Place and space; whose place and whose space
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Examensarbete för masterexamen
Master's Thesis
Master's Thesis
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The master’s thesis aims to create an
understanding of how enhance people’s
sense of familiarity and belonging
to new developments and/or large
transformations of a site. It is explored
through people’s relationships to public
space and its usage, the incorporation
of local heritage, relationships between
private and public zones, and what
the key functions of a space are. By
synthesizing the theories and concepts
from urban sociology, humane design,
ecology, and historical site analysis,
terminology is established towards a
set of design principles that are used
towards communicating and guiding the
design process. The design principles
are used as a general approach that is
applied towards a site specific design
library. The design principles and design
library guide what design interventions
are made, and illustrate different
potential outcomes based on the design
library.
The project is located on the island
of Öckerö in Gothenburg’s northern
archipelago, and focuses on a site
located by the marina. There are plans
for large developments to take place on
the site that have the vision to make it
the new town center for the island with
commercial and office spaces, a preschool,
public spaces and residential functions.
The project explores how key local
elements can be extracted, analyzed,
and applied towards the design process
and proposal in order to enhance and
maintain people’s sense of belonging and
familiarity within the new development
and transformation of the site.
The proposal aims to define a central
space for the island with interventions
and design that promotes increased
social integration, design for the human
scale, improved ecological functions,
and incorporating local cultural and
historical references to enhance the
sense of familiarity with the design and
area. When these aspects are combined,
the goal is that the design has a holistic
approach that will work well together
with the current local situation, its
character, history and functions; while
allowing for new possibilities and ideas
to continuously adapt and change the
spaces depending on the needs that
arise