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Enhancing Pedestrian Flow In Public Space Through User Segregation, Ali Sedki, Farah Iaali
Enhancing Pedestrian Flow In Public Space Through User Segregation, Ali Sedki, Farah Iaali
Architecture and Planning Journal (APJ)
This paper attempts to improve the pedestrian flow in the public space of Yaacoub El-Labban Square in El-Mina district, Triopoli, North Lebanon. The new understanding of urban planning aimed to promoting pedestrian movement while restricting the unnecessary use of vehicles. It is presumed that the presence or absence of vehicular activity can affect the motion and mobility of pedestrians in a certain zone. Consequently, this study, first, run a Space Syntax interpretation using DepthMap analyses for the chosen case study in order to understand how pedestrian movement can be promoted and increased through user segregation, and, additionally, restrictive use of …
Urban Interiority In The Anthropocene, Nerea Feliz Arrizabalaga
Urban Interiority In The Anthropocene, Nerea Feliz Arrizabalaga
Interiority
This paper explores how interior design could amplify the current discourse on sustainability within urban public space. The consideration of a number of contemporary authors that are questioning the traditional notion of interiority situates this paper within an expansive understanding of interiority in the context of the Anthropocene. Interiority is considered as a transferable condition based on modes of interior occupation, that can take place on the outdoors, and is often found in public spaces within dense urban areas. In the face of an upcoming biodiversity crisis, this text advocates for a necessary disciplinary shift away from traditional anthropocentric views, …