The Ludic City: Exploring the Potential of Public SpacesThis international and illustrated work challenges current writings focussing on the problems of urban public space to present a more nuanced and dialectical conception of urban life. Detailed and extensive international urban case studies show how urban open spaces are used for play, which is defined and discussed using Caillois' four-part definition - competition, chance, simulation and vertigo. Stevens explores and analyzes these case studies according to locations where play has been observed: paths, intersections, thresholds, boundaries and props. Applicable to a wide-range of countries and city forms, The Ludic City is a fascinating and stimulating read for all who are involved or interested in the design of urban spaces. |
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... Moomba had nonetheless eventually come to be seen as the ' people's festival ' . Swanston Walk , the Moomba holiday and the parade are at the center of a dialectical struggle , with authorities attempting to channel the surplus time and ...
... Moomba festivities : the Birdman Rally . In this competition , members of the public launched themselves in home- made , unpowered aircraft off the side of a city bridge and attempted to pilot them over a set horizontal distance . Many ...
... Moomba. Figure 6.12 People resist passivization : Moomba parade , Swanston Walk . Figure 6.13 Fun which regulates public space : people play. Boundaries 133.
Contents
Play and the urban realm | 26 |
The social dimensions of urban space | 54 |
Paths | 67 |
Copyright | |
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