Awaken, My Love!
(2019) AAHM01 20191Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- After recieving the diplomas from the idea
competition win together with two colleagues nothing really happened
in the Granite Castle in Itäsatama, Hanko. Some
makeshift flea markets and coffee booths were
put in the empty shell of the previous granite
quarry but in the greater scale it remained
a shadow from its former past. Hanko’s
unequable tourist season concentrates during
peak summer leaving the city with unoperated
businesses the rest of the year. In the digital
era the city need a public living room - a social
platform for people to meet and interact - year
round. The city is not only molded around the
temporal tourist.
I wanted to take advantage of this unique
possibility to feedback and explore the potentials
we... (More) - After recieving the diplomas from the idea
competition win together with two colleagues nothing really happened
in the Granite Castle in Itäsatama, Hanko. Some
makeshift flea markets and coffee booths were
put in the empty shell of the previous granite
quarry but in the greater scale it remained
a shadow from its former past. Hanko’s
unequable tourist season concentrates during
peak summer leaving the city with unoperated
businesses the rest of the year. In the digital
era the city need a public living room - a social
platform for people to meet and interact - year
round. The city is not only molded around the
temporal tourist.
I wanted to take advantage of this unique
possibility to feedback and explore the potentials
we had in our winning proposal. Why did our
proposal win and how should the area be
developed a posteriori?
How would a transformation and redefinition
of a 130-year old building be redeveloped and
be adapted to the present society? How are the
boundaries between public and private, non-
profit and commercial activity considered in the
sense of availability?
This thesis project aims to explore the site
deeper with its history and culture and combine
it with theory of how good social public domains
and architecture could be weaved in to the city
fabric to create a prosperous community for
today and tomorrow. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
http://lup.lub.lu.se/student-papers/record/8990780
- author
- Lönnbro Fukino, Erik LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Redefining a public sphere in Hanko, Finland
- course
- AAHM01 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Urban development, Public space, transformation, repurposing, historial context, museum, flexible space
- language
- English
- id
- 8990780
- date added to LUP
- 2019-07-16 09:02:00
- date last changed
- 2019-07-16 09:02:00
@misc{8990780,
abstract = {{After recieving the diplomas from the idea
competition win together with two colleagues nothing really happened
in the Granite Castle in Itäsatama, Hanko. Some
makeshift flea markets and coffee booths were
put in the empty shell of the previous granite
quarry but in the greater scale it remained
a shadow from its former past. Hanko’s
unequable tourist season concentrates during
peak summer leaving the city with unoperated
businesses the rest of the year. In the digital
era the city need a public living room - a social
platform for people to meet and interact - year
round. The city is not only molded around the
temporal tourist.
I wanted to take advantage of this unique
possibility to feedback and explore the potentials
we had in our winning proposal. Why did our
proposal win and how should the area be
developed a posteriori?
How would a transformation and redefinition
of a 130-year old building be redeveloped and
be adapted to the present society? How are the
boundaries between public and private, non-
profit and commercial activity considered in the
sense of availability?
This thesis project aims to explore the site
deeper with its history and culture and combine
it with theory of how good social public domains
and architecture could be weaved in to the city
fabric to create a prosperous community for
today and tomorrow.}},
author = {{Lönnbro Fukino, Erik}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Awaken, My Love!}},
year = {{2019}},
}