Pops #13
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1st Sep '24 - 7th Sep '24
Pulse of Public Spaces Week #13
Welcome to this week’s exploration of public spaces! Our featured article, “Healthy cities aren’t a question of boring or exciting buildings but about creating better public space,” discusses the core of urban well-being. Destination Station: Transforming Bus Stops through Community Outreach highlights the power of public transit spaces. Our visual of the week challenges us to consider how much space we’ve surrendered to cars, while our case study on Luanda Waterpoints shows innovative, community-driven solutions for urban water access.
Muskan Priyadarshni
Product Designer
ARTICLE
Healthy cities aren’t a question of boring or exciting buildings but about creating better public space
PUBLICATION
Destination Station: Transforming Bus Stops through Community Outreach
VISUAL
How much public space we've given up to cars?
PUBLIC SPACE
Luanda Waterpoints
FEATURE ARTICLE OF THE WEEK
Healthy cities aren’t a question of boring or exciting buildings but about creating better public space
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Welcome to this week’s exploration of public spaces! Our featured article, “Healthy cities aren’t a question of boring or exciting buildings but about creating better public space,” discusses the core of urban well-being. Destination Station: Transforming Bus Stops through Community Outreach highlights the power of public transit spaces. Our visual of the week challenges us to consider how much space we’ve surrendered to cars, while our case study on Luanda Waterpoints shows innovative, community-driven solutions for urban water access.
More than individual buildings, how the city is planned as a whole variously harms or improves people’s lives.
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FEATURE
PUBLICATION OF
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Destination Station: Transforming Bus Stops through Community Outreach
Projects of Public spaces
How can bus stops be more than portals to pass through?
Project for Public Spaces conducted extensive research by riding bus lines, observing bus stops, and surveying passengers about their preferences. Their findings, detailed in a research brief, reveal that bus riders frequently visit nearby destinations, particularly food stores, feel generally indifferent about their bus stops' conditions, and seek enhancements in bus service and stop infrastructure.
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FEATURE PUBLIC SPACE
Luanda Waterpoints
The Luanda Waterpoints project enhanced three water access points on the city's outskirts, demonstrating how small-scale, low-cost interventions can significantly improve the quality of life for disadvantaged communities. The project emphasizes local labor and material reuse, including repurposing metal modules from urban guardrails found in Luanda’s informal markets. These recycled materials were adapted for the waterpoints, reflecting the project's commitment to sustainable and impactful solutions.
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