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New urban spaces of interaction in the knowledge based society
Fellowship from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia/Ministério da Ciência e Ensino Superior (Portugal)
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Patrícia ROMEIRO
Learning Cities in the Knowledge Based SocietyMilan, 9-10-11 October 2008
CCHS - Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain)
Faculdade Letras –Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
The “Century of Knowledge”(Taichi Sakaya, 1991; Peter Drucker, 1994,..)
XXI Century
CONTEXT
“… is a city that aims at a knowledge based development, by encouraging the continuous
creation, sharing, evaluation, renewal and update of knowledge” (…) “this can be achieved
though the continuous interaction between its citizens” (Ergazakis et al., 2004:7).
At the territorial (urban) context …. Knowledge City (Van Winden & Van den Berg, 2004; Ergazakis et al., 2004;..)
This requires intentionality and planning…..The city’s appropriate design, ICT networks and physical spaces that support these interactions (Ergazakis et al., 2004).
MAIN QUESTION
i) What kind of innovative urban spaces have been planned, to stimulate a higher density of the interactions among the urban actors (in a broader sense).
… in addition …
ii) What are the main challenges for urban planning in the Knowledge Society (KS)
• STUDY: i) theoretical study, ii) Spanish examples
STRUCTURE
1. New values and urban functions
2. New (and renew) urban spaces of interaction
3. Challenges for urban planning in the KS
4. Main conclusions and issues for reflection
PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. NEW VALUES AND URBAN FUNCTIONS
Cities
Competition strategies based on the attraction of:
i) New activities (new specialized services – informatics, design, cultural production, …)
ii) New functions (territories of production … but also territories of consumption )
iii) New residents (attraction of “creative” and “high skilled” workers)
Preferential cores of the territorial competition in the KS (Gordon & Buck, 2007;
Sassen, 2002; Knight, 1995)
“places to live, work, learn and play”
“places of interaction”CITIES
2. NEW (AND RENEW) URBAN SPACES OF INTERACTION
Interaction spaces always have been important to cities (Agora, Forum, …)
But nowadays … they gain a renew protagonism and new characteristics
Industrial Society:
Knowledge = Science&Technology
Urban Planning = Functional Logic
Spaces of intense knowledge circulation:
i) Out of the inner city
ii) Apart from other urban functions (residential, commercial, etc.)
Knowledge Society:
Knowledge = not only Science&Technology
Urban Planning = Multifunctional Logic
Regeneration of the core urban areas with production activities and “formal knowledge production” organizations
i) Renewing and re-shaping urban landscapes
ii) Altering the city’s spatial organisation and structure.
iii) Social impacts (new residents with new demands)
2. (cont.)
New (and renew) urban spaces of (intense) interaction … some categories
i) iHubs
ii) Living labs
iii) Cultural and leisure clusters/quarters
iv) Science shops
v) Squares
vi) Libraries
vii) …
i) Scale of intervention (small, large)
ii) Dominant activity (economic, residential, cultural, …)
iii) Promoter (public, private, mixed partnership)
Main differences
2. (cont.)
Some Examples (Spain)N
BARCELONA
MADRID
2. (cont.)i) Large scale intervention
Eje Prado-Recoletos (Madrid) Urban reconversion
Promoter: Public (partnership)
Main activity: cultural, leisure
Planning elements:
green space creation, traffic restrictions and new cultural infrastructures.
Other cultural organizations . . .
CaixaForum
Reina Sofía
Prado
Thyssen
2. (cont.)
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Urban regeneration
Promoter: Public (in partnership)
Main activity: residential, economical, leisure, etc.
Planning elements: houses (some socialhouses), sustainable mobility, cultural&socialcentres, research centres, etc.) – 75 ha
La Marina Quarter (Barcelona)i) Large scale intervention
2. (cont.)ii) Small scale interventionPlaza Santo Domingo (Madrid) Urban regeneration
Promoter: Public
Main activity: leisure
Planning elements: new square
2. (cont.)ii) Small scale interventionPlaza Santo Domingo (Madrid) Urban regeneration
Promoter: Public
Main activity: leisure
Planning elements: new square
Challenges to urban planning
XIX century → significantly different urban environment
iv) urban functionsv) “ingredients” to competitiveness
i) territorial complexity (economic, social, cultural, etc.)ii) diversity of urban actorsiii) diversity of activities
High …
New …
3. CHALENDGES FOR URBAN PLANNING IN THE KS
3. (cont.)
Humanism
Communication
Interactivity
Sustainability
Distinctiveness
Urban planning practices can be renewed through:
i) the articulation of a new set of political-ethical ideals (Borja, 2003)
Culture
Knowledge
Creativity
ICT
ii) implementation of a new type of intervention projects
4. MAIN CONCLUSIONS AND ISSUES FOR RELFECTION
Significantly different urban environment (higher territorial complexity and new elements for territorial competitiveness)
Knowledge Society – creation of dense and multifunctional urban spaces in the city
It is earlier to evaluate with precision the repercussions of these new
spaces of interaction, but it is important be attentive…
4. (cont.) … some reflections …..
Cities as core centres in the KS, but also places of (knowledge)
exclusion
Urban planning - integrate new values and practices in the KS
Planning as part of the political process rather than a technical activity
(mediator role of urban planners)
BOUNDARIES, COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS IN PLANNING PRACTICES
PROMOTIONSUPPORT
REDUCTION
Patrícia ROMEIRO (patricia.romeiro@cchs.csic.es)
PhD student at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) and Oporto
University (Portugal)
Learning Cities in the Knowledge Based SocietyMilan, 9-10-11 October 2008
Thank you.
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