URBAN STREET LIFE
From observations it has been understood that the context, a space “in-between“ city centres, appears formulated from spaces in transition. Where urban and social life is lacking, particularly in the main streets from the connection centres, the space is empty and free of interactions, from people to nature. Detached and car oriented the result are plots with big scale where industrial functions exist here, like in somewhere other context. Even though, we see value in some industrial spaces that bring identity to some areas. Mölndalsvägen/Göteborgsvägen is clearly an example of this emptiness in social interactions. “Cities are constituted by many processes social, economic, ecological and technological.” From our 1st lecture within the course SEU In this context we see that many of these processes are lacking, especially if we start to understand the urban form: public spaces where social interactions are possible are almost invisible or even inexistent. And when we understand that every-
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thing is connected then we see how this space is fragmented. “The concept of ‘spatial configuration’ — meaning relations which take account of other relations in a complex.” Hillier, B. (1996), Space is the machine - A configurational theory of architecture, Cambridge. The main problems identified are the wide streets intended mainly to accommodate traffic, parking lots that occupy the empty areas around the large industrial lots and the few small and isolated green areas. Furthermore, Mondalsån, which despite being a value for the area, is almost inaccessible and invisible. The proposal aims to transform the monofunctional plots into areas with a greater variety of uses, with the aim of serving the inhabitants, inviting pedestrians to use the street, promoting encounters between the community, and improving connections to natural environments and Mondalsån.
Large Industry plots
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