental and non-governmental institutions, and interviews. In the third one, we describe the covenants established between the federal government and the local government, in terms of public policies, to an intervention of the urban space. It is concluded that, in Guarapuava, the political factors are very intervening in the distribution of public policies in order to promote, enhancement and perpetuate certain groups off and in power, especially family groups and their political and party alignments.

The art of billboards in urbanized China

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 281-306
Author(s):  
Federica Mirra
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Visual Arts ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Wang Wei ◽  
Geographical Locations

In our globalized era, cities compete against each other by feeding our imagination, hopes and dreams through their aestheticized representations. Memorable skylines, iconic buildings and ambitious infrastructure showcase the nation’s achievements and pave the ground for even brighter futures. Maintaining that cities are not only geographical locations, but can and should be understood through several mediated representations, this interdisciplinary article investigates and amplifies the re-imaginings of China’s urban space through the visual analysis of real-estate billboards and the selected works by contemporary artists Wang Wei, Miao Xiaochun, Ni Weihua and Xing Danwen. Although billboards display systematically positive, promotional and state-sanctioned urban imaginaries, artists provide more diverse and critical ways to understand how the urban space is designed, imagined and produced. Together, they complement and challenge each other’s visions, offering several competing lenses and means to interpret and untangle the complexity of the urban space by way of imagining futures. Although my focus is on visual arts and creative practices, this article is highly indebted to urban studies and inevitably touches upon social and economic theories. Through this interdisciplinary approach, this article allows for multiple and comprehensive understandings of cities, which can lead to developing creative solutions for urban space in the future.

Evolución urbanística de una ciudad portuaria burguesa (Santander, 1750-1941) / Urban development of a bourgeois port city (Santander, 1750-1941)

Ería ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-328
Author(s):  
Carmen Delgado Viñas
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Port City ◽  
Port Cities ◽  
General Process ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Urban Transition

Santander comenzó precozmente el proceso de transición urbana. Desde mediados del siglo XVIII, sucesivos proyectos de remodelación de las instalaciones portuarias supusieron la ampliación del suelo urbano a través del relleno de espacios costeros ganados al mar. Los resultados obtenidos en esta investigación confirman que la dinámica de la transición urbana y urbanística forma parte de un proceso general de las ciudades europeas, en particular de las portuarias, con muchos denominadores comunes, aunque con diferentes tiempos y ritmos. Los nuevos medios de desplazamiento y transporte contribuyeron en gran medida a consolidar dichos procesos. Partiendo de estas premisas, aceptadas de forma casi unánime, se puede colegir, a partir del análisis del caso de Santander, que los agentes socioeconómicos fueron determinantes en la dinámica urbana y urbanística, el aumento del volumen poblacional y en la ampliación y reorganización de la superficie del espacio urbano.Santander a commencé tôt le processus de transition urbaine. Depuis le milieu du XVIIIe siècle, les projets successifs de réaménagement des installations portuaires se sont traduits par une expansion des terres urbaines par le remplissage d’espaces côtiers acquis sur la mer. Cette recherche confirme que la dynamique de la transition urbaine et de l’aménagement s’inscrit dans un processus général des villes européennes, en particulier des villes portuaires, avec de nombreux dénominateurs communs, bien que leurs temps et leurs rythmes soient différents. Les nouveaux moyens de transport ont contribué à consolider ces processus. L’analyse du cas de Santander permet de comprendre que les agents socio-économiques ont déterminé la dynamique urbaine et de l’aménagement, la croissance démographique ainsi que l’expansion et la réorganisation de l’espace urbain.Santander began the urban transition process early. Since the mid-eighteenth century, successive port remodeling projects have led to the expansion of urban land through the filling of coastal spaces gained from the sea. This research confirms that the dynamics of the urban transition are part of a general process of European cities, in particular of the port cities, with many common denominators, although with different times and rhythms. The new means of transport contributed to consolidate these processes. It can be gathered, from the analysis of the case of Santander, that socioeconomic agents determined urban dynamics, population growth as well as the expansion and reorganization of urban space.

Neoliberal Urban Transformations in Indian Cities: Paradoxes and Predicaments

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumyadip Chattopadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Poor ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Modes Of Governance ◽  
Elected Representatives ◽  
Indian Cities

This article attempts to understand state practices of restructuring of urban space and modes of governance, the role and strategies of the different actors involved and their participatory implications related to neoliberal urban transformation in Indian cities. Intergovernmental competition and inter-party conflict have constrained India’s attempts towards ‘state rescaling’, marked by incomplete devolution of authority and resources to the cities. In contrast to decentralization, a new networked form of local governance restructures and shifts the authority and resources from the municipality to the private sector, civil society groups or other agencies or branches within governments. These forms have institutionalized highly insulated and discretionary processes of decision-making to serve interest and priorities of upper-and middle-class population. Powers of the municipal officials and elected representatives have been weakened. Such political discursive processes and practices have rendered urban poor and their interests invisible within transformative cities. All these necessitate grounded deeper evaluations of such policies that are celebrated as technically sound and efficient or promote ‘good governance’.

scholarly journals Ways to improve the environmental safety of the urbanized environment in connection with the Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 41-55
Author(s):  
Тetiana I. Kryvomaz ◽  
Dmytro V. Varavin
Keyword(s):  
Built Environment ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Quality Criteria ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Temperature Treatment ◽  
Building Management ◽  
Environmentally Safe ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
Environment Parameters ◽  
Modern Technologies

Pandemics of the past have caused all major urban transformations and have affected architecture, design, and infrastructure. The built environment is formed under the influence of diseases and precautions designed to ensure the population's health, hygiene, and comfort. Construction trends have always reflected the ability to evolve after the crisis, and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most vulnerable to the risk of infection was densely populated cities. Creating an environmentally safe environment to withstand epidemics and other possible emergencies requires a radical overhaul of planning theories and new urban space models. It is necessary to increase the spatial functionality and decentralization of megacities by increasing the potential of micromobility and new transport strategies. Emergency modeling with the help of digital technologies allows for creating an operational system of response and forecasting various scenarios of development of ecologically dangerous situations. High-quality criteria for the built environment parameters, which are used in green construction, aimed at preserving human health, are becoming relevant. Strategies include increasing natural light, improving ventilation, eliminating hazards from the air and surfaces, using natural materials, and landscaping. Modern technologies provide various automatic cleaning strategies with the use of built-in devices for sanitary spraying, disinfecting lighting, and temperature treatment of premises, contactless building management technologies.

scholarly journals Crítica al registro de nuevas incorporaciones urbanas

UVserva ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 85-100
Author(s):  
Lilly Areli Sánchez Correa ◽  
Ma Guadalupe Noemi Uehara Guerrero ◽  
Arturo Velázquez Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Urban Expansion ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Urban Dynamics ◽  
Residential Units ◽  
The Common ◽  
Reliable Knowledge ◽  
Population Counts ◽  
The City

La expansión urbana, como uno de los tipos de crecimiento de la ciudad, es analizada a partir de las causas que originan diversas posibilidades de orientación y emplazamiento de la población, en función de sus capacidades socio económicas y preferencias en la selección del sitio para habitar. De esta forma, el espacio urbano dinamiza su configuración por la creación constante de unidades que se agregan a la ciudad inicial, ocupadas por población de diferentes estratos sociales pero con el común denominador de estar inmersos, en cualquiera de sus niveles, en la estructura económica urbana. En este sentido, se considera que el análisis del estado actual y el planteamiento de estrategias a futuro, requiere captar información cuantitativa del proceso de expansión generado, para entender al menos la dinámica urbana y tratar de ejercer un control sobre los ritmos y orientaciones de tal crecimiento. La propuesta planteada refiere a la formulación y sistematización de un registro de unidades propiciadas por expansión, a partir de hacer una lectura crítica reflexiva a la estadística demográfica oficial, cuyos intereses en los conteos de población -eficientes en sus fines- divergen del conocimiento fehaciente de las tendencias de expansión, al incrementar la población rural y desconocer el crecimiento urbano, mediante el conteo de unidades residenciales, ya sean fraccionamientos de interés social de alta densificación en proceso de ocupación o en otros casos, desarrollos inmobiliarios periurbanos habitados por  población urbana de altos ingresos y bajas densidades, registrando ambas realidades como localidades rurales. Criticism of the registration of new urban incorporationsUrban expansion, as one of the types of growth of the city, is analysed from the causes that deliver several possibilities of placement of the population, depending on its socio-economic level and preferences at choosing the place to live. In this way, urban space energizes its configuration by the constant creation of residential units that are added to the original city, occupied by populations of different social strata but with the common denominator of being immersed, at any of its levels, in the urban economic structure. In this sense, it is considered that the analysis of the current situation and the approach of future strategies, requires to capture quantitative information of the expansion process, in order to understand at least the urban dynamics and to try to exercise control over the rhythms and orientations of such growth. The proposal put forward concerns about the formulation and systematization of a register of units of expansion, from making a thoughtful critical reading to official demographic statistics, whose interests in population counts -altough efficient in their purposes- diverge from the reliable knowledge of the trends of expansion, by increasing the numbers of rural population and ignoring urban growth, by counting residential units, whether developments of social housing with high densification in the process of occupation or, in other cases, peri-urban real estate developments inhabited by urban population of high income and low densities, registering both realities as rural localities. Keywords: Urban expansion; demographic record; rural locations; fragmentation. 

scholarly journals POST-CATASTROPHIC CITY TEXT: THE CITY READING IN THE CITY IN THE POSTWAR EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-53
Author(s):  
Uilleam Blacker
Keyword(s):  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Traumatic Experience ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Literary Practice ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The City ◽  
Second World ◽  
Practice Literature

In the material, the author addresses a multidimensional memory problem - not only as a constituent of social life but also as a feature of its functioning in urban space. The author presents the interpretations of memory against the background of urban transformations. The complexity and multidimensionality of this phenomenon are emphasized not only in the usual methodological field but also in literary practice. Literature acts as a means of accumulating memory despite the disappearance or destruction of one or the other in urban space. The traumatic experience is of particular importance. The example of the twentieth century reflects the various cases of the existence of memories of the tragic past. Kyiv, Lviv, Wroclaw, Kaliningrad and several other cities during the Second World War have faced the transformation of the usual landscape. That was both the realities of time and the policies against certain groups who have been harassed and destroyed. The practice of work and interaction with one or another component of the past, measures of governmental bodies are analyzed. After these tragic periods, the memory in a peculiar manner was lost. The cities in the region in one way or another came to return and actualization of this experience in the modern world. Critical in this process is the literary practice that "returns" and "opens" the memory of urban space. Complex topics require the involvement of a large number of disciplines in order to form an objective vision of the urban past.

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