Aggregated: describing ‘DIY urbanism’
by ana australiana
“citizens [displaying] great wherewithal and ingenuity in the face of budgetary stalemates…. From activating stalled construction sites, to constructing temporary public plazas and parks at street intersections, to designing pop-up storefronts. [Sparking] social change.” – Rebar Group, San Francisco
“the shared experience of designing and participating in the creation of our urban environment. It uses a bottom-up and participatory approach. It includes the tactics of small-scale intervention, experimental and micro-architectures, the temporary, the nomadic and the add-on. It’s a radical urbanism, one that challenges the current dominance of top-down urban planning and capitalist development.” – Joni Taylor
“grass roots urban projects that are collaborative and improvisational. These sometimes guerilla projects bring new life to the city and influence how we use and perceive our urban environment” – Niehoff Urban Studio
“the temporary and low cost creative activation of … empty buildings” – Renew Australia
“distinct from large-scale, commercial and spectacle-driven urban developments” – DIY urbanism: Sydney Reconsidered
“interventionist” – Mimi Zeiger
New film: http://urbanizedfilm.com/
Doesn’t seem likethe director shares any of the definitions above. Just a cool name for a design nerd film?
Good watch if your keen though.
M
Thanks M! Urbanism seems one of those lexicons where definitions are particularly context-dependent.