The spaces of the of the future are ones that take the fourth plane of space making(digital) into account. This is built with a symbiotic relationship with the other three. Throughout history, the public spaces have been a medium to open utilities and tools that were meant only for the affluent. The newspaper democratized the access to information and thus giving rise to the spatial typology of café. The fountains of Europe were a great platform for public to gather and for young artist. These were spaces of public discourse. With the wide spread of internet, the online space became a platform for public discourse. People could share their thoughts and ideas across boundaries and build a global public sphere.
This change was accelerated by pandemic, by people showing support and solidarity everyone. The whole world came together on the digital spaces as a single public space as a place. They gathered to show support and to also arrange to social events. The pandemic extended limits of the public space. The project looks at incorporating this evolution of public space and expanding the discourse of public space into the physical world.
The project looks at developing a public sphere for the city of Washington DC. The strategy is to leverage the attributes of physical and digital spaces to build a better public sphere. The physical spaces bring people together in spaces to confront and exchange value with civility and the digital spaces reach out to the public beyond physical and social boundaries. They physical strategy is set of Urban furniture that forms a network of spaces throughout the city. This urban furniture can be designed and made locally or can be sourced. The furniture offers a set of various experiences as chosen by the host. The host will be an individual person or a community entity.
The digital strategy is an application that works as a platform for social events. But these events can be conducted by anyone, and they can control that who can get notified about it. The notification is based on your distance from the event. This will cater to hyper local and city-wide events. The platform can also be used by citizens to exhibit their talents and open it up to the public. The public and private institutions can volunteer their space for these purposes.
The application and the public space do not concentrate the use and access the use of information and physical events to a singe person or entity. It distributes the power and responsibility in between all stakeholders of the public sphere. Thus, creating a robust public sphere for the fully functioning Democracy.
The Research aims at expanding the discourse on public sphere and public space design. It also introduces the data for public design. The application helps citizens to review their experience of the physical experience of the public space. This data becomes the bedrock for urban designers to design and develop public space for the city. / Master of Science / The project looks at developing a public sphere for the city of Washington DC. The strategy is to leverage the attributes of physical and digital spaces to build a better public sphere. The physical spaces bring people together in spaces to confront and exchange value with civility and the digital spaces reach out to the public beyond physical and social boundaries. They physical strategy is set of Urban furniture that forms a network of spaces throughout the city. This urban furniture can be designed and made locally or can be sourced. The furniture offers a set of various experiences as chosen by the host. The host will be an individual person or a community entity.
The digital strategy is an application that works as a platform for social events. But these events can be conducted by anyone, and they can control that who can get notified about it. The notification is based on your distance from the event. This will cater to hyper local and city-wide events. The platform can also be used by citizens to exhibit their talents and open it up to the public. The public and private institutions can volunteer their space for these purposes.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VTETD/oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/111096 |
| Date | 01 July 2022 |
| Creators | Kaulaskar, Ameya Lokesh |
| Contributors | Architecture, Piedmont-Palladino, Susan C., Feuerstein, Marcia F., Archer, Scott Brandon |
| Publisher | Virginia Tech |
| Source Sets | Virginia Tech Theses and Dissertation |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ETD, application/pdf |
| Rights | In Copyright, http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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