Place-making Flashcards
Why do neighbourhoods matter?
- stage for everyday life
- a place to feel at home (identity)
- provision of amenities
- social cohesion and support
- fertile ground for collective action
New urbanism
US movement to counter sprawl. Places should have soul.
- walkable
- high quality public space
- community facilities
- diversity of functions
- architecture with an eye for the history of the place
Why are neighbourhoods cornerstones for responding to climate change?
- change consumption patterns
- affordable living
- promote community building
Effects of covid on neighbourhoods?
- sidewalk ballet: wider sidewalks
- green explosion
- co-work spaces
- density with distance (gardens)
- social connection
- booming city logistics
Urban block
- privately developed
- limited role for local authorities
- organically structured
Pre-war closed building blocks
Result of first housing associations. To uplift the working class
Village-like/garden city
Village in the city. To uplift the working class. Provided by factory owners
Post-war reconstruction
CIAM and Le Corbusier. Extreme division of functions
Cauliflower neighbourhoods
Really planned. Big sense of community. Developed for families
Woonerf
Difficult to enter with cars
Post-industrial brownfield development
Old industrial sites revitalised
Geographical definition of neighbourhood
Proximity to home
Integral socio-spatial perspective on neighbourhood
The social organization of an area
Effects of neighbourhoods for residents
- social-cultural mechanisms
- environmental mechanisms
- geographical mechanisms
- institutional mechanisms
Gentrification
Update the neighbourhood that can cause some social groups to move out
