“DESIGN IN THE FIELD”– PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PROCESS OF REVITALIZATION Cover Image

„DESIGN W TERENIE” – PARTYCYPACJA LOKALNYCH SPOŁECZNOŚCI W PROCESIE REWITALIZACJI
“DESIGN IN THE FIELD”– PARTICIPATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE PROCESS OF REVITALIZATION

Author(s): Grzegorz Gawron
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa AGH
Keywords: local community; public space; participation; revitalization; design

Summary/Abstract: Many Silesian cities and their districts still has strong traces of the industrial past, which often show their spatial and social degradation. This industrial inheritance and dif cult process of restructuring has set a serious challenge for local governments. The answer for it is the search for new solutions and scenarios which should have introduced a new quality of life and functioning of the local community. One of the interesting projects in this area were design workshops “Design in the eld”. Their uniqueness was based on the combined creative potential of designers and residents of selected cities to nd a new solutions to meet local needs and problems.

  • Issue Year: 14/2015
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 57-72
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish