Privately owned Public Space
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O LUGAR DO ESPAÇO PÚBLICO DE PROPRIEDADE PRIVADA NA CIDADE CONTEMPORÂNEA RESUMO Este artigo discute um tipo específico de espaço público: o “Espaço Público de Propriedade Privada” (tradução de “Privately Owned Public Space” ou POPS),... more
The purpose of this textbook is to teach real estate law not as some amalgamation of abstract, static legal concepts but, instead, to teach real estate law within the context of the dynamics of real estate development and finance, through... more
Resumo: Este documento artigo apresenta investigação sobre a possibilidade de ocorrência de lugares públicos em espaços privados comerciais, tipicamente relacionados como shopping centers. A noção de que as grandes cidades desenvolvem-se,... more
With the example of HafenCity, discusses how public domains can be combined with individual aspirations.
Les pratiques spatiales des hommes et des femmes à Sfax sont conditionnées par les valeurs sociales patriarcales et par le temps social. Le centre ville est très peu fréquenté la nuit à cause de la mauvaise adaptabilité des aménagements... more
El presente ensayo analiza la proliferación de una de las categorías más significativas de espacios de uso público en el Japón metropolitano contemporáneo. El texto explora cuándo y por qué el gobierno comenzó a traspasar la... more
I am fortunate to have had broad range of professional endeavors in which I’ve engaged over the past 35 years. Additionally, as a function of my intellectual curiosity, commitment to lifelong learning, and a deep-seated need to share... more
O pen spaces cover a broad range of sizes and types of areas from small pockets of parks, children's play areas, urban squares, sports fields to extensive green areas. The evidence indicates that these fulfil a range of functions in... more
This article discusses a specific type of public space: The Privately Owned Public Space, or POPS, which originated from the 1961 revision of the New York Zoning Resolution, offering legal incentives of increased floor area to buildings... more
The aim of this research is to unravel and interrogate critically the recent histories of the production and reproduction of Castlefield, Manchester. This unravelling is accomplished theoretically through the historicised application of... more
The aim of this research is to unravel and interrogate critically the recent histories of the production and reproduction of Castlefield, Manchester. This unravelling is accomplished theoretically through the historicised application of... more
Talk about the ways private ownership of the spaces we move through influences our legal right to the city, and some of the strategies that may be used by individuals or groups to reclaim the city.
In recent years the issue of public space in urban Japan has won great prominence. Since 2002 for example accredited street artists and vendors (re)appear in parks and streets of Tôkyô as part of campaigns to promote Japan and its capital... more
This draft section from the book: Exploring the Production of Urban Space: Differential Space in Three Post-Industrial Cities explores Henri Lefebvre's concept of the right to the city. Many Anglo-American researchers, activists and... more
Kentsel kamusal alanların ve müştereklerin sermaye odaklı dönüşümüyle, kent sosyo-ekonomik olarak ayrışmakta, çoğulluğunu, kullanım değerini, siyasi ve toplumsal işlevini yitirmekte ve çözülmekte. Asıl mesele tam da burada.... more
Perhaps few other ideas have been more persevering in architecture or urban planning discourses over the past decades than ‘public space’. Ironically, its recent, expanded career as a central intellectual concept beyond those academic... more
Here I outline some new thinking regarding Lefebvre's concepts of differential space and the right to the city. The previous empirically orientated chapters in the book point to the potential of differential space but have so far left its... more
Cities are the height of human achievement. Cities are fraught with ambivalence. We adore city life, it stimulates, entertains and excites. Conversely, urban experiences are scary, disorientating and may be physically and mentally... more
Discussion at the Street Art Day at Folkets Park in Malmö, Sweden on 21 May 2017. The event was arranged by Galleri Pictura and SAK UNG. Based on my book "The Street Art World": https://www.academia.edu/6999602/
The Research Overview [To reveal the production of space] we should have tolook at history itself in a new light. We should have tostudy not only the history of space, but also the historyof representations along with that of their... more
For Lefebvre, the state and its constituent institutions call for urban spaces but they do not act alone or with impunity in the production of space and their specific requirements are often contested. This was certainly the case in... more
The spatial design of a home has an affinity to intimacy that might have been overlooked by many practicing architects. In this paper, the subject matter of housing will be discussed with a shifted focus from domestic buildings to the... more
This (summary) paper returns to the original gentrification paper by Ruth Glass as a way into the continuing and somewhat unsatisfactory gentrification debate. It does so within the framework of the 'reflective practitioner' and the... more
Incentive Zoning in Santiago de Chile. Passage ways in Providencia District.
В рамках данного исследования использование пространства осмысляется через фрейм-анализ Эрвинга Гоффмана на примере антикафе и свободных пространств. Здесь допускаются различия в понимании, «что это за место», поэтому допустимо... more
This is the manuscript version of chapter two of the book: http://policypress.co.uk/exploring-the-production-of-urban-space Chatper Summary How did an isolated, tough, masculine, nondescript logging camp with one rough and ready pub... more
Talk about the relationship between graffiti and street art and the way that unsanctioned art can influence people's perception and use of public space. Based on my book "The Street Art World": http://streetartworld.bigcartel.com
This paper contributes to a critical understanding of the production of urban space through an exploration of notable spatial moments in the 1990s work of the Central Manchester Development Corporation (CMDC), particularly its role in the... more
A welter of frenzies of destruction was wreaked on Lowell for several decades until the 1970s. Coincidentally, just when Lefebvre’s The Production of Space was published in the first French edition, the mood changed to one of historic... more
Urban regeneration has been transformed in recent years from being a concern primarily of the Global North, to a world-wide phenomenon. Governments of all political shades pursue regeneration strategies and projects that impact on... more
Henri Lefebvre has become increasingly influential in the years since he passed away in 1991... At times prolix, inevitably evolving over many decades, Lefebvre’s own writing contains both puzzling contradictions and powerful insights. So... more
This short paper discusses two issues related to the Occupy Wall Street movement. First, a local urban political geography is presented in which Liberty Plaza is not the accidental place of Occupy Wall Street but a deliberate one, not... more
This exploratory study examines the relationship between internal space, shared space and private housing prices. Housing floor area is an ambiguous concept in Hong Kong because it covers a possible exaggeration of the amount of... more
This rebuttal proof is a response to several proofs of evidence submitted by objectors at this public inquiry. In particular it is a response to the evidence of Professor Loretta Lees regarding so called displacement and 'breaking up the... more
Talk at the Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art in Lund, Sweden with a point of departure in the museum's current exhibition of site-specific work by the American artist Swoon. Based on my book "The Street Art World":... more
"In recent years the issue of public space in urban Japan has won great prominence. Since 2002 for example accredited street artists and vendors (re)appear in parks and streets of Tôkyô as part of campaigns to... more
Unlike traditional public space such as parks and streets, which are owned and managed by city governments, privately owned public spaces (POPS) are located on private land or inside privately owned buildings. In New York City these... more
The question of “pluralism” is different in public spaces and in private spaces. Usually, the discussion on city and pluralism is focused prevalently on public spaces. The central idea of the paper is that it is interesting to explore the... more
The research investigates how urban space is ´produced´ through cycles of redevelopment, abandonment and reuse. Jacqueline Groth and Eric Corijn’s (2005) work has been a source of inspiration. I argue that Henri Lefebvre’s concept of... more
These reflections came about during and after an interview for Global TV News Canada. I was interviewed at very short notice on Tuesday 6 June on Waterloo Bridge, London, England by Redmond Shannon of Global TV News Canada, regarding the... more