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The False Problem of Urbane Design

Torisson, Fredrik LU (2018) In Ardeth 3(Fall 2018). p.74-95
Abstract
Urbane design concerns itself with promoting the
qualities associated with the urban – dynamism, transversal networks, etc. – in places where these do not
(yet) exist. Urbane design can be considered a neoliberal off-shoot of ‘urban curating’ and other contemporary forms of extending architectural practice into
the social realm. The urbane designer is the creative
manager of the creative city, whose specific task is
animating or activating urban space.
Arguing that architectural theory needs to interrogate
urbane design beyond the traditional confines of architectural theory, this article addresses three different aspects of urbane design in relation to the mixeduse flagship development Studio in Malmö,... (More)
Urbane design concerns itself with promoting the
qualities associated with the urban – dynamism, transversal networks, etc. – in places where these do not
(yet) exist. Urbane design can be considered a neoliberal off-shoot of ‘urban curating’ and other contemporary forms of extending architectural practice into
the social realm. The urbane designer is the creative
manager of the creative city, whose specific task is
animating or activating urban space.
Arguing that architectural theory needs to interrogate
urbane design beyond the traditional confines of architectural theory, this article addresses three different aspects of urbane design in relation to the mixeduse flagship development Studio in Malmö, Sweden.
This article makes the case that urbane design plays
an important part of neoliberalism’s attempt to portray itself as spontaneous, un-hierarchical and ‘natural’ and calls for a return to the underlying problems
rather than focusing solely on their solutions. It is
argued that this is a central task for a critical architectural theory at present. (Less)
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Ardeth
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Fall 2018
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74 - 95
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2532-6457
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10.17454/ARDETH03.05
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