Intertwining community-driven and student-built approaches to activate suburban streets
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Wang, Xinxin
Patel, Yusef
Patel, Yusef
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2024-12-29
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Unitec, Te Pūkenga
Avondale (Auckland, N.Z.)
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
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Avondale (Auckland, N.Z.)
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, P. (2024) Intertwining community-driven and student-built approaches to activate suburban streets. Asylum, 221–232. https://doi.org/10.34074/aslm.2024104
Abstract
Suburban streets often lack vitality and fail to foster social interaction and community cohesion. Traditional approaches to retrofitting tend to focus on static spatial interventions, proving costly and inadequate for addressing dynamic community needs. This paper explores flexible, cost-effective solutions that can activate suburban streets and enhance cultural cohesion.
Through a brief review of street retrofitting concepts and practices, the authors investigate ways in which an inclusive approach can promote community engagement and transform streets into dynamic social spaces. This approach consists of a community driven and student-built collaborative design, prefabrication and installation, and adaptive use by the community. Examining Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand as a context rich in cultural diversity and with a demand for vibrant public spaces, the authors tested this new approach through design interventions by Unitec architecture students in Open Streets events in Avondale, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
The authors then tested this approach with two projects: Toutai-'a Maui: Maui’s Catch at the Whau Arts Festival, and the Woven Gateway at the We Are Woven Festival. The positive outcomes of these two projects demonstrate the potential of temporary architectural interventions in activating streets and fostering conversation about the streets of Avondale.
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Unitec ePress|Te Pūkenga
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https://doi.org/10.34074/aslm.2024104
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