This book reveals the social basis for public space use, design and management. The authors - an architect/environmental designer, a landscape architect, an environmental psychologist, and an open space administrator - offer a well-integrated perspective of how to integrate public space and public life. They contend that three critical human dimensions should guide the process of design and management of public space: the users' essential needs, their spatial rights, and the meanings they seek. To develop and explain these three dimensions, the authors draw on the history of public life and public space, evidence from recent social research, and a series of original case studies, all amply illustrated. Public Space offers an innovative approach for adapting the dimensions to the unique social and environmental context of each project.
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'Amply filling its slot in the Environment and Behaviour series, this book examines the ways in which public places, whether ancient in Europe or deliberately designed in contemporary America, are actually used by the populace ... There is a lot to learn from carefully observed American experience.' Architectural Review
'Public Space is a valuable resource for anyone who delves into the complex subject of shared space in American cities ... At this time in history, when civic consciousness often seems foreign to the psyche of the contemporary city and a consensus for the ideal appears unreachable, Public Space confidently extolls the necessity and possibility for a commonly held regard for a rewarding and enriching public life.' Landscape Journal
'The evocative chapters gathered in Public Space conclude with a section on 'Making Public Space' that should be required reading for everyone participating in 'public infrastructure' - advocates, sponsors, designers, or managers.' Children's Environments
'Public Space is a valuable resource for anyone who delves into the complex subject of shared space in American cities ... At this time in history, when civic consciousness often seems foreign to the psyche of the contemporary city and a consensus for the ideal appears unreachable, Public Space confidently extolls the necessity and possibility for a commonly held regard for a rewarding and enriching public life.' Landscape Journal
'The evocative chapters gathered in Public Space conclude with a section on 'Making Public Space' that should be required reading for everyone participating in 'public infrastructure' - advocates, sponsors, designers, or managers.' Children's Environments
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This book reveals the social basis for public space use, design and management. The authors - an architect/environmental designer, a landscape architect, an environmental psychologist, and an open space administrator - offer a well-integrated perspective of how to integrate public space and public life.
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Mark Francis, FASLA
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
University of California, Davis
http://lda.ucdavis.edu/people/websites/francis.html
Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design
University of California, Davis
http://lda.ucdavis.edu/people/websites/francis.html
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Public space is the stage upon which the drama of communal life unfolds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
public space design, passive engagement, public space projects, participatory design process, spatial rights, community open spaces, urban open spaces, urban plazas, open space systems, space managers, neighborhood spaces, festival marketplaces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stephen Carr, Mark Francis, United States, Bryant Park, Times Square, Battery Park City, San Francisco, Greenacre Park, Barretto Street, Public Garden, Village Homes, Church Street Marketplace, Gas Works Park, Los Angeles, People's Park, Boston Common, Freedom Plaza, North Park, Grace Plaza, Rouse Company, Boston City Hall Plaza, Elizabeth March, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, North Carolina New!
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public space design, passive engagement, public space projects, participatory design process, spatial rights, community open spaces, urban open spaces, urban plazas, open space systems, space managers, neighborhood spaces, festival marketplaces Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Stephen Carr, Mark Francis, United States, Bryant Park, Times Square, Battery Park City, San Francisco, Greenacre Park, Barretto Street, Public Garden, Village Homes, Church Street Marketplace, Gas Works Park, Los Angeles, People's Park, Boston Common, Freedom Plaza, North Park, Grace Plaza, Rouse Company, Boston City Hall Plaza, Elizabeth March, Faneuil Hall Marketplace, North Carolina New!
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- The Meaning of Gardens by Mark Francis on 5 pages
- Public Places and Spaces (Human Behavior and Environment) by Irwin Altman on 5 pages
- Urban Open Space by Rizzoli on 5 pages
- The Fall of Public Man by Richard Sennett on page 24, page 342, and Back Matter
- City Signs and Lights by Stephen Carr on page 368, and Back Matter
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- Privately Owned Public Space : The New York City Experience by Jerold S. Kayden on 8 pages
- The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in the Southwest, 1E by Joel Grossman on 8 pages
- Urban Open Space: Designing For User Needs (Landscape Architecture Foundation Land and Community Design Case Study Series) by Mark Francis on 8 pages
- Public Places - Urban Spaces by Matthew Carmona on page 165, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Unofficial Guide to Bed & Breakfasts and Country Inns in the Northwest by Sally O'Neal Coates on page 24, page 159, and page 181
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