Print Email Facebook Twitter Playgrounds of commons| Spatial interventions for collective appropriation towards liveability and diversity in Rotterdam South Title Playgrounds of commons| Spatial interventions for collective appropriation towards liveability and diversity in Rotterdam South: The case of Oud Charlois and Waalhaven Author Georgali, Vaggy (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment; TU Delft Urbanism) Contributor Muñoz Sanz, V. (mentor) Sepulveda Carmona, D.A. (mentor) Cavallo, R. (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Design of the Urban Fabric Date 2018-06-25 Abstract How would it be if collective appropriation was an essential part of a spatial strategy?Playgrounds of commons refer to a mix of top – down and bottomupspatial strategies and design interventions taking as a startingpoint that Rotterdam South can be seen, and (re)designed as anheterotopia, where as Shane (2003) underlines some armatures shouldbe designed top – down, whereas leaving freedom for others to occurin a more spontaneous way. The spatial strategy is based upon theempowerment of collective appropriation through leisure, food andcrafts. More specifically, it discusses an alternative way of approachingurban renewal in deprived areas of Rotterdam South establishing analternative accord. What is important to highlight is that this projectdoes not only focus on upgrading housing stock in order to attractnewcomers and empower the concept of “mixed neighbourhoods”. Onthe other hand, it does not emphasise the need of creating connectinginfrastructures between the North and the South so as to connectunemployed people from the South to the North labour market andavailable vacancies. On the contrary, the project aims at reinforcingnot only North – South connection, but most importantly East- Westand creating opportunities for local employment in the South. In thatsense, design intervention and strategies aim at making South a servicearea and a productive hub, by reinventing underused lands or areasunder transformation, such as the riverfront. That signifies a transitionto more integrative design and decision making processes.A key element of this project is that starting from the theoreticalframework, moving to the site analysis and the development ofa neighbourhood game, it puts forward a dual strategy: hackinginstitutions – hacking space, acknowledging the power of space asa software and finally concludes with the design of four key projectsand a matrix of recommendations regarding appropriation and urban Subject appopriationdesign with commonsRotterdaminclusive spatial strategy To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8772e637-c9fa-499f-9e74-96500c7d0999 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Vaggy Georgali Files PDF 4627229_REPORT_PART_1_TO_7.pdf 711.22 MB PDF 4627229_REFLECTION.pdf 3.25 MB PDF 4627229_PRESENTATION.pdf 27.82 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8772e637-c9fa-499f-9e74-96500c7d0999/datastream/OBJ2/view