Beyond Creative Spaces The cultural centre as a tool for democratic participation in Ulricehamn
Typ
Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
Program
Architecture and planning beyond sustainability (MPDSD), MSc
Publicerad
2023
Författare
Sidenvik, Joel
Modellbyggare
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Sammanfattning
Culture is changing as people get more accustomed to
creating and not only consuming, leading to higher
expectations of interactivity and participation. The role of the
public, cultural institutions are also changing with the
meeting place becoming a more important feature to focus
on. At the same time, the need for new democratic arenas is
increasing.
The city of Ulricehamn lacks a good, democratic meeting
place, which is typically filled by a cultural, public
institution. With the small scale of the city, this gives an
opportunity to not only create a place that binds together
the people, but different institutions and groups with the
aim of making the democratic process more accessible with
the cultural centre as a tool.
The result of the thesis is both the design of a cultural centre
but also a discussion based on this about how architecture
can help facilitate the interaction between culture and the
democratic process.
Abstract
The design research explores how to generate low- and high
intensity meetings between the inhabitants of Ulricehamn
through flexible spaces that house multiple actors in the
same venue. The new building integrates with the City Hall
and Youth centre to create new connections and means of
participating in both culture and the decisions being made
about the city.
Design strategies are formulated, based on the analysis,
theory and learnings from the design proposal. They focus on
creating a third place and integration with the cultural
landscape of the city as well as selected actors.
The opportunity of using culture to interact with the
democratic process is discussed and the connection between
the City Hall and other actors as an opportunity to create
something specific to the context of Ulricehamn. The social
aspect of culture is seen as an important part in keeping it
relevant in a future changing landscape with the cultural
centre being a place that can transcend the term third place.
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culture meeting place connections democracy youth