KNOX PLACE COLLECTIVE
OUR PUBLIC SPACES ARE BECOMING AND MORE INHOSPITABLE. CITY STRE ARE GENERIC, LOW-RISK, SEQUENCES ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE AND LO GATES. IN RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS SU MELBOURNE CENTRAL, SECURITY DE THAT FUNCTIONS AND DESIRES ARE COMPLETELY CONTROLLED. ENTREN A POLITICS OF REVENUE AND PRIVAT THESE SPACES ACTIVELY RESTRICT COLLECTIVE WAYS OF URBAN LIFE.
MORE EETS S OF OCKED UCH AS ETERMINES
NCHED IN TIZATION, THE
DIY URBANISM. INTERPRETING INVISIBLE BOUND MAKING VISIBLE THE PSYCHOGEOGRAPHICAL EXPERIENCE OF
TEMPORARY INTERVENTIONS ALLOW PEOPLE TO CLAIM, EXPE
DARIES & DEMARCATING PROPERTY LINES. SPACE.
ERIENCE & ACTIVATE PUBLIC SPACE.
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PUBLIC SPACE IS A SETTING FOR INFORMAL, NON INSTRUMENTAL SOCIAL INTERACTION OR PLAY.
CREATING INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND SPACE.
OCCUPATION. TEMPORARY CLAIMS ENABLE THE EXPERIENCE OF EPHEMERAL MOMENTS IN THE URBAN CONTEXT.
THE PUBL TEM INHABITATIONS.T BY CHOICE OF OR AS H PARTICIP UNDE
LIC EXIST WITHIN MPORAL SPATIAL THIS BEING EITHER F PARTICIPATION, HETEROGENEOUS PANTS WITHIN AN EFINED CONTEXT
“THIS IS WHAT A CITY IS, BITS AND PIECES.” – J. JACOBS
CONDITIONS WHICH ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO CHOOSE FURTHER KNOWLEDGE AND ENGAGEMENT.
“PUBLIC SPACE IS A PLACE FOR GATHERING” -L’ATELIER D’ARCHITECTURE AUTOGÉRÉE (AAA)
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“PUBLIC SPACE IS DEFINED BY BEING ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE AT ANYTIME, IT IS THE SPACE OF COMMUNITY & SOCIAL INTERACTION, THE SPACE IN WHICH PUBLIC LIFE UNFOLDS”. - ROCHUS HINKEL
THE PUBLIC ARENA IS A SURFACE FOR COMMUNICATION, PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF CONTEXTUAL PUBLIC SPACE.
PEOPLE & PEOPLE, PEOPLE
& THINGS, PEOPLE & SPACE
THROUGH INTERACTION A NEW SPACE IS FORMED, ENCOURAGING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY
OFFERING UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPOWER PEOPLE’S CURIOSITY AND IMAGINATION WITHIN AN OTHERWISE RISK-FREE ENVIRONMENT.
INFORMAL TESTING PARTICIPATION WITHIN PUBLIC SPACE TESTING TEMPORARY TACTICS ENCOURAGING PERMANENT STRATEGIES
CREATING UNEASE AND EXCITEMENT.
A GIFT ECONOMY (OR GIFT CULTURE) IS SERVICES ARE REGULARLY GIVEN WITHOUT OR FUTURE REWARDS.
WE ARE HOPING TO CREATE A GIFT ECONOMY THAT BECOMES SELF GENERATIVE THROUGH THE SIMPLE ACTION OF INTERACTION. ‘IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME’.
A SOCIETY WHERE VALUABLE GOODS & T ANY EXPLICIT AGREEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE
“WE SHOULD LET THE PUBLIC REALM NOT ONLY REFLECT, BUT ENCOURAGE THE FULL RANGE OF POSITIVE HUMAN ACTIONS AND QUALITIES.” – IAIN BORDEN
OUR PROJECT ENGAGES WITH THE PRE-EXISTING DEVICES OF STREET ART CULTURE. THAT IS, NONCOMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVES TO THE CONSUMERIST LIFESTYLE.
INTRODUCING REFERENCE POINTS. CO-EXISTENCE OF VIRTUAL SPACE & REAL SPACE.
PUBLIC SPACE IS FOR YOU TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. PUBLIC SPACE IS A PLACE WHERE YOU & OTHERS CAN...
PUBLIC SPACE ONLY EXISTS WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE STANDING IN IT.
ALLOWING OTHERS TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY OF BEING IN THE CITY
PRIVATE ENCOUNTERS
CREATING INTERACTIONS & RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHERS. LEARNING THROUGH ENGAGEMENT WITH PEOPLE.
“IN THE MODERN CITY PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE MORE FREQUENT AND NUMEROUS ENCOUNTERS WITH OTHERS, BUT THESE TEND TO BE TRANSITORY, INSTRUMENTAL OR INCIDENTAL… THESE ARE RELATIONS BASED ON FAIRLY EXPLICIT FORMS OF CONTRACT….THE LEGAL CODES OF PUBLIC BEHAVIOR TO THE MARKET EXCHANGE INVOLVED IN BUYING A NEWSPAPER, OR ELSE ON THE MINIMAL CONTACTS OF SHARED SOCIAL SPACE... BEING IN THE CROWDED CITY MAGNIFIES THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE COLLECTIVE NATURE OF SOCIAL LIFE AND THE RADICAL SOLITUDE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, BETWEEN THE CLAIMS OF THE GROUP AND THAT OF THE PERSON.” – FRAN TONKISS
THE LOGIC OF ACCUMULATION, NOT GENERALIZATION. - MARGRET CRAWFORD
THE CROSS OVER BETWEEN THE REAL & DIGITAL WORLD TRIANGULATION DIGITAL WORLD - REAL WORLD DESIGNING FOR BOTH WORLDS
VIRTUAL ENTRY POINT “THE WAYS PEOPLE SENSE URBAN SETTINGS, MOVE THROUGH THEM & ACT WITHIN THEM” - IAIN BORDEN
HOW DO WE MOVE FROM TEMPORARY TACTICS TO PERMANENT STRATEGIES?
THE INFORM LOW BUDG
SIMPLE MEANS THAT GO BEYOND THE ACTION & TO THE BOND BETWEEN EVENT, INDIVIDUAL A
MAL/ GET
& CONTRIBUTE AND MEMORY
WE ARE WORKING ON IMPLANTING STRUCTURES THAT ENABLE A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH THE SPACE AND EACH OTHER.
“SMALL INTERVENTIONS AND GESTURES ARE CONTAGIOUS” - CERI HANN
REFAMILIARIZATION: REINTRODUCING A COMFORTABLE & DOMESTICATIVE ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE CITY
OUR DIY INSERTIONS & EVENTS BEGIN TO GENERATE AN URBAN INTERIOR, TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACE THROUGH A SERIES OF COLLECTIVE ACTIONS. FRIENDS OF KNOX PLACE HAS BEEN WORKING TO GENERATE AN OPEN COMMUNITY WITH A VESTED INTEREST IN FACILITATING A RELATIONAL PUBLIC SPACE OF PARTICIPATORY STRATEGIES. OUR INTENTION IS TO ALLOW THE PROJECT TO GROW WITHOUT PRE-DETERMINING THE OUTCOME. FRIENDS OF KNOX PLACE IS OPEN-ENDED, CONSTRAINED ONLY TO THE BREADTH OF THE IMAGINATION.