Fabio QuiciPHD, Associate professorFaculty of ArchitectureSAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROMEDepartment of History, Drawing and Restoration of Architecture

Ascoli Piceno, 14-09-2016

MARRAKECH, Jami EL-Fna

BOGOTA’, COLOMBIA

CITTA’ DI CASTELLO

The city’s public realm landscapes – streets, parks, and open

spaces – carry an intense responsibility as the shared

resources of the city and the physical connections that bind it

together. They can both catalyze change and absorb it. They

can remain constant through cycles of upheaval and they can

adapt to new conditions as cities transform around them. To

remain sustainable, they must be both stable and elastic,

capable of holding the past and catalyzing change for the

future.

The most successful and enduring public spaces are those

that have made indelible impacts on the lives of the people

who use them, and that have become entrenched in the

identity, culture, and daily activity of their cities and

neighborhoods.

THE KEY ACTION FOR A GOOD LANDSCAPE DESIGN:

OBSERVATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR

IN PUBLIC SPACE

Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1961

Jan Gehl, Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space, 1987

THE USE OF PUBLIC SPACE IS DIFFERENT FROM CULTURE TO CULTURE

COMMON GROUND

ACTIONS

INTERACT

play

meet

talk

sell & buy

STAY ON

look on

show yourself

read

rest

ACT

play

symbolize

protest

share

PUBLIC SPACE

COMPONENTS

SQUARE STREET

stairs

seats

green

water

art

PARK MARKET

VOID MEETING

POINT

INTERACT

PLAY

MEET

TALK

SELL & BUY

BOGOTA’, COLOMBIA

VERONA, PIAZZA DELLE ERBE, ITALIA

LONDON, COVENT GARDEN, GB

BIRMINGHAM, GB

OXFORD, GB

WASHINGTON DC, USA

PARIS, BERCY, FRANCE

LYON, FRANCIA

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

BOGOTA’, BARRIO DE BOSA, COLOMBIA

BOGOTA’, COLOMBIA

BOGOTA’, COLOMBIA

BOGOTA’, COLOMBIA

In Situ - F.H. Jourda

Berges Rive Gauche, Lyon

WEST 8

Schouwburgplein, Rotterdam

Aspect Studios + FJMT

Darling Quarter, Sydney

JOHNSON/BURGEE

Water Gardens, Fort Worth, Texas, USA