Urban acupuncture: a catalyst for urban regeneration in the historic exchange district of Winnipeg

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dc.contributor.advisorFowlow, Loraine Dearstyne
dc.contributor.authorLabossiere, Shaun R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:22:07Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:22:07Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 65-66en
dc.descriptionSome pages are in colour.en
dc.description.abstractWhen considering the existing urban syntax and the potentials for the implementation of change on a large scale through a series small interventions; parallels can be drawn to the Barcelona model. "Barcelona began to pull itself around with a seven-year plan in 1980: 140 small projects provided more plazas and better housing ... the central theme was: make the centre more functional and mediate the expansion of the outskirts." The Barcelona visionaries (Mayors: Joan Clos, Narcis Serra and Pasqual Maragall and Architects: Oriol Bohigas and Josep Acebillo) believe the successful development of a decaying city depends on taking a less fragmented approach. The title 'Urban Acupuncture' speaks to a comprehensive approach that seeks to respond to an existing urban condition through a diagnostical analysis which inherently elicits a prescriptive reaction whereby the illegibility and incohesiveness of the civic fabric of the City of Winnipeg is medicated by a series of small architectural interventions. The City of Winnipeg is plagued by a condition referred to in this document as WasteSpace. The term was coined by a Dutch firm, S333, whose work has responded to a similar condition in the Netherlands responding to a contextual climate where a deficiency of greenfield sites has elicited a new paradigm of brownfield reclamation. They have realized the importance of reclaiming wasted space is high. In Winnipeg we have not yet been met with this condition; a seemingly endless supply of greenfield sites has allowed for rampant suburban expansion that has left the core perforated with an immense series of vacant surface area and a high number of vacant buildings.
dc.format.extentxiv, 77 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationLabossiere, S. R. (2007). Urban acupuncture: a catalyst for urban regeneration in the historic exchange district of Winnipeg (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/1130en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/1130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/102131
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyEnvironmental Design
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleUrban acupuncture: a catalyst for urban regeneration in the historic exchange district of Winnipeg
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Environmental Design (MEDes)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1728 520492245
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
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