Design, Identities and Cities
The 21st century is the urban age and most societal crises can be expected to manifest in spatial situations and urban processes. The post-retail, pluralist city is and will be the collective stage for designing cultures.
The city is foremost an ephemeral human process, a cultural process, where the physical manifestation of the city constitutes a dialogue with the imaginary perception of that city. To discover the sense of a place the observer requires a conscious perception. Certain elements, which dominate an impression, tend to overshadow other elements, which are equally essential to the sense of that specific place.
The city is foremost an ephemeral human process, a cultural process, where the physical manifestation of the city constitutes a dialogue with the imaginary perception of that city. To discover the sense of a place the observer requires a conscious perception. Certain elements, which dominate an impression, tend to overshadow other elements, which are equally essential to the sense of that specific place.
- Key words: Cities, open city, urbanism, pluralism, multiculturalism, diversity, social innovation, neighbourhoods, architecture, density, water management, public space, public sphere, streets, urban fabric, physical city, virtual city, city networks, city representation, …
- Links: DOSSIER Design, identity and cities
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