Place through encounter - an exploration of a Third Place in the rurban context of Partille
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and planning beyond sustainability (MPDSD), MSc
Publicerad
2023
Författare
Harmuth, Hiltja
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Sammanfattning
Rurban areas in particular are affected by the
ongoing challenges through urbanization
and densification. Vast and fast changes in
infrastructure and prerequisites may result in
a loss of connection of the individual to their
surroundings, leading in turn to a minimized
sense of conviviality and liveability. Third places,
the social surroundings beyond the home as
the first and work as the second place, can play
an important role in acting as facilitators of
change and act as connectors of the individual
to the broader community.
The main aim of the Thesis is to explore how
encounters can be enabled in a rurban context,
through design implementations that are
informed by third place qualities.
To set the ground for design, the notion of
a third place was explored through different
methods of theoretical and contextual analysis,
to investigate how the concept of these places
needs to adapt to the current discourse and
the specific characteristics deriving from the
context. These findings were concluded in
principles for the third place, that further
guided the process.
In design explorations through collages and
axonometric drawings the Thesis investigates
in a narrative way, how the former electrical
factory Kniven in Partille, can be adapted to
act as a third place.
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Third Places, Encounter, Rurbanity