Post-Pandemic Public Spaces - Episode 2: Design

Digital or visual products (2022)

Authors

Co Verdaas Waterschap Rivierenland

Contributors

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

Hanlin Stuer Student (producer)

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

Matt 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)

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 Diversification Flexible design Pandemic Green space

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Published Date

05-05-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Urbanism

Research Group

Urban Design

Abstract

The second episode ‘Design’ dives further into the challenges in the post-pandemic era and it illuminates possible design solutions. The documentary searches for approaches in which the design of public spaces can be updated and improved. It also questions if there is any one-size-fits-all public space at all. Depending on how and if people can get there, public space are very different as are people. Not all spaces are equally attractive and safe to stay in. From a different angle we may question; who is touched by which place, and how. Differences have become very clear during the pandemics and awareness on this has risen. Public space is also no longer static, but constantly adaptive to new needs. How can we design for this? Can we design for flexibility? Can we release physical design; if so, to what extend? The increasing need for green space is also exemplary for the post-pandemic era; partly grown out of necessity for health reasons, recreational purposes, or simply a lack of space in the house. We will have to design green spaces as a new quiet place, and for outdoor activities like sports, online connectivity in public, and/or just natural climate-adaptive space at the same time.