The Art of Jaywalking: A Contemporary Approach to Interaction, Creation and Ownership in Public Space
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2014-01-31
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The recent loss of interaction in public space has been a topic of debate amongst
scholars, architects, urban planners and municipal authorities. This project was
undertaken with the initial task of increasing interaction in and within public space. It
was imperative to understand the current status of North American public spaces as
well as the psychological importance of individual and collective needs for it. A group of
radical, avant-garde artists known as the Situationist International theorized various
approaches to encouraging awareness of the spaces we dwell in and deemed the term
psychogeography: a method of re-contextualizing and learning about the urban realm
through the construction of situations. Public experience and expression were at the
forefront of their work and led to the final and most pertinent concern regarding public
space – boredom. This Master’s thesis therefore turned into a study of expression and
ownership of public spaces and is concluded with one design solution titled The
C.I.T.E.E. Project.
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Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts
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Dmuchowska, N. (2014). The Art of Jaywalking: A Contemporary Approach to Interaction, Creation and Ownership in Public Space (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28010