Enhancing the urban community resilience through street retrofitting interventions: A case study by Unitec Students in Auckland, New Zealand
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Wang, Xinxin
Patel, Yusef
Shamout, Sameh
Patel, Yusef
Shamout, Sameh
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2023-04
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Conference Contribution - Oral Presentation
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Unitec, Te Pūkenga
Auckland (N.Z.)
New Zealand
street retrofitting
architecture students
Unitec students
community resilience
codesign
cultural diversity
green infrastructure
grey infrastructure
architecture of resilience
climate change
Unitec courses
Auckland (N.Z.)
New Zealand
street retrofitting
architecture students
Unitec students
community resilience
codesign
cultural diversity
green infrastructure
grey infrastructure
architecture of resilience
climate change
Unitec courses
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Wang, X., Patel, Y., & Shamout, S. (2023, April 20-22). Enhancing the urban community resilience through street retrofitting interventions: A case study by Unitec Students in Auckland, New Zealand [Paper presentation]. 5th International Conference on Resilient and Responsible Architecture and Urbanism (RRAU), Manukau, New Zealand
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6555
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How can architecture/landscape architecture students improve the resilience of suburban streets?
The natural and cultural environment has been greatly impacted by climate change, and residential streets in suburban areas, which make up around 30% of public space, are important for building community resilience. However, most of these streets were originally designed as car-dominated paved space, and are increasingly criticized as environmentally and socially unsustainable. This article focuses on enhancing urban community resilience in Auckland through street retrofitting interventions. The authors view streets as a cultural tool and a public space that can be used to bring communities together and encourage social interaction. Auckland, being a multi-cultural city, provides a unique challenge in terms of creating street designs that work with the diverse identities of its communities. The authors present a case study of a design student-built projects in the neighborhoods of Onehunga, Avondale and Aurangua where they aim to create architectural interventions for the community to use. The design process involves close collaboration with the community to understand their particular ways of living and to provide them seating, shelter and expression with spaces. The authors argue that this approach will help to increase community engagement and a sense of pride in the public spaces that they use. Overall, this paper highlights the importance of street retrofitting pop-up interventions in enhancing urban community resilience, and shows how this can be achieved through a collaborative design process that reflects the desires and aspirations of the community. The success of these architectural interventions can act as a catalyst for community-based street retrofits that integrate environmental intervention with cultural solutions. It has the potential to transform car-dominated streets into a vibrant and resilient public space that is proud by all cultures.
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