SENSITIVITY OF PUBLIC PLACES IN GDAŃSK OSOWA DISTRICT
SENSITIVITY OF PUBLIC PLACES IN GDAŃSK OSOWA DISTRICT

Summary/Abstract: This paper summarises the results of the research carried out at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Architecture, Slovenia, during the PhD visiting period of the first author from the Gdansk University of Technology, Poland, in the framework of the PhD course "Sensitive urban places", leaded by the second author. Focusing to the specific problems of the Gdansk Osowa district in Poland, this research develops the idea of sensitivity levels of public places, requiring respectful modes and levels of design interventions. In order to bridge the gap between the spatial potentials and the actual situation it demonstrates the dichotomy using two evaluation methods: the first representing abstract (the 'space syntax' method), the second starting from the experiential point of view (the 'spatial sensitivity' method). The results include the incremental methodological contributions to the methods used as well as the interpretation of place sensitivity as the starting point of the intervention potentials of the case study itself. The discussion shows the diverse levels of the transferability and relevance of the results.

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