Gavėnauskaitė, Viktorija (2024) Places to Connect: Exploring the Impact of Public Space on Neighborhood Social Cohesion and the Healthy City. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
Europapark, a mixed-use neighborhood in South-West Groningen, was initially intended as an office location but has since developed into a vibrant community now encompassing 1100 homes. Current expansion projects, including a newly built social housing complex, aim to enhance the neighborhood's diversity. This research investigates the importance and benefits of fostering a sense of community and the concept of a healthy city through spatial design, particularly focusing on tactical urbanism. This low-cost, adaptable approach to public space design seeks to improve neighborhood health and well-being by promoting community cohesion and mental health. The project adopts a research by design methodology, emphasizing iterative design and resident feedback to create attractive, functional public spaces that enhance the overall quality of life in Europapark. This research report is comprised of the following elements: - A theoretical framework, which discusses the main theories to be applied to the study: tactical urbanism approaches to public space design, their relation to the healthy city principles. - A conceptual model, which showcases the theories in synthesis together, as well as the simplified research process leading to results. - Methodology, describing the research methods utilized. - Results, comprised of the outcomes of on-site location search through contextual observation by the researcher, seven case studies discussing applicable and relevant tactical urbanism designs implemented in the past, and finally, the design suggestions with visual sketches. - A conclusions and recommendations section, discussing research outcomes, limitations, and suggestions for future studies. The resulting product of this research is a short referential guide for the application of three tactical urbanism techniques to one public space location in Europapark: an urban garden, a public beach initiative and a street art competition. These examples of tactical urbanism used for the end design are justified based on the relevant research findings, neighborhood demographics, and adapted to fit the iterative research by design cycle.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Altinkaya-Genel, O. |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Nov 2024 09:21 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Nov 2024 09:21 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4784 |
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