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mic
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elh
lee
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lbe
rts
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iidentity
urbanism
future form
group presentation
urban design seminar11.333
4 May 2005
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source: national geographicun habitat
absolute population in cities > 1,000,000:
12.8% 1975
17.7% 2000
21.7% 2015
500,000,000+ migrants over next decade
100,000,000+ migrants over next decade into mega-cities of > 10,000,000
newcomers to cities bring theirmyriad cultures/semiotics with them
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source: united nations, ccbres, government of singapore
cities with acute ethnic/political divisions
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sites of continuing socio-demographic change
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rk: urb
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orm
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source: sdsc
global media and communications networks
->
migrants engage in dialogues with ethnically/culturally/religiously like minded people globally
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people are place-based
programs are no longer
new sources of identity?
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wo
rk: co
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nd
ed
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ace
successful production of hybridity by cultural groups
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wonderful urban places at the interstices of great civilizations
^ vancouver
^ sarajevo
^ cordoba
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me
wo
rk: co
nte
nd
ed
sp
ace
but success is an increasing challenge for newcomers/minorities:
resource-constrained cities
+
linguistic/cultural differences
+
political & financial constraints
->poor conditions
&
no control over the form & program of of urban spaces
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me
wo
rk: co
nte
nd
ed
sp
ace
musi
c
me
dia
/sp
ecta
ble
me
mo
ry/n
ost
alg
ia media-intermediated historical memory
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substance/ meaning to issues of identity
=
perpetuation of identity/culture in city
dissonance
between lack of place-based power
&
purely virtual/symbolic sources of expression/ grievance
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me
wo
rk: co
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nd
ed
sp
ace
so space becomes contended
&
unrequited grievance is oftenexpressed throughthe use of space
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me
wo
rk: co
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nd
ed
sp
ace
driving an impetus for political change in other, non-place-baseddimensions?
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me
wo
rk: co
nte
nd
ed
sp
ace
or destructive revolt and/or repressive response?
the city of tomorrowbecome nightmare
are there better approaches to designing the ethnically/culturally/ religiously hybrid city?
sow
eto
pro
test
sb
alk
an
unre
stb
eirut
LA
rio
ts
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me
wo
rk: co
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nd
ed
sp
ace
given:
magnitude of changes
+
severity of consequences?
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how will/should identity be expressed in the form of cities?
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gne
d u
rba
nis
madaptive modification to cultural norms
work of marjeticapotrc, artist in residence, MIT
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gne
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rba
nis
mhousing/retail space modified to suit cultural agendas
work of james rojas
photo
: ja
mes
roja
s
photo
: ja
mes
roja
s
no
n-d
esi
gne
d u
rba
nis
mmurals, when elevated to the level of design, can be used to reshape urban space
no
n-d
esi
gne
d u
rba
nis
mhighly efficient organic slum forms
ma
rjetic
po
trc,
sao
pa
ulo
mum
ba
itij
ua
na
pro
gra
mm
ed
ide
ntitie
s
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Washington D.C.
The National Folk Festival, Bangor, ME
The Mummers Parade, Philadelphia, PA
event space
pro
gra
mm
ed
ide
ntitie
snew public spaces may be embedded into urban fabrics to create access to/ linkages with/ accentuate locations and landmarks of cultural merit
als
op
, b
rad
ford
city
centr
e,
uk
pro
gra
mm
ed
ide
ntitie
shonoring religious principles of design
al a
zha
rp
ark
, ca
iro
photo
s: a
rchnet
pro
gra
mm
ed
ide
ntitie
s
new tijuana paseo
ota
yra
nch,
san d
ieg
o
villa
vic
toria
, b
ost
on
construction of spaces programmed specifically for use by hispanicresidents
“latino new urbanism”
teddy cruzmichael mendesjames rojasmartinez+cutrietc
ide
ntity
-ba
sed
de
sig
npublic spaces designed for culture-specific programs:
italian-portuguese neighborhood in san diegoheavily mormon neighborhood near temple square in salt lake city
ide
ntity
-ba
sed
de
sig
nintegration of senior housing & childcare in response to latinocommunity needs:
san ysidro, san diegoliving rooms by the border/casa familiarestudio teddy cruz
rea
ctive
de
sig
n
photo
s: u
pp
er
left –
south
afr
ican
build
ers
ass
ocia
tion.
low
er
left –
prist
ina
ko
sovo
, m
arje
tica
po
trc
reacting to fears of the other in the multi-ethnic city:
walled housing
rea
ctive
de
sig
nreacting to fears of the other in the multi-ethnic city:
walled housing, netherlands
housing for white middle class dutch, administered according to polder democracy principles, away from the “immigrant problem”
have
rle
ijneth
erland
s, p
hoto
s:
ma
rjetic
ap
otr
c
rea
ctive
de
sig
ngated towns
conyers farm, greenwich CT
troia, portugal
environmental stewardship combined with class & ethnic isolation
photo
s: h
art
how
ert
on
rea
ctive
de
sig
nwalls – use of state power to exclude the other
san diego-tijuana
jerusalem berlin
de
sig
nin
g fo
r hyb
rid
ity
common market space
queens, new yorkroosevelt avenue
minor interventions can be used to bridge culturally-specific neighborhood spaces
de
sig
nin
g fo
r hyb
rid
ity
penetrating the international border
winning entries, international competition, el paso-juarez, arquineconcurso frontera
wonne
ickx
de
sig
nin
g fo
r hyb
rid
ity
offb
ea
tiris
hb
razi
lian
italia
nm
erica
ng
ua
tem
ala
n
eth
iop
ian
chin
ese
/mexi
ca
nchin
ese
ira
qi
lao
tian
tha
i
creating a cross cultural communitycity heights, san diego
de
sig
nin
g fo
r hyb
rid
ity
glo
ba
l vill
ag
e, m
art
ine
z+cutr
i
integrating a divided community through provisionof highly programmed common space
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