(Not) waiting for Living (Anymore), A Framework to Enhance the Urban Quality of Life during Urban Transformation
Author
Ghasemi, Shiva
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2024
Submitted on
2024-05-31
Pages
172
Abstract
Cities are often reshaped to become more sustainable, but everyday quality of life during these long transformation processes is frequently overlooked. This thesis develops a framework to improve urban quality of life while change is underway. After a broad literature review, the thesis sets up a theoretical core that puts time and transformation at the center. This guided the choice of the primary case study: Sydhavnen in Aarhus, Denmark. Using this case, the thesis builds three complementary lenses: post-industrial site transformation (how former industrial areas change), urban quality of life (people’s everyday well-being and experience), and landscape-based transformation (using landscape, public space, and ecology as drivers of change). These lenses are applied to analyze the case. The thesis delivers: a framework for assessing quality of life during urban transformation; an investigation of the role of landscape in shaping that transformation; and—by synthesizing theory, site analysis, and reference case studies—a set of design recommendations and a practical design toolbox for urban designers, landscape architects, and planners. The toolbox advances four landscape-based strategies: Reuse (adapting existing structures), Porosity (better connections and permeability), Re-naturing (bringing nature back), and Open-endedness (keeping room for flexible future change). The recommendations are both broadly applicable to similar post-industrial sites and tailored to Sydhavnen.
Byer omdannes ofte for at blive mere bæredygtige, men den daglige livskvalitet under de lange omdannelsesforløb bliver ofte overset. Denne afhandling udvikler en ramme, der kan forbedre bylivskvaliteten, mens forandringen står på. Efter en bred litteraturgennemgang opstiller afhandlingen en teoretisk kerne, hvor tid og transformation er centrale. Dette pegede på det primære casestudie: Sydhavnen i Aarhus, Danmark. Med udgangspunkt i casen udvikles tre komplementære linser: efterindustriel omdannelse (hvordan tidligere industriområder ændrer sig), urban livskvalitet (borgernes daglige trivsel og oplevelse) og landskabsbaseret omdannelse (at bruge landskab, byrum og økologi som drivkraft). Disse linser anvendes til at analysere casen. Afhandlingen leverer: en ramme til at vurdere livskvalitet under byomdannelse; en undersøgelse af landskabets rolle i omdannelsen; og – ved at syntetisere teori, stedsanalyse og referencecasestudier – et sæt designanbefalinger og en praktisk værktøjskasse til bydesignere, landskabsarkitekter og planlæggere. Værktøjskassen fremhæver fire landskabsbaserede strategier: Genbrug (at genanvende eksisterende strukturer), Porøsitet (bedre forbindelser og gennemgange), Gen-naturering (at bringe naturen tilbage) og Åbenhed (plads til fleksible, fremtidige ændringer). Anbefalingerne har både generel relevans for lignende efterindustrielle steder og stedsspecifik anvendelse i Sydhavnen.
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