prospects for places
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Prospects for Places
Anna Bielawski2.10.10
Some Topics Covered in this Section
Edward RelphPlacePlacelessnessThe Placeless American landscape2 Case StudiesStrategies for Avoiding PlacelessnessCriticisms of Relph’s WorkConclusion
Edward Relph
a geographerwrote the classic Place and Placelessnessgrew dissatisfied with the definition of placeteaches at the University of Toronto
2 Main Experienced Geographies
1. Place
2. Placelessness
Place
Concept of Insideness
If a person feels inside a place, he or she is here rather than there, safe rather threatened, enclosed rather than exposed, an at ease rather than Stressed.
But…
Currently, people are becoming more geographicallyAlienated and are showing an uncommitted insideness
Placelessness
1. A phenomenon that deals with increasing similarities among places and lack of character
2. Various manifestations including universal-standarized-look-alike landscapes, make-believe places, and environments lacking character
3. Stems from ignorance of local and regional character
4. Brought about by increasing globalization and mass culture
Forces that Lead to Placelessness
2 Main Causes of Contemporary Placelessness
1. Economics
2. Technology
American Placelessness
Landscape of Mass Corporation Landscape of Mass Entertainment
Landscape of Automobile Landscape of Segregation
Tanner Fountain at Harvard University
Dynamic
Mysterious
Metaphor
Whitehead Institute-Splice Garden
2 in 1
A formal French hedge garden
A Japanese Zen Garden
Strategies for Avoiding Placelessness
Place designs should be unique, original, and regional or local in character
A good place design should be expressive, meaningful, and intellectually provoking
There needs to be a collaboration of numerous parties involved in the design process
Some Things to Consider….
Is Relph’s meaning of place out of touch with what places really are today?
Is placelessness inevitable?
Does placelessness have any positive aspects?
Could there be a global sense of place?
Conclusions
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