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/ |
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| author | Ögren, Josefine |
| author_browse | Ögren, Josefine |
| author_facet | Ögren, Josefine |
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| collection | Epsilon Archive for Student Projects |
| description | 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. |
| format | Second cycle, A2E |
| id | RepoSLU17238 |
| institution | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| language | Swedish Inglés |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publishDateSort | 2021 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU172382021-09-22T01:10:35Z https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17238/ Flex square Ögren, Josefine Landscape architecture 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. Året 2020 kommer att bli ihågkommet som året som skakade om och förändrade samhället totalt när COVID-19 slog till och påverkade människor världen över. Urbana grönområden har aldrig i modern tid spelat en sådan viktig roll för människorna i staden. Däremot så är inte COVID-19 pandemin den enda kris som drabbar världen just nu. Klimatförändringar har under flera års tid drabbat jorden och orsakat katastrofer världen över med exempelvis höjda havsnivåer, extrema skogsbränder, mer frekventa extrema väder och intensiva värmeböljor. Dessa samtida problem påverkar både mänskligheten och biodiversiteten, vidare är behovet att mitigera dessa problem brådskande. Detta masterarbete fokuserar just på konsekvenserna av dessa samtida problem och hur det påverkar urbana publika platser i staden. Den urbana stadskärnan ska idealt vara en plats som är inkluderande och välkomnade för alla, oavsett kön, bakgrund eller ålder. Däremot så är det inte så enkelt att gestalta en plats som tillfredsställer alla invånare eftersom alla har olika åsikter, erfarenheter och behov. Att försöka gestalta en plats som uppfyller vissa aspekter, kan i sin tur ha negativa effekter i andra avseenden. Ett urbant dilemma definieras som ”två eller flera konkurrerande mål, såsom intressenters intresse och relaterade strategier som potentiellt misslyckas med att uppnå sina mål, eftersom en strategi hämmar eller förhindrar att en annan uppnås” (Riegler & Bylund 2020, s. 19). Målet med detta arbete är att skapa en robust och hållbar gestaltning för Stora torget i Falköping centrum. En robust och hållbar gestaltning betyder att den måste vara förberedd för både nutida och framtida kriser, såsom pandemier och konsekvenser av klimatförändringar. Genom att definiera olika dilemman rörande Stora torget togs konceptet ”the Flex square” fram. The Flex square, eller det flexibla torget är designat för att enkelt kunna anpassas för olika behov och förutsättningar, såsom olika säsonger, tid på dagen, olika målgrupper såsom kvinnor, flickor, barn, ungdomar, män, äldre eller andra köns- eller kulturella minoriteter. The Flex square är en plats där alla ska känna sig inkluderade och trygga och som tillhandahåller; mötesplatser och avskildhet, grönska och rekreationsytor, tydliga rörelsemönster anpassade för social distansering liksom hållbara lösningar för att motverka och hantera klimatförändringar. 2021-09-14 Second cycle, A2E NonPeerReviewed application/pdf sv https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17238/1/%C3%B6gren_j_210817.pdf Ögren, Josefine, 2021. Flex square : a robust and flexible square for today’s contemporary dilemmas Stora torget, Falköping. Second cycle, A2E. Alnarp: (LTJ, LTV) > Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101) <https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/OID-644.html> urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-s-17238 eng |
| spellingShingle | Landscape architecture Ögren, Josefine Flex square |
| title | Flex square |
| title_full | Flex square |
| title_fullStr | Flex square |
| title_full_unstemmed | Flex square |
| title_short | Flex square |
| title_sort | flex square |
| topic | Landscape architecture |
| url | https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17238/ https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17238/ |