URBAN DESIGN AND MAKING A SPACE A PLACE by Menno Cramer and Katie Donaghy
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ISB SUMMER SCHOOL 2013: NEUROERGONOMICS
AND PLACEMAKING
URBAN DESIGN AND MAKING A SPACE A PLACE
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SPACE TO PLACE
Social InteractionSocial Comfortability
PersonalisationPersonalisation
THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT DELIVERS STIMULI WHICH INFLUENCES
USERSUSERS.
Knowledge of this allows for appropriate design decisionsdesign decisions
PLACES SHOULD EVOLVE NATURALLY AND ORGANICALLY
“sound appreciation of the context of a projectsound appreciation of the context of a project site or area. This includes its history, its existing townscape and appearance itsexisting townscape and appearance, its planning status and its social and economic role both current and potential The contextrole – both current and potential. The context should also include the client’s objectives for the site or area” (Tibbalds 2001 p 20)the site or area” (Tibbalds, 2001, p.20).
SYSTEMS THINKING
Minton A 2009 Ground Control:Minton, A., 2009. Ground Control: Fear and Happiness in the twenty-pp yfirst-century city.
Today spaces are governed by those who own the spacesthe spaces
Spaces are constructed for economical profit d t f thand not for the user
Lefebvre, H., 1961. The Social Text.
D i l t bi d ith lt d thDesign elements combined with culture and the experience of the individual create spaces
(Lefebvre, 1961).
De Certeau M 1974 Walking in theDe Certeau, M., 1974. Walking in the City.
The design of a public space should enhance social comfortability whereby individuals willsocial comfortability, whereby individuals will feel more comfortable and will be more likely
t i t t i ll (D C t 1974)to interact socially (De Certeau, 1974).
Foucault, M., 1969. Archaeology of Knowledge.
Governance of Space
Example:Th P tiThe Panopticon
Natural SurveillanceCCTVCCTVPerceived Safety
Thwaites, K. and Simkins, I., 2007. , , ,Experimental Landscape: an approach to people place andapproach to people, place and space.
Assigning labels to places according to whoAssigning labels to places according to who frequents it and what happens there creates places hich become their rep tation ratherplaces which become their reputation rather than existing as a separate entity (Thwaites
d Si ki 2007)and Simkins, 2007).
Gehl, J., 2011. Life between buildings: using public space.buildings: using public space.
It is important to ha e spaces in cities that areIt is important to have spaces in cities that are on a small scale that people can relate to,
th th thi b i t l f thrather than everything being too large for the individual to handle and to become a part of (Jan Gehl, 2011).
Policy as a Restriction?or policy as an opportunity?
o cy as a est ct op y pp y
POLICY FRAMEWORK
Policy predefines the necessity for certain characteristics to be present and others not to be, it predefines a margin of what the built environment will look like subject to development objectives and funding opportunitiesdevelopment objectives and funding opportunities.
P li d i h d i d d hPolicy drives the way spaces are designed, and the outcome of that design affects the way people behave and the subsequent amount of social cohesion whichand the subsequent amount of social cohesion which can occur.
THE USER
The user should be at the center of the design, it is through the user and their use of space g pthat one may create places.
The human is the designers tool - Jan Gehl
MAGNETS
Magnets are more than simply landmarks, because they embody meaning and elicit anbecause they embody meaning and elicit an emotional response and an action (Carmona
d Ti d ll 2007)and Tiesdell, 2007).
MAGNETS
SEMIOTICSIndividuals - a part of the production of spaceSigns - elements we attach meaning to Symbols - elements which have meaning
As individuals we rely on familiar signs or symbols to transfer meaning into a space (Barthes, 1968).
As users of a space we also become subjects and objectsAs users of a space we also become subjects and objects whereby we may observe the doing of others and others may observe us, and this creates the social production of space (Lefebvre, 1961).
PSYCHOLOGYPlaces are crucially significant in the satisfaction of
biological, social, psychological and cultural needs they are therefore considered meaningful to the processes ofare therefore considered meaningful to the processes of self-identity (Aronson, Wilson, and Akert, 2010; Minton, 2009).2009).
As users we seek the confirmation from others that whatAs users we seek the confirmation from others that what we are doing is socially acceptable (Aronson et al. 2010). Users will therefore seek places to sit or hang on2010). Users will therefore seek places to sit or hang on the edges of spaces or at other appropriate locations where they may have a decent view of the space (Bentley et al., 1985; Gehl, 2001).
THE RELATIONSHIPIt is the sum of the physical design of a public space, the
users, their activities, the social and cultural circumstances which together form a space withcircumstances which together form a space with meaning (Thwaites and Simkins, 2007).
The experience of a place being influenced by culture will guide the choices user’s make in spaces through whichguide the choices user s make in spaces, through which elements of the built environment should reflect diversity in culture in order to bring people together (Israel, 2003).in culture in order to bring people together (Israel, 2003).
PlaceSpace
Place
Design
SemioticsSemiotics
Sociology PerceptionSociology Perception
Social
IndividualPsychology
PSYCHOLOGY
Meyers-Levy, 2007
PHYSIOLOGY
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CaveCad
Neuromarketing
Perfection
PhD, ultimate space
task vs environment
user vs nature
StudyHow the built environment can contribute to the
attenuation of a stress response?
stress:stress:stimulus contentstimulus valencestimulus valence
Sensory stimuli
- Sight/ Perception- Hearing/ AuditoryHearing/ Auditory- Smell/ Olfactory
T t / G t t- Taste/ Gustatory- Feel/ Somatosensory
memory culture nature nurturememory, culture, nature - nurturepsychology, physiology, physically, social,
i tifineuroscientific
Brain...Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it
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Urban/architectural samples.Urban/architectural samples.
Valence
a - bYou - MeYou Me
SOME EXAMPLESSO S
HALLE ESQUILLAN
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CHILDREN IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
CHILDREN IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
SHEFFIELD VS MIDDELBURG
ARTENA
Artena
Familiar place
positive or negative
Reflect on how this feeling emerges.How to alter this?
WORKSHOP
Elements in spaces you are familiar with which make you feel good?y g
(mood, state, physical, physiological)
WORKSHOP
Elements in spaces you are familiar with which make you feel good?y g
(mood, state, physical, physiological)
What?Why?
WORKSHOP
Decision making - what tools can you use?Decision making what tools can you use?(conscious, unconscious)
WORKSHOP