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Place and PlacelessnessRelph’s ‘instant environment machine’ =
high modernism ‘condition of postmodernity’ (Harvey)
• commodification of culture/social life• Standardization• Space-time compression• Symbolic capitalRelph’s ‘genius loci’ – spirit of place
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Standardization/Commodification
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Placemakingby formula
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Placemaking by formula
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London Westway An improbable public space:
A street market underneathan elevated expressway
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Paris-Plage, ParisAn improbable public space:A riverside expressway is closed andturned into a beach with trucked-in sand during the summer.
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Parc André-Citroën, Paris
Reclaiming lost space: Postmodern park and plant museum on the former site of a car factory. The square hedges poke fun at modernism. It is well-used by people at all hours.
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TD Centre
Can art make modernism friendly?Pull up a chair and make yourself at home…
There are no imperfections.
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TD CentreThe best of the Country and the City?
The image/symbol of rural life in the heart of the financial district.
(What would Ebenezer Howard think?)
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Nicolet Mall, Minneapolis
Applying a placemaking formula: Taxi- and bus-only street witha decorated streetscape and eclectic façades. Where are the people?
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New Urbanism
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The City as a Web of Distinct Places
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The City as “Flow”
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SurveillanceandPrivacy
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CityWalk L.A.
Applying a placemaking formula: A movie-set reproduction of the “real” Los Angeles, reconceived as a shopping mall.
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Sorkin’s city as television screen: Façades become advertising surface
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Mel Lastman SquareLate 1980s-early 90s:Create an instant “downtown”by encapsulating a whole skylineinto a single building façade.
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Mel Lastman SquareEvery square inch of the square is tightly programmed to prevent any kind of spontaneous use!
(Who’s going to use the square? Nooooobody!)
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The PATH: Public or private space?
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The PATH: Public or private space?
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Eaton Centre
An indoor street, complete with trees and birds…
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Eaton Centre
… but when the trees float in mid air and the birds are made of fibreglass, what does this say about our relationship to the natural world?
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Turning the Eaton Centre inside-out
Before: A near-blank wall
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Turning the Eaton Centre inside-out
After: new façades on Yonge Street.
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Turning the Eaton Centre inside-outThe east side of Yonge St.: differentiated façades, separate buildings.
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The west side: mock-differentiated façades are attached to the mega-structure. The upper “floor” functions as a frame for advertising.
Turning the Eaton Centre inside-out