In cities around the world people use a variety of public spaces to
relax, to protest, to buy and sell, to experiment and to celebrate.
Loose Space explores the many ways that urban residents, with
creativity and determination, appropriate public space to meet
their own needs and desires. Familiar or unexpected, spontaneous or
planned, momentary or long-lasting, the activities that make urban
space loose continue to give cities life and vitality. The book
examines physical spaces and how people use them. Contributors
discuss a wide range of recreational, commercial and political
activities; some are conventional, others are more experimental.
Some of the activities occur alongside the intended uses of planned
public spaces, such as sidewalks and plazas; other activities
replace former uses, as in abandoned warehouses and industrial
sites. The thirteen case studies, international in scope,
demonstrate the continuing richness of urban public life that is
created and sustained by urbanites themselves Presents a fresh way
of looking at urban public space, focusing on its positive uses and
aspects. Comprises 13 detailed, well-illustrated case studies based
on sustained observation and research by social scientists,
architects and urban designers. Looks at a range of activities,
both everyday occurrences and more unusual uses, in a variety of
public spaces -- planned, leftover and abandoned. Explores the
spatial and the behavioral; considers the wider historical and
social context. Addresses issues of urban research, architecture,
urban design and planning. Takes a broad international perspective
with cases from New York, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Rome,
Guadalajara, Athens, Tel Aviv, Melbourne, Bangkok, Kandy, Buffalo,
and the North of England.
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