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The project is to develop practical strategies for an urban village in Beijing which integrates programs of infrastructure, public space and community life. First, it contains research which clarifies what is urban village and its formation process under Beijing’s extension background; the inhabitants, the value, and the situation of urban village. Second, it includes clear analyses of the location, land-use, spatial condition, and typology of streets and nodes; the main problems and corresponding interventions, and develops the strategy as integrated & centralized program system. Finally, the project develops the masterplan, the system model and the layers in which the programs really integrate and work together.

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Can an interaction between the inhabitants of a city in a public space lead to a dialogue causing an artistic expression? And is there really a need to define certain places for the arts when we have common spaces and online platform that can fulfill the same function? The goal of this thesis is to give an insight into an artistic project I have been implementing into public space of Prague since Autumn 2021 which is based on the concept of present miscommunication of the arts and digs deep into the possibilities of starting a dialogue through the streets of the city. By using the city as a certain intermediator, the project aims to outline the potential of the place, to display the city as a kind of mosaic of intersecting lives taking place so close together, and to show different perspectives on the very same city. The aim of the project is to point out a kind of anonymous intimacy, which we all experience in the hustle and bustle of the metropolis on a daily basis and to investigate the potential of arts in public space leading to dialog.

El Acuario y Centro de Investigación Marina es un proyecto innovador cuyo propósito es mostrar y enseñar sobre la vida marina peruana e internacional. Una intervención como esta es única y culturalmente necesaria ya que nuestro país no cuenta con la infraestructura adecuada para exhibir nuestra fauna marina. Además, educa y promueve la idea del cuidado de nuestros mares. Por este motivo cuenta con varios espacios educativos e interactivos para toda edad. Este proyecto interviene en la Costa Verde, en un terreno desolado con mucha promesa ya que situado aquí seria el catalizador de proyectos urbanos públicos. El diseño del acuario no toma jerarquía sobre el terreno o su contexto, más bien aporta espacios públicos para todo usuario. El acuario está diseñado para ser visiblemente impactante y didáctico para el visitante, rodeándote de las especies marinas en el túnel transparente o visitado las piscinas de agua salada que viene directamente del mar. En conclusión, este proyecto tiene la función de enriquecer culturalmente a todos aquellos que lo visiten, mientras trata de revivir y equipar un espacio olvidado de las playas de la Costa Verde. / The Aquarium and Marine Research Center is an innovative project whose purpose is to show and teach about Peruvian and international marine life. An architectural intervention like this is unique and culturally necessary because our country doesn’t count with an adequate infrastructure to exhibit our marine life. Also, it teaches and promotes the idea of taking care our oceans, rivers, etc. Because of this the aquarium has lots of educational and interactive areas for all ages. This project is located at Costa Verde, in an abandoned terrain with a lot of promise because it could be the catalyst of a public urban project. The aquarium design doesn’t take hierarchy over the terrain or its context, it provides public spaces for all users. Its designed to be visually impactful and didactic for the visitor, surrounding you in marine species in the transparent tunnel or by visiting the sea water pools that uses ocean water coming directly from the ocean. In conclusion, the project has the roll of culturally enriching everyone that visits it, while it tries to revive and equip a forgotten space in the Costa Verde’s beaches. / Tesis

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In the rural village Umoja one can witness a reaction to the unequal society; the women opposed the deep-rooted cultural habits and created their own dream space, a place designed through the eyes of a woman. A village ruled by women, built up by their needs. The Umoja women’s way of life is very controversial and a huge contrast to the rest of the country. Looking at Nairobi, and the informal settlements the situation is completely different, but the dream about an equal space is the same. In this thesis we are looking at how architecture can work with the social issues about equality, focusing on the public room in one of the larger informal settlements – Korogocho. Due to the density the only space that is public is the street. The streets become the only space for interaction, as well as the place for political, economic and social activities. Through observing, analysing and interacting it is clear that the streets are mostly claimed by men. In combination with high levels of unemployment, crimes, drugs and alcohol creates a very insecure public sphere, especially for women and children. These vulnerable group needs new context that is not limited to the private home. Through a series of spatial interventions, we are interested in how architecture can question this norm, by understanding the street as a public area and analysing how it is used and can be used in the future.

Original project of Skärholmen was composed of a system of public spaces, but this was `broken´  by the closure of the connection between the two squares in 1986. Street between shopping buildings became part of the shoping mall. The current situation is dominated by the activity of consumption, and Storholmsgatan is characterized by an atmosphere of anxiety and constant over-stimutation. The project aims to think through what form of ´restoration´ of this system of public spaces could take. How can we work with quite constrained, long, linear spaces as site for architecture? What is the role of rhythm in producing experience? A theme for design is to produce spacial hierarchy and make  a contemporary variation on modernism’s approach of the funcional color in design process.

Located in Central America, Guatemala is the most populated country of the area with around 15 million inhabitants. The capital, Guatemala City has 923,000 inhabitants and is currently home for 55% of the country’s urban population. Guatemala City, with its 42% of territorial extension consisting of green, is considered a green capital. The city has a very characteristic geographical composition called ravines which creates the ecological and green belt of the city. Currently, there are efforts being made to create more projects relating to the green and public spaces of the city, but we still have a long way to go.  As many other cities in Latin America, Guatemala is facing a constant challenge regarding public spaces. The use of public space has been decreasing for years due to factors such as feeling of safety,  difficulty in accessibility, poor distribution of public spaces in the urban grid, and poor condition of the infrastructure. These challenges have shaped new social patterns. Nowadays, shopping malls have become the new public space. These spaces provide more than just shopping, they provide experiences. On the other hand, they also limit and control who can access them and when, under which conditions, and following a set of rules.  These challenges have made me question; Where do we meet equality? How can we provide proper urban public spaces that meet their function? How will shopping malls transform over time and how can we adapt these new social dynamics created by the shopping malls to the public space?  Throughout this project I attempt to challenge these questions with the idea of bringing people back to the streets so that they can engage with the city and the streets on an everyday basis. To achieve it I have proposed the following manifesto with 3 main statements: “- Equality manifested through the city’s urban structures which start on the streets.     Everyone can access them; in them we are all equal.  - Streets are places to be, to share, to experience. Spaces to live outdoors, to enable interaction.  - Shopping Malls are spaces of constant transformation that will progressively change its functions. “ The aim of the project is to explore in a challenging way how the relationship between shopping malls, green and public space can be addressed and interact in a process of transformation in Guatemala City.

A vibrant place is abundant in energy and life. This vibrant energy comes from the presence of a great diversity of people performing a great diversity of activities. Vibrancy is an atmosphere we can intuitively feel in certain public spaces, and likewise we intuitively feel when a place is dead. This thesis investigates why some places are alive while others are dead, and dives into the relationship between planning ideology, the built environment, and the social environment. This is situated within the context of Umeå, the largest city in Northern Sweden. I study how planning ideology and practice has shaped Umeå by interviewing two key actors in Umeå’s post war development. I also conduct case studies of public life in four of Umeå’s neighbourhoods to explore how different urban forms facilitate or impede vibrant public life. I conclude by exploring how these neighbourhoods might be made into more vibrant communities. My findings indicate that Umeå’s post-war development aligns closely with the global Modernist trend of that era. This paradigm created monofunctional suburban neighbourhoods with detrimental impacts on vibrancy. These neighbourhoods are composed of public spaces which, in ideal weather, facilitate a great deal of leisure activity, but not much else. Furthermore, I find that vibrancy can be encouraged through diversity (as opposed to homogeneity) and integration (as opposed to segregation), and that by allowing for more diverse land uses and institutions which stay open at a wider variety of times (especially later into thenight), public life in Umeå’s suburban neighbourhoods can become more lively.