Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
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Tensions and Synergies Between Tactical Urbanism and Social Sustainability : A Case Study of the Sunset Triangle Plaza ; Konflikter och synergier mellan Tactical urbanism och social hållbarhet : en fallstudie av Sunset Triangle Plaza
For the past several years, the term ‘social sustainability’ has gained a strong foothold within urban studies and has now become a pervasive and trendy term that seems to be on everyone’s lips. ‘Public space’ is widely acknowledged as an important urban feature, often in association with the term ‘social sustainability’, and as cities around the world are experiencing rapid population growth, creating meaningful and enjoyable public spaces is more important than ever. The heightened interest in social sustainability, public spaces and placemaking as a physical manifestation of social sustainability, has lead to the emergence of several urban intervention movements, such as Tactical Urbanism. In 2012, for the first time in Los Angeles’ history, this approach was used to turn a car trafficked street in Silver Lake into a pedestrian friendly public space: the Sunset Triangle Plaza. The aim of this thesis is to study the use and function of the plaza after this Tactical Urbanism intervention to highlight how a broad concept such as social sustainability can be understood from a relatively small-scale public space intervention. The case study was conducted during the spring and summer of 2018, using a variety of data sources including interviews and observations of the plaza during February and March 2018. Two interviews were conducted with managers of businesses directly adjacent to the plaza. Moreover, street surveys were conducted on two different occasions to ask the general public about their use of the plaza. The results illustrate the real life experience of the theories about social sustainability, public space and “whose public space?” when applied to the Sunset Triangle Plaza, and is further divided into three categories: usage (which activities were enabled due to the installation?), users (for whom?) and change (indicators of how the site has changed), reflecting the notions of Tactical Urbanism. It became evident that while certain changes have been merely “tactical”, others were more substantial; ...
Tensions and Synergies Between Tactical Urbanism and Social Sustainability : A Case Study of the Sunset Triangle Plaza ; Konflikter och synergier mellan Tactical urbanism och social hållbarhet : en fallstudie av Sunset Triangle Plaza
For the past several years, the term ‘social sustainability’ has gained a strong foothold within urban studies and has now become a pervasive and trendy term that seems to be on everyone’s lips. ‘Public space’ is widely acknowledged as an important urban feature, often in association with the term ‘social sustainability’, and as cities around the world are experiencing rapid population growth, creating meaningful and enjoyable public spaces is more important than ever. The heightened interest in social sustainability, public spaces and placemaking as a physical manifestation of social sustainability, has lead to the emergence of several urban intervention movements, such as Tactical Urbanism. In 2012, for the first time in Los Angeles’ history, this approach was used to turn a car trafficked street in Silver Lake into a pedestrian friendly public space: the Sunset Triangle Plaza. The aim of this thesis is to study the use and function of the plaza after this Tactical Urbanism intervention to highlight how a broad concept such as social sustainability can be understood from a relatively small-scale public space intervention. The case study was conducted during the spring and summer of 2018, using a variety of data sources including interviews and observations of the plaza during February and March 2018. Two interviews were conducted with managers of businesses directly adjacent to the plaza. Moreover, street surveys were conducted on two different occasions to ask the general public about their use of the plaza. The results illustrate the real life experience of the theories about social sustainability, public space and “whose public space?” when applied to the Sunset Triangle Plaza, and is further divided into three categories: usage (which activities were enabled due to the installation?), users (for whom?) and change (indicators of how the site has changed), reflecting the notions of Tactical Urbanism. It became evident that while certain changes have been merely “tactical”, others were more substantial; ...
Tensions and Synergies Between Tactical Urbanism and Social Sustainability : A Case Study of the Sunset Triangle Plaza ; Konflikter och synergier mellan Tactical urbanism och social hållbarhet : en fallstudie av Sunset Triangle Plaza
Bäckström, Klara (Autor:in)
01.01.2018
Hochschulschrift
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
DDC:
720