How In-between Spaces Work During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic This article illustrates the concept of "porch placemaking" emerging in various neighborhoods in the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. While people face difficulty going to and staying in public spaces, they invent micro-intervention to socialize…

Big Bang is a creative public rooftop activation designed by 100architects for a new mixed-use building located in the New Bund, the emerging international business centre in Pudong (Shanghai), to foster entertainment & social interactions among new visitors, appealing to kids, youngsters & adults alike. It is a “paint…

There is a considerable amount of interest among scholars and urban designers in assessing and fulfilling a shared desire for happiness that is expressed by users of open spaces. The scope of this paper is limited to user experience in a university campus, and considerations around the impact of the setting and…

Open spaces in the urban landscapes suffer from deterioration caused by man that leads to two major outcomes: on one side they are abandoned because of newer contemporary needs, on the other hand they tend to be “cannibalized” in the attempt to satisfy our society. This has caused a progressive retraction of urb…

Young people aged 15-24 represent approximately 21% of the global population and increasingly inhabit urban environments. Traditional wellbeing assessment tools typically depend on surveys that use predefined indicators failing to capture emergent, context-specific factors affecting youth navigating complex urba…

Design Principles for Socially Sustainable Public Spaces Public spaces are increasingly expected to address complex societal challenges, from climate adaptation to social fragmentation. Yet, while the technical performance of public space has received considerable attention, its social sustainability remains less…