Transforming Public Space through Play eBook

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This book provides an empirical analysis of the concept of play as a form of spatial practice in urban public spaces. The introduced City–Play–Framework (CPF) is a practical urban analysis tool that allows urban designers, landscape architects and researchers to develop a shared awareness when opening up this window of possibility for adventure. Two case studies substantiate and illustrate the development process and testing of the framework in Canberra, Australia, and Potsdam, Germany. The appropriation of public spaces that transcend boundaries can facilitate an intrinsic connection between people and their immediate environment, towards a more joyful ontological state of human existence in which imagination, co-creation and a sense of agency are key elements of the design approach. The framework presents an alternative understanding of public spaces and public life, reflecting on theory and its implications for practice in a post-pandemic world in dense urban centres. A bridge between theory and practice, this book explores possibilities on what future design ought to be when openness and ambiguity are consciously integrated parts of practice and process. The book presents a valuable discussion on public space and play for academic audiences across a wide range of disciplines such as landscape architecture, urban design, planning, architecture and urban sociology, which is informative for future practice.

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9781003133803, 9780367680084, 9781000579345

Transforming Public Space through Play 1st Edition is written by Gregor Mews and published by Routledge. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Transforming Public Space through Play are 9781000579390, 1000579395 and the print ISBNs are 9780367680053, 036768005X. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9781003133803, 9780367680084, 9781000579345.