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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Public squares"”.
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Squares: a network of places
… the various characteristics and qualities of squares is compiled. The resulting information, including work by Carolyn Francis and Claire Cooper Marcus, Cliff Moughtin, Leon Krier, and Camillo Sitte, is then critiqued and synthesized in order to establish function, form and spatial …
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Recollecting history : songs, flags and a Syrian square
… representations are national, official, and/or public (flag, song, and square), that are repetitively performed by successive generations of Syrian citizens, thus forming the historic collective framework of Syrian memory. The symbols are remembered as past public sites of independence and …
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O uso do espaço público urbano: função social do Ponto de Cem Réis.
… of the research is to understand the role of public space in contemporary urban, based on the study of Ponto de Cem Réis. The analysis of public space in its multiple dimensions, establishing important connections with the study of the production of urban space, because within it fall spatial, …
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Minkan in China: 1949–89
… the first panoramic study of minkan (citizen publications) in China from the 1950s until the 1980s. The purpose of doing so is to recover the thoughts and practice obliterated by state power by examining unofficial magazines as having social, political and historical functions. Moreover, it …
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Revisiting History - Heritage walk Proposal in Old City Pune, India
… spaces for recreation. Spaces like markets or public squares or streets. The cultural heritage of India lies solely in its old cities, towns and ancient settlements. Due to globalization and groundbreaking pace of urbanization in the recent times, the historic fabric has been radically altered. …
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Drinking fountains : the past and future of free public water in the United States
… in the United States. Installed in prominent public squares to reduce disease, help the poor, and promote a temperance agenda, early American drinking fountains often fulfilled dual roles as public art and functional public good. But today's drinking fountains, when installed at all, are …
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Re-thinking the possibility of the urban roof space
… spaces that can be actively used by people; most public squares focus on improving the micro-economy, leaving almost no space for recreation. Also, within the urban context many buildings are designed in an "unfriendly manner" creating dark and damp spaces on ground level where people are not …