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The Politics of Public Space

The Politics of Public Space

A Publication of Transcripts That Speak Directly to the City and the Way We Read It

by Mark JacquesLibby Porter Tania Davidge and others
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Publication Date: 17/01/2024

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The Politics of Public Space: Volume Five is a publication which documents the conversations of 39 built environment practitioners. This publication collates all four sold-out volumes and includes nine new conversations.The Politics of Public Space began in 2018 as a public lecture series curated by OFFICE. These discussions took place outside the conventional spaces of the university, held on Melbourne's street corners, laneways, parks, shopping strips and plazas. Meeting in different locations around the city allowed these perspectives to be directed at the city's forms and the issues at stake in their development. These diverse opinions demonstrate the distinct and often contradictory views on what public space is, how we occupy it and how it should be designed and governed. The previous four volumes of The Politics of Public Space set out to reveal the growing inequality within cities, and we hope these additional nine texts identify ways forward to more equitable public spaces. These range from the inclusion of diverse and marginalised communities in planning and design, to the combination of bottom-up approaches and top-down policy to enact change. This new volume expands on these ideas and approaches, to advocate for better outcomes in the built environment that consider environmental, social, economic and culturally equitable experiences in public spaces. Across all the volumes of The Politics of Public Space, we have sought new ways to communicate the critical value of public spaces: both for shaping how we live now, and in informing just and equitable futures. We hope that this collection of texts adds to the growing discourse around public space and becomes an ongoing resource to those interested in the city and the forces that shape it.
ISBN:
9780648770244
9780648770244
Category:
Architecture
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
17-01-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
Office
Country of origin:
Australia
Ian Strange

Ian Strange is from Western Australia and now lives and works between Melbourne and New York. He is best known for community-based, monumental, site-specific architectural interventions carried out in the United States and New Zealand, in which he alters full-scale residential homes to reveal layers of history and aspiration hidden behind the conventional facades of suburban life.

The resulting film and photographic works have been exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions at the National Gallery of Victoria and Canterbury Museum. Strange has on-going collaborations with the contemporary dance company Chunky Move and its Dutch creative director Anouk Van Dijk, and with American fashion designer and artist Virgil Abloh.

Tony Birch

Tony Birch is the author of Ghost River, which won the 2016 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Indigenous Writing and Blood, which was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award.

He is also the author of Shadowboxing, and two short story collections, Father’s Day and The Promise. Tony is a frequent contributor to ABC local and national radio and a regular guest at writers’ festivals.

He lives in Melbourne and is a Senior Research Fellow at Victoria University.

Philip Brophy

Philip Brophy is a musician, filmmaker, writer and academic.

Kim Dovey

Kim Dovey is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne where he is former Head of Architecture and of Urban Design.

He has published and broadcast widely on social issues in architecture, urban design and planning. Rob Adams is Director of City Design and Projects at the City of Melbourne, where he has led urban design strategy and innovation since 1983. He is Professorial Fellow at the University of Melbourne and author of Transforming Australian Cities and The Eco-Edge.  

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor (1912-1975) is increasingly recognised as one of the best British writers of the twentieth century.

She wrote her first book, At Mrs Lippincote's, during the war while her husband was in the Royal Air Force, and this was followed by eleven further novels and a children's book, Mossy Trotter.

Her acclaimed short stories appeared in publications including Vogue, the New Yorker and Harper's Bazaar.

Alison Young

Alison Young is Francine V. McNiff Professor of Criminology at the University of Melbourne.

She is the author of Street Art, Public City (2014), Street/ Studio (2010) and Judging the Image (2005).

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