Improvisation and Planning
Engaging With Unforeseen Encounters in Urban Public Space
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22018081 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Lene Sand (0000-0002-0617-8913, Design School Kolding), Anniken Førde (0000-0001-5515-1138, UiT The Arctic University of Norway), John Pløger (0000-0003-0861-1220, University of Agder), Mathias Poulsen (0009-0003-5057-8687, Design School Kolding) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635 |
| Publisher | Cogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT) |
| DOI | 10.17645/up.v8i4.6318 |
| OpenAlex | W4384342804 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Despite the significant emphasis in Scandinavian cities on vital urban spaces and creative unfolding in urban development, there is a tendency towards designing for “finished” urban spaces with a pre-defined conclusion. The result is often standardised design and staged play, ignoring the diversity of lived experiences taking place in the here and now. How can urban spaces be generated to accommodate unforeseen encounters fostering moments of intensity, affect, and disorder? In this article, we explore the potential of improvisation in urban spaces by examining how urban public spaces facilitate improvisation in interactions between places, senses, materials, and participants. Improvisation is understood as a productive force in urban development that gives space to what occurs in urban encounters. The article draws on Richard Sennett’s concept of “disorder” and Jennifer Mason’s concept of “affinity.” By using design experiments and sensory and visual methods inspired by ethnographic methodology the article analyses two improvisational practices occurring in public spaces in Norway and Denmark, which emphasise the performative, affective, and sensory elements of urban life. The analysis brings forth a discussion of how improvisation unfolds in multimodal urban encounters, between order and disorder, and sensory and emotional connections. The authors argue for a more place-sensitive form of city-making and more improvisatorial urban designs that stimulate varied, spontaneous, and changeable use
Aesthetics · Architectural engineering · Art · Improvisation · Political science · Public space · Sociology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Engineering · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology
Visions of the City
The Ludic City
Coda—Creativity and Improvisation in Jazz and Organizations
Enhancing Urban Encounters
Creativity and Cultural Improvisation
Loose Space
Atmospheres and the Experiential World
Vulnerable Spaces of Coproduction
Jamming with Urban Rhythms
Play and the Human Condition
Grounded Theory
Improvising urban spaces, inhabiting the in-between
Spaces to Speak
Animated Space
A performative paradigm for post-qualitative inquiry
Multimodality, multisensoriality and ethnographic knowing
Sensory ethnography
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |