Place-making

Question 1

Why do neighbourhoods matter?

Answer 1

• stage for everyday life
• a place to feel at home (identity)
• provision of amenities
• social cohesion and support
• fertile ground for collective action

Question 2

New urbanism

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Why are neighbourhoods cornerstones for responding to climate change?

Answer 3

• change consumption patterns
• affordable living
• promote community building

Question 4

Effects of covid on neighbourhoods?

Answer 4

• sidewalk ballet: wider sidewalks
• green explosion
• co-work spaces
• density with distance (gardens)
• social connection
• booming city logistics

Question 5

Urban block

Answer 5

• privately developed
• limited role for local authorities
• organically structured

Question 6

Pre-war closed building blocks

Answer 6

Result of first housing associations. To uplift the working class

Question 7

Village-like/garden city

Answer 7

Village in the city. To uplift the working class. Provided by factory owners

Question 8

Post-war reconstruction

Answer 8

CIAM and Le Corbusier. Extreme division of functions

Question 9

Cauliflower neighbourhoods

Answer 9

Really planned. Big sense of community. Developed for families

Question 10

Woonerf

Answer 10

Difficult to enter with cars

Question 11

Post-industrial brownfield development

Answer 11

Old industrial sites revitalised

Question 12

Geographical definition of neighbourhood

Answer 12

Proximity to home

Question 13

Integral socio-spatial perspective on neighbourhood

Answer 13

The social organization of an area

Question 14

Effects of neighbourhoods for residents

Answer 14

• social-cultural mechanisms
• environmental mechanisms
• geographical mechanisms
• institutional mechanisms

Question 15

Gentrification

Answer 15

Update the neighbourhood that can cause some social groups to move out

Question 16

Zukin

Answer 16

Culture is not given but produced all the time. Culture has a big influence on the way of living.

Authenticity: creating an experience of origin.

Question 17

Placelessness

Answer 17

The unique sense of a place is missing

Question 18

Place

Answer 18

How people experience and use it

Question 19

Materiality

Answer 19

Material things you can see in a place

Question 20

Place poverty

Answer 20

The place is materiality poor

Question 21

Modernist urban planning

Answer 21

Rational way of planning places with that there’s a scientific solution to what people need

Leads to cookie cutter planning

Question 22

Lynch

Answer 22

What material elements shape the perceptions of people?

• path
• edges
• districts
• nodes
• landmarks

Question 23

Whyte

Answer 23

Scientific proof that people don’t behave in predictable manner

Question 24

Gehl

Answer 24

The build environment has an influence on people’s lives. It should be targeted to human lives and interactions

Question 25

PPS

Answer 25

Focus on small spaces and small interventions: - sociability - comfort & image - access & linkages - uses & activities

Question 26

Critique on placemaking

Answer 26

- not everything can be seen as placemaking - it was used as a mechanism to attract high income groups (gentrification) - comes down to power - are small initiatives enough to fix big problems?

Question 27

Encounters

Answer 27

``` Fleeting encounters Meaningful encounters (the way to break prejudice) ```