Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private
Architecture – Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private _ Michèle Woodger
Space is for Everyone _ Diego Terna
– Empire Stores _ S9 Architecture + STUDIO V Architecture
– Mega Foodwalk _ FOS (Foundry of Space)
– Apple Piazza Liberty _ Foster + Partners
– Amos Rex Museum _ JKMM Architects
– Royal Arena _ 3XN + HKS
– The Palestinian Museum _ Heneghan Peng Architects
– Maitland Riverlink _ CHROFI + McGregor Coxall
– Pecos County Safety Rest Area _ Richter Architects
– Paris Longchamp Racecourse _ Dominique Perrault Architecture
– Aarhus Harbor Bath _ BIG
– Green Bay Packers Titletown District _ ROSSETTI
– Tenri Station Plaza CoFuFun _ Nendo
– Mountain Lake Park Playground _ Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private
Architecture – Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private _ Michèle Woodger
The concepts of public and private are not diametrically opposed but rather exist on a continuum. The interaction between the two states – for the individual and the collective – determines the success of public architecture. The article considers how public activity and private sensations, public ownership and privatisation, play out across several different public architecture typologies – such as public open spaces, public swimming pools, mixed use buildings and museums – and elaborates by drawing on built examples from diverse cities including London, Hong Kong, Helsinki and Copenhagen. The article also reviews the contentious ongoing debate about POPS (Privately Owned Public Spaces): how this rapidly accelerating phenomenon can be said to impinge on civil liberties and design freedoms, and to what extent. Conversely, the article discusses how architecture can play a pivotal role in curbing, or redirecting, the negative consequences of the proliferation of POPS, as evidenced by contributions to recent international architectural festivals and events – such as the Venice Biennale 2018 – which have used the theme of Public Architecture as a springboard.
Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private
Architecture – Pseudo-public, Pseudo-private _ Michèle Woodger
The concepts of public and private are not diametrically opposed but rather exist on a continuum. The interaction between the two states – for the individual and the collective – determines the success of public architecture. The article considers how public activity and private sensations, public ownership and privatisation, play out across several different public architecture typologies – such as public open spaces, public swimming pools, mixed use buildings and museums – and elaborates by drawing on built examples from diverse cities including London, Hong Kong, Helsinki and Copenhagen. The article also reviews the contentious ongoing debate about POPS (Privately Owned Public Spaces): how this rapidly accelerating phenomenon can be said to impinge on civil liberties and design freedoms, and to what extent. Conversely, the article discusses how architecture can play a pivotal role in curbing, or redirecting, the negative consequences of the proliferation of POPS, as evidenced by contributions to recent international architectural festivals and events – such as the Venice Biennale 2018 – which have used the theme of Public Architecture as a springboard.
