We trust that particular reasons and purposes should consider in any design projects: the aims or target for designers to make designs work and suitable for different situations and requirements. Projects will be lost the spirit if we do not consider or study the topics deeply for it.
Following treatises are written by Jerry Yeung for participatory design projects, aiming to study the relationship between communities and The Third Place.
The 3.1 Place in the city
Treatise 1
#Interiors #Architectural #Space&Place #Design
Abstract
The purpose of the city is drawing people and communities together, rather than setting boundaries to separate districts, streets and pavements. The challenge of urban planning in the 21st century is taking the balance between personal mobility and city reformation. Humankind can enjoy convenience and flexibility while walking in the city. This critical portfolio aims to explore the human lives in the city, examine how people shape the form of the city and redefine the meanings of places by inter-activities, communication and venues. According to Augé (1995), ‘Space, for him, is a frequented place, an intersection of moving bodies’. Nowadays, people reforming and remaking the frequented places for different activities and purpose based on particular demands and behaviours. This critical portfolio highlights the relationship between human activities and spatial possibilities, exploring the urban development possibilities and humanity in the city. Build the city for human rather than for cars, and make the city more friendly for human. [...]
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Political Participates in Common Space
Treatise 2
#Interiors #Architectural #Space&Place #Design
How the community changes the public space or public sphere into political use by commoning and to attract the community to participate in that space?
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Introduction
Politics must affect city development in many ways, such as economic relativise, identity diversity, religion, etc. The architecture and city serve the vested interest mainly under particular needs and purpose. The public may not have the rights to participated in unless they follow some condition. The differential treatment may make people lack a sense of belonging and resist. I think the public should have the rights to speak out their opinions and involved in any discussion, persuasion and debate. As Arendt (1958) mentioned, ‘The pools, properly speaking, is not the city-state in its physical location; [...].
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