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Popsicle City - Exploring family-inclusive urbanity in Uddevalla

Bennhage, Hugo (2023) ASBM01 20231
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract (Swedish)
Family oriented design has long been championed by sprawling suburbs and
new town developments. Denser urban places have in most cases not been
designed to attract or keep families as inhabitants, instead focusing on other qualities and user-groups. This has consequently led to a family flight from urban settings to monofunctional family oriented suburbs, in many chases exhilarating car-depencany and a larger ecological and spatial footprint.

Emerging trends show an increased interest of families with children that want to stay in denser urban settings, where they have their established life and social network. This is an opportunity for cities to keep an important demographic that adds to economic and social sustainability while on a... (More)
Family oriented design has long been championed by sprawling suburbs and
new town developments. Denser urban places have in most cases not been
designed to attract or keep families as inhabitants, instead focusing on other qualities and user-groups. This has consequently led to a family flight from urban settings to monofunctional family oriented suburbs, in many chases exhilarating car-depencany and a larger ecological and spatial footprint.

Emerging trends show an increased interest of families with children that want to stay in denser urban settings, where they have their established life and social network. This is an opportunity for cities to keep an important demographic that adds to economic and social sustainability while on a larger scale also could have positive impacts on ecological sustainability.

The thesis’s main theme is on social sustainability in urban environments with a special focus on families. The centrally located old harbor area south of Bäveån in the Swedish town of Uddevalla will act as a testbed for the design project. With the baseline of creating a dense, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban neighborhood, the design proposal also tests interventions and programming that can attract families with children to also be able to live in these settings. (Less)
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author
Bennhage, Hugo
supervisor
organization
course
ASBM01 20231
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Family-oriented design, urban regeneration, child-friendly planning, migration dynamics, vibrant urbanity, social services in urban design, popsicle planning
language
English
id
9178931
date added to LUP
2024-12-19 12:24:31
date last changed
2024-12-20 12:23:15
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  abstract     = {{Family oriented design has long been championed by sprawling suburbs and
new town developments. Denser urban places have in most cases not been
designed to attract or keep families as inhabitants, instead focusing on other qualities and user-groups. This has consequently led to a family flight from urban settings to monofunctional family oriented suburbs, in many chases exhilarating car-depencany and a larger ecological and spatial footprint.

Emerging trends show an increased interest of families with children that want to stay in denser urban settings, where they have their established life and social network. This is an opportunity for cities to keep an important demographic that adds to economic and social sustainability while on a larger scale also could have positive impacts on ecological sustainability.

The thesis’s main theme is on social sustainability in urban environments with a special focus on families. The centrally located old harbor area south of Bäveån in the Swedish town of Uddevalla will act as a testbed for the design project. With the baseline of creating a dense, vibrant and ecologically sustainable urban neighborhood, the design proposal also tests interventions and programming that can attract families with children to also be able to live in these settings.}},
  author       = {{Bennhage, Hugo}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Popsicle City - Exploring family-inclusive urbanity in Uddevalla}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}