Meeting on borders. Democratic Design in recovering city life in District Six

Mødesteder på kanten. Demokratisk design for at gendanne bylivet i District Six

Hernandez Bueno, Andrea Victoria ; Fernandez Gomez, Beatriz ; Raczka, Malgorzata Anna

4. term

Urban Design, Master

2016

2016-05-23

184

The project attempts to catalyst the urban regeneration of district six through democratic design. District Six is one of the neighborhoods in Cape Town, South Africa, which went through a difficult period of relocations and demolitions due to the apartheid policy. The project deals with the land ownership problem, which has prevented the area’s development, by designing on its borders, found and defined during a study trip to Cape Town. The design proposal regenerates city life in District Six by catalyzing community-bonding processes through performative events (Performative Urbanism) implemented in selected points of interaction along the “border” of Keizersgracht Street (Urban Acupuncture and Landscape Urbanism). The project is heading toward creating a Democratic City, understood as togetherness.

Cape Town ; District Six ; public space ; mobility ; apartheid ; social segregation ; social inequity ; sense of community ; urban regeneration ; performative urbanism ; urban catalyst ; urban acupuncture ; landscape urbanism ; democratic city

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