Supporting the activation of common spaces: A shift from consumers to co-producers of urban public spaces: Activating the area surrounding Nørrebro Station (Copenhagen) through co-designed experiments
Translated title
Supporting the activation of common spaces: A shift from consumers to co-producers of urban public spaces
Authors
Cearreta Innocenti, Tania ; Ehn, Drude Emilie Holm ; d'Ettole, Giulia
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2018
Submitted on
2018-05-31
Abstract
Denne afhandling undersøger urbane fællesrum som komplekse økosystemer, hvor lokale fællesskaber tager delt ejerskab gennem konkrete praksisser. Med udgangspunkt i et samarbejde med Medborgerne og aktører omkring området ved Nørrebro Station (København) blev der samskabt og gennemført en række byeksperimenter for at støtte aktiveringen af pladsen og give beboere mulighed for at indlede sociale samtaler om stedets mulige fremtider. Arbejdet adresserer to spørgsmål: Hvad konstituerer et fællesrum, og hvordan kan designere støtte aktivering, interaktion og vedligeholdelse i og mellem sådanne økosystemer? Metodisk bygger projektet på Research through Design og aktionsforskning inden for service-(økosystem)design, suppleret af co-design, community-centred design og designaktivisme samt ekspertinterviews. Afhandlingen præsenterer både en ramme for at forstå fællesrum og et ‘handlingsforløb’, der gør de afprøvede tiltag gentagelige for andre, og den argumenterer for, at beslutningskraft i den offentlige sfære bør deles med dem, der praktiserer og lever byen, for at styrke ejerskab og byens liveability.
This thesis examines urban common spaces as complex ecosystems in which communities assume shared ownership through situated practices. Based on a collaboration with Medborgerne and actors around the area of Nørrebro Station (Copenhagen), the team co-designed and carried out a set of urban experiments to support activation of the site and to give residents the opportunity to initiate social conversations about possible futures. The work addresses two questions: What constitutes a common space, and how can designers support activation, interaction, and maintenance within and across such ecosystems? Methodologically, it draws on Research through Design and action research within service (eco)systems design, complemented by co-design, community-centred design, design activism, and expert interviews. The thesis contributes a conceptual framework for common spaces and an ‘action journey’ that makes the tested steps replicable elsewhere, and it argues that decision-making in the public realm should be shared with those who inhabit and practice the city to strengthen ownership and urban liveability.
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