Table of Contents Introduction 17
Part I: SETTING THE CONTEXT Observation, Participation and Bottom-Up Urbanism 1.1 Setting the Context 23 1.2. Existing Practice 37
Part II: BUILDING THE METHOD Tracing Public Space a Kinetic Process
2.1. Summer Workshops: Jamaica Plain, Boston 51 Petare, Carcas 53 Ranwar, Mumbai 56 Mulund, Mumbai 57 Colaba, Mumbai 58
2.2. The Malvani Case Study: Finding the Place 63 Reading the Place 74 Tracing its Public Spaces 81 Advocating the Place 87 Re-Imagining the Place 89 Designing for the Place 93 Prototyping for the Place 97 Transforming Public Space 105
Part III:A REPLICABLE METHOD Formalizing an organic process
3.1. A Replicable Method: Finding and Defining the Place 112 Reading the Place 114 Tracing its Public Spaces 116 Advocating the Place 123 Re-Imagining the Place 124 Designing for the Place 125 Prototyping for the Place 126 Transforming Public Space 127
Conclusion: Towards a New Urban Pedagogy 129 Bibliography 133 Appendix 137 Ana Cristina Vargas
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