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237YTK • Aalto University

Urban Planning and Physical Form

The move from culturally unacceptable ideologically based Modernism, to supercially

similar yet acceptable Neo-modernism, is a subtext of the analysis, revealing how the

culture of an era informs the producon of architectural form and urban space. This

exposes the tension that exists between the desire to make ‘places’ and the drivers of

globalism. The value of place as dened by its icons is a key feature of this new (peculiarly)

heritage responsive context, throwing up unexpected and bizarre results, driven bythe desire to produce ‘statement’ buildings and ‘quality’ places. The past, present and

future value of these case studies is used to idenfy trajectories of use and themes for

a revaluaon of the role and value of urban (and built) space in urban regeneraon.

The basis for funconally dened built form and urban planning models is the idea

that funcon is a valid means of dening use. This paradigm starts to collapse when the

market distorts the funconal raonale for the producon of space. Crically use has to

map onto funcon or the underlying model breaks down. When does a dwelling space

become a dwelling style space, when does an urban space become and urban style space. The queson of how to dene a post funconalist and post formalist planning

paradigm will be discussed, along with the role of design in the regeneraon process.The legacy of urban strategies that rely on the idea of connuous growth appears

quesonable in the new climate of austerity and sustainability. Luxury depends on

exclusivity. When anything becomes ubiquitous it is no longer perceived as a luxury,

becoming either a right, or banal, or a problem. The inner city lo market has rapidly

moved through the cycle of luxury to ubiquity, what is the legacy that this has le Brish

cies?

ReferencesUrban Design Compendium Vol. 1 & 2 (Housing Corporaon/English Partnerships 2000 & 2007).

Kooij, Henk-Jan

Radboud University (Netherlands)

Space for Innovaton

Cies and regions in Europe struggle with nding and developing concrete policy-tools

for strenghtening their spaal-economic structure in the light of the knowledge-based

economy and the Lisbon Strategy. One policy-tool might be the spaal-economic concept

of campus development, which is increasingly iniated in the The Netherlands.

The use of spaal concepts in The Netherlands has a rich tradion in spaal planning,

but changed over me due to instuonal changes. Spaal concepts are seen as

normave and thus present images of a desired spaal structure. They are used to make

sense of the complex world we live in, and to structure that world. Originally, concepts in

The Netherlands were mostly developed by the naonal government as generic spaal

concepts. However, there has been a shi towards more regional and locally applied and

developed concepts. Moreover, the role of the concepts also broadened: from guiding

policy of lower ers of government with generic concepts, towards arculang identy

and posioning of regions. Apart from these shis in use, also the scope of concepts has

changed. Before, spaal concepts were only aimed at structuring spaal development,

but since the publicaon of the Spaal Strategy in 2004, also spaal-economic development is envisioned in concepts. As a result, spaal-economic concepts are moreconcerned with specic regions and places that contribute considerable to the economic

growth of the country.



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A well-known local spaal-economic concept is the Science Park concept, which had

been widely implemented throughout the world. A Science Park is generally seen as

a property-based development close to a place of learning and supplies high quality

premises, and is developed by a mix of private and public actors in the light of knowledge-

based regional development.

Recently, another spaal-economic concept can be seen throughout the Netherlandsunder the label of campus development. Seen as space for innovaon, this concept

shares much with the Science Park concept, however, this is not menoned by policy-

makers. Moreover, it is not clear to policy-makers what the campus concept is, yet it

seems highly popular among policy-makers. Therefore, the quesons addressed in this

paper are: what is the campus concept according to policy-makers? What is its relaon

with the science park concept? Can the campus concept be seen as a proliferaon of the

Science Park concept? How is this new concept being shaped in planning pracces?

Through a qualitave study on various actors in The Netherlands, this paper aims

at generang insight into the process of shaping the campus concept. Moreover, via

analysis of policy reports insight is gained into the with and extent of this developmentin The Netherlands. The paper ends with quesons for future research concerning the

exisng literature of spaal concepts, in which the capacity of concepts to structure

policy is underexposed.

ReferencesVan Duinen, L. (2004) Planning Imagery: the emergence and polical acceptance of planning concepts in

Dutch naonal planning. Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam.Jensen, O. B. & Richardson, T. (2004) Making European Space. Mobility, power and territorial identy .

London and New York: Routledge.Zonneveld, W. (2005) Mulple visioning: New ways of construcng transnaonal spaal visions,

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 23( 1), pp. 41–62.

Kotval, Zenia & Machemer, Patricia & Mullin, John

Michigan State University (United States)

Temporary Uses as Strategies for Urban Redevelopment

Many cies have experienced or are experiencing disinvestment. This trend has le

many cies with areas of underulized, or vacant, land and building space. Vacant land

is not only a signal of disinvestment but can also become a targeted area for acvies

that could threaten the health and safety of a community. Finding producve, temporary

uses for vacant land and buildings can reverse this trend and instead foster a sense of community. In addion, maintenance of vacant or abandoned lots and buildings can be

a signicant drain on a municipality’s resources.

In addion to creang a producve use, curbing crime, and saving on maintenance

costs, other possible benets of temporary uses include:

– revenue for a city

– income for businesses/residents in a city

– reducon of blight/crime

– development of interest/investment in an area

– increased standard of living

– market demand to incubate future permanent uses

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