LED Online Seminar 2019 - Working Group 3

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Dear working group members. This is your group page and you will be completing the template gradually as we move through the seminar. Good luck and enjoy your collaboration!

Assignment 1 - Reading and Synthesizing Core Terminology

  • You can read more details about this assignment here
  • Readings are accessible via the resources page

Step 1: Your Landscape Democracy Manifestoes

Step 2: Define your readings

  • Please add your readings selection for the terminology exercise before April 24:

A: Landscape and Democracy

Lynch, Kevin. (1960): The Image of the City (Shaurav Paul)

Jackson, John Brinckerhoff (1980): "By way of conclusion. How to study the landscape" (Michael)

Burckhardt, Lucius (1979): Why is landscape beautiful? (Melissa)

Sieverts, Thomas (2003): Cities without cities. An interpretation of the Zwischenstadt. (Azra)

B: Concepts of Participation

Burckhardt, Lucius (1974): Who plans the planning? in: Fezer/Schmitz (Eds.) Rethinking Man-made Environments (2012) (Azra)

C: Community and Identity

Hester, Randolph (2006): Design for Ecological Democracy (Shaurav Paul)

Welk Von Mossner, Alexa (2014): Cinematic Landscapes (Michael)

Spirn, Anne (2005): Restoring Mill Creek (Melissa)

D: Designing

Hester, Randolph: Democratic Drawing - Techniques for Participatory Design (Shaurav Paul)

Hester, Randolph: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sustainable Happiness (Michael)

Smith, Nicola Dawn(2012): Design Charrette: A Vehicle for Consultation or Collaboration (Melissa)

Kot, Douglas and Ruggeri, Deni: Westport Case Study (Azra)

E: Communicating a Vision

Steps 3 and 4: Concepts Selection and definition

  • Each group member selects three relevant concepts derived from his/her readings and synthesize them/publish them on the wiki by May 15, 2019
  • Group members reflect within their groups and define their chosen concepts into a shared definition to be posted on the wiki by June 12, 2019.
  • Other group members will be able to comment on the definitions until June 30, 2019
  • Each group will also report on their process to come to a set of shared definitions of key landscape democracy concepts on the wiki documentation until July 12, 2019

Concepts and definitions

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Author 2: Melissa Zapata

  • DISRUPTION & LANDSCAPE: We all have a preconceived idea of landscape with an artistic palette and a charming place. However, this is a personal concept so, what make us all perceived the beauty in the landscape?. Probably is the use of the landscape itself what make us identy with the place. Is the disruption or interaction with a place what let us identify the "hiden rules" common to all of us
  • SELF-KNOWLEDGE & LANDSCAPE LITERACY :As long as the community is engage to know about their past and their history in terms of landscape, better are the chances for them to face new, efficient and successful planning for their future. Thereby, having the capacity of reading their landscape though the academic partnership, the Mill Creek neighboors, were able to create extraordinary proposals away of the sense of guilt and resignation
  • PARTICIPATION DESIGN PROCESS: With the aim of co-create, in terms of design, a way of trasmit knowledge and let the people be involved in the proccess of art and creation, is accesible in the most easy and effective way.. The Charrete design is mostly about an intensive period of time of collaboration work and efficiency where the work became a doble way experience of collaborators and consultants. Therefore, the democracy in the design and in the people's neccesities is a balance that garantee the long term work of the projects as well as its success

Author 3: Azra Haracic

  • An interpretation of the Zwischenstadt: The concept of the Thomas Sieverts chapter 'An interpretation of the Zwischenstadt' is the idea of Zwischenstadt itself and the ways of changing it to something new, with new perspective and approaches. He is trying to explain the most important newly appeared questions about interpretation of intermediate city or city in a change with growth. Also, in his opinion, very important perspective is from cultural and political dissolution of the city which has affected the whole idea of the Zwischenstadt, actually the fact that environment they are living in has destroyed both perspectives. He refers to Kevin Lynch's mental mapping and how it is strong and different approach for the urbanized countryside, Zwischendtadt. His critical opinion of the city is, in my opinion, very much objective and realistic and different point of view of criticizing an idea of industrial periphery.
  • Who plans the planning? : The concept of this reading is mainly about who really plans the planning and the way they do it. Important aspect of the planning is the decision-making part which can not always be controlled or done in the best possible way, because there are more people involved with different backgrounds (professions) and usually with different goals/intentions. It is really important for architect or urban planner to be professional and not attached in politics in order to have the best possible intention as well as outcome. Human Relations method is a good way to overcome some problems that might appear in collective decision making. Sometimes, planners are designing with their intuition and there is also one very important factor while planning: experience. Planners need experience in order to be able to create and understand the needs of specific community and create a place to be suitable for all useres.
  • How One Small Community Shaped Its Future: The concept of the Case study on Crafting Westport is about the problems in economical situation and the employment problems they were faced with. The limited opportunities for job in this place made the population be involved in agriculture and mostly health care services. Anyway, the history of this city is pretty important for the California and the was a good enough reason for the project like this. Part of this process what Listening project which was a background research on the community and the quality of the life inhabitants actually have. Outcome of the whole project (goal) to improve their life and quality of it, specially the economic situation they were at the time. As they refer to community as 'family' it was clear the size of the community and the need for new residents as well as the main functioning buildings in the city. Landscape students from Berkeley were part of the project and process of developing the new master plan for Westport with priority needs for community which inhabitants pointed out in the Listening Project.

Author 4: Shaurav Paul

  • MENTAL IMAGE: The imageability or the appearance of any city does not fully rely on its design, physical condition, workability or special organization. The inhabitants, users or the outsiders make an environmental image of the city in their mind and navigate there by 5 (five) physical characteristics. Those are Paths (way of movement), Edges (Physical or mental boundary to difference with the surrounding’s boundary), Districts (a piece of cake in the whole city to remember the identity), Nodes (Strategic points of connections, activities or transitions) and Landmarks (external points of reference, which dominates the usual city structures). Planners or designers nowadays consider those factors while building or rebuilding a city for the look of the city. -Lynch, Kevin. (1960): The Image of the City, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press
  • REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION: Designing a space in the participatory method is not an equal task like the normal design process. The designers use some unique and creative methods to bring out the idea from local people to implement this on the design. Rather than asking their direct opinions, designers can follow 5 steps to ensure the participatory design process with the citizens. Representing people, enhancing their knowledge, co-authoring design with them, encouraging people to represent themselves and perceiving the long term value of the design process can be the best collaborative process to figure out the "Representative Representation”- Hester, Randolph: Democratic Drawing - Techniques for Participatory Design
  • RESILIENCY: To achieve the goal of Ecological Democracy in the term of city design, resiliency is the middle factor with enabling and impelling. The present city planners and designers are overlooking the concept of an ecologically sustainable city in means of designing posh, lucrative and technological city. This poor city design is creating “lost community” and nurturing a sense of community is not a prime goal now. But if we really want to make a city, where people can live with social, ecological and communal balance, we have to input the equation of creating ecological democracy in city planning. When a city and its landscape are ready to stand with short term disasters besides of creating a social connection (enabling) and a place of personal feeling (impelling), the city must stand out ahead rather than the so-called “Designed City” - Hester, Randolph (2006): Design for Ecological Democracy

Step 5: Reflection

Step 6: Revised manifestoes

  • please look again at your initial manifestoes and update them with any new aspects/prespectives you have taken up during this seminar

Assignment 2 - Your Landscape Symbols

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Landscape Symbols Author 1: Melissa

Landscape Symbols Author 2: Michael



Landscape Symbols Author 3: Azra Haracic



Landscape Symbols Author 4: Shaurav Paul



Assignment 3 - Role Play on Landscape Democracy "movers and shakers"

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Assignment 4 - Your Landscape Democracy Challenge

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  • Each group member will specify a landscape democracy challenge in his/her environment

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

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Landscape Democracy Challenge 2

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Landscape Democracy Challenge 3

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Landscape Democracy Challenge 4

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Your Democratic Change Process

Reflection

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