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Creative Placemaking

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Emerging Imageability Patterns In Creative Placemaking

How does my masters project relate to creative place-making?

I plan to engage with stakeholders and city officials so site design implementation can benefit a larger group of people. Through pedestrian counts and open interviews I will determine the relevance of the design solution to the field of landscape architecture and planning.

 

What relationships exist between my project and Indra’s Web?

I am looking to find the site scale drivers that inform creative placemaking. I will be interested in finding how socio-ecological processes can improve the adaptability of creative, urban landscapes.

 

What patterns am I looking for?

Pedestrian movement and engagement patterns will inform a design process for culturally and ecologically resilient urban sites. I will evaluate site imageability and analyze spaces for contextual patterns. This process will inform the site design proposal process for a creative, interactive public event; the design project will be based in combination with peer research and collaboration with stakeholders.

 

What patterns exist on a broad level? (potential pattern relationships between my project and Indra’s Web)

Determination of drivers (walkability, active transit, identity, experience, memory, triangulation effect) that encourage creative placemaking. Once revealed I can propose a more informed design proposal that encourages site activation AND resiliency. As the group works toward a design proposal to share with the stakeholder I can identify drivers that encourage site activation and duration.

Temporary Landscapes and Placemaking

The construction process of our design build installation in Copenhagen Denmark: Hands On Urbanism

Landscape architects need to take a more active role in the planning, design, and execution of temporary landscapes. Temporary landscapes are a tool for creative placemaking because they can contribute to the changing cultural identity of city. Temporary landscapes offer respond to the flexibility needed by our cities. However the unorganized variety of temporary landscapes has made it difficult to evaluate and learn from these spaces. In order to create stronger temporary landscapes a typology is needed.  A typology of temporary landscapes will help us better situate and evaluate these projects.