Post-Pandemic Public Spaces - Episode 1: Challenges

Digital or visual products (2022)

Contributors

Maurice Harteveld Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (developer)

H.J. Stuer Student (producer)

N.A. de Vries Public Building and Housing Design , MVRDV (performer)

Linda Zuiderwijk Zuiderwijk Stadssociologie (performer)

C. Forgaci Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (other)

B. Hausleitner Urban Design - Architecture and the Built Environment (other)

M.A. van Kessel Student (producer)

Olivier Wiegerinck Student (producer)

Edzo Bindels West8 Urban Design & Landscape Architecture (performer)

Ellen van Bueren Management in the Built Environment (performer)

Annemieke Fontein Gemeente Rotterdam (performer)

Lior Steinberg Humankind (performer)

Co Verdaas Waterschap Rivierenland (performer)

Ton Venhoeven Venhoeven CS (performer)

Research Group

Urban Design (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)

COVID-19 Public space Urban design Urban sociology Public Space Pandemic

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Published Date

28-04-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Urban Design

Abstract

The first episode of the documentary Post-Pandemic Public Spaces ‘Challenges’ introduces expected paradigmatic shifts caused by the situation induced by the COVID-19 crisis. It extends the discussion on public space, which has been about making cities more sustainable and liveable while working with major transitions. During the pandemic, health has been challenged in addition. Also, new ways of using public space have become manifest. This exposes different claims. Can we continue to use public spaces as we did? Are we reverting to our old behaviour? Do we realise how important public space is? In conjecture with the challenges that already emerged before the crisis, we can question if we shouldn’t reduce traffic, for example, and kick-off from our car addiction? New challenges have an effect on the size, accessibility, and quality of the public spaces and, together with changing human needs, its presence and design remain to be essential in the future.