Spaces By People: An Urban Design Approach To Everyday Life

摘要

Individuals and small groups of people find spatial solutions by not necessarily being exposed or disruptive to the planned environment in altering socio-economic, politic and cultural contexts . To harbor this complex process, urban space has various roles; as a container that is subtle yet revealing; as a channel that is visible and enabling, or as a constraint that is vigorous and oppressive. Consequently, people bring out countless spatial manifestations while searching for a foothold in life. Mostly with the motivations to respond to their practical needs such as shelter, observation, and security, people display an intricate web of design manifestations while interacting with their everyday living environments. Therefore, this intermingled and crucial phenomenon must be at the core of any profession caring about the built environment. Norberg-Schulz (1984, 8) believes that everyday life should be the real concern of architects and planners. Instead of seeing urban spaces as a priori, professions dealing with built environment must embrace its dynamism and fluidity. Because, at the end, even comprehensively designed and implemented urban projects face physical alterations in varying scales through their life course. As Augoyard (1941, 9) asserts: "Now, as it turns out, once the project is fulfilled and built, nothing happens as planned".