Workshop Copenhagen_Group Naming

8/4/2019 Workshop Copenhagen_Group Naming

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monday

Skype lectureGroup 8:

SannaMikkelAndersGril

Choose a square in Vesterbro or Nrrebro: Engahve Plads in Vesterbro.

We went to Mikkels place in Vestrbro and brainstormed ideas and whatquestions we could ask people at the sqaure.

Questions:

What is your relation to Enghave Plads? What do you think about the area in Enghave Plads now, compared to how it

was before it was changed. How do you use this place compared to your backyard? Would you prefere the place to be more open or more closed? What functions could the place have, more than it has today? DoyousometimehangaroundinthisspesicareaofEngahavePlads? Are there any thing you would have liked to add to the place, to make it

more interesting place to stay in.

WORKSHOP - DreamhamarStortorget Square

LOGBOOK / Group 8

Stortorget

Enghave Plads


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Two guys under the tree:

What is your relation to Enghave Plads?

What do you think about the area in Enghave Plads now, compared to how it wasbefore it was changed.The location of Enghave Plads is the most importan reason to why I use it.More families with children stay here after it has been changed, and the alcoholicswere moved to another part of the square.

How do you use this place compared to your backyard?I never use my backyard, it is too closed with all the buildings around. Id rather goto the parks for reading, and just hanging around. In the public places there are al-ways something or someone to look at. In the backyard nothing happens, and theneighbors can look at you from their windows, but you cant see them. Its nice tosit in the public places and watch the city life go by around you.


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Skate kids:

Do you like that this place is quite open, or would you prefer it to be more closed?

We like it to be open, itcould be even more open than today.

What doyou use this place for?

To meetpeople andmake newfriends. Its nice to have allthis citylife going on

around us.

Are there anything you would add to this place, to make it even better?

Some benchespeople could siton and watch us skate, then we couldhave skate

shows.


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The guys drinking beer

Wehad ameetingwiththe architectforthe area, andtalkedabout whereinEnghavePladswecould hangout, since ourplace shouldbe torn down because ofthe newmetrostation.Itwas decidedtobe thisarea, here in thecorner,and we were includedin thepreparation ogthe plans, andwe canstayheruntil 2018, then thewholeplacewill be renovated. Amongotherthingswe madethis bench, which isthe longest inDenmark. We alsobuilt thisshelter,incooperationwiththearchitect. Sincewe madeit ourself, it feels like ours, and everyone is welomehere.Ofcource,sometimes,thereare argumentshereinthegroup, butthenwe solve it and become friends again. Thebrickpathwealso madeourselves, andwe madesom

e symbols in it.Also we willplant some moreplants around this greenarea.

Wearenotsatisedwiththeplansfortheareaaroundthemetrostation,itlooksbor-ing.Beforethe renovatingstartedwe sataroundspring waterandenjoyed ourselves,it wasverynice.


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Lasse

What is your relation to Enghave Plads?I used it a lot, at least before the renovation started. I like it because its many kindsof people here, it is a diverse neighborhood were a lot of different people hang out.

How do you use this place compared to your backyard?My backyard I use for more practical purposes, it is a safe environment to be in.This public place is different, I can take a walk here, it is more free, I can just behere, not do anything specifc. I can be passive, and be entertained by everythinggoing on around me.

How do you hope this area will be like when the metrostation and everything aroundin this square is done in 2018?Enghave Plads has always been a place for everyone, and I really hope it will staythat way also when the metrostation comes. And not turn into a transit place, werepeople just pass through

Are there any thing you would have liked to add to the place, to make it moreinteresting place to stay in.I want it to be a place where people can play, not just kids, but everyone. A place tomeet new people through games and playing.

What do the weather condition has to say for the area?The weather has a big impact on how and when people use the area, ofcourse. Insunny days it will be a much more attractive space for people to meet and play anddo activities, or just hang around.


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Enghave Plads the way it looks today:

Brainstorm:

signs / rename

mark areas/ re do pathstoslowdown themovement

bench/swing/hammock

hammockthat canbe dry..

pitstop/

things to play within simpleways

signswithmoretext people shouldstop and read

benches with different social relationships

basketball net to throw empty cansin

topic: behaviormini golf

sticks in colors, neoncolors

candles to light uppaths

play music

Quick ideas as a respons to the answers from the people we asked aboutEnghave Plads, and what tools we can use to express our ideas with.


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tuesday

HowcanwetrytodeneEnghavePladstobesomethingmorethanasquarewhere the metrostation will come. It is today characterized as just a place to walkthrough for most of the citizens in Vesterbro. A few groups have on the otherhand claimed their space and made it theirs. How to make people be more awareof the potential of the sqaure, and to make them want to go there. Vesterbro hasbecome a melting pot of people from every part of the society, how can Enghave

Plads become a meeting point for all these people?


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wednesday

People in Enghave Plads have devided in to groups where each group have therown corner at the square. Can we make them more aware of the other places, andthe other groups of people that uses the square. Or maybe could be using it more.


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thursday

What if they all switched place? Where did they want to stay if they could choose?

What if each group had their own place, but also had to move around to see theother groups? One day all the kindergarden kids could play at the skaters place. ?


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What if DREAMHAMAR had an app ? People could tell each other through the web thatthey are at the square. And maybe book an area for a day ?


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If the different groups were some how forced to move around from time to time,could it maybe lead to the fact that members of the different groups acually wantedto hang around all togheter?

Do the kids in Hamar want to have their own corner at Stortorget? But also have theolder people comming by sometime? And maybe there are some events at Stortorgetwhere all groups cooporate and make the whole square a place for everyone. ?

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