Flex square
The year 2020 will be remembered as a year that both shook and changed our society completely when the COVID-19 pandemic spread and affected people all around the world. Never before in modern times have green urban public spaces been as important for both the citizens and for the environm...
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| Formato: | Second cycle, A2E |
| Lenguaje: | sueco Inglés |
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2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17238/ |
| Sumario: | The year 2020 will be remembered as a year that both
shook and changed our society completely when the
COVID-19 pandemic spread and affected people all
around the world. Never before in modern times have
green urban public spaces been as important for both
the citizens and for the environment. However, the
pandemic is not the only contemporary crisis that is
affecting the world. Global warming has devastating
consequences all over the world with rising sea levels,
increased bush fires, more frequent extreme weather
and intense heat waves.
These contemporary issues are affecting both humanity
and biodiversity and efforts to mitigate these issues.
This master thesis focuses on the consequences these
issues have for the urban city and how to mitigate
them while making urban city centres inclusive and
welcoming for citizens.
An urban city center is meant to be inclusive and
welcoming for all, no matter gender, background or age.
Although, it is not always easy to satisfy everyone since
people have different opinions and needs, and trying
to achieve the goal of making the city centre inclusive
and welcoming for everyone may have negative effects
on other aspects. An urban dilemma is defined as “two
or more competing goals, such as stakeholder interest
and related strategies which potentially fail to achieve
their aims as implementing one strategy hampers or
prevents the achievement of another” (Riegler &
Bylund 2020, p. 19).
The aim of this work is to create a robust and sustainable design proposal for Stora Torget in Falköping city center. A robust and sustainable design proposal means that it must be prepared for both contemporary and
future crises such as pandemics and climate change. By
defining Stora torget’s dilemmas, the Flex square was
created.
The Flex square, or as we can call it, the flexible
square, is designed to easily adapt to different needs
and conditions, which could be different seasons, time
of the day, different groups like women, girls, children,
youth, men, elderly or other sexual or ethical minorities.
The Flex square is a place that is inclusive and safe for
all, provides meeting points and privacy, greenery and
recreation, a clear moving pattern whilst practicing
social distancing, as well as includes sustainable
adaptation measures to mitigate climate change. |
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