Atmospheres of inclusion and identity: designing public open space in superdiverse cities.

这是一位景观设计师学者(Rishbeth)和多学科设计和研究实践(We Made That)之间的合作。我们将通过借调机会解决的挑战是1/认识到多种族城市公共空间中归属和排斥的微妙方面，2/在设计实践中对此做出有意义的回应。这项以实践为基础的研究的目的将是测试有关场所“氛围”的理论和方法如何在突出、讨论和回应城市设计过程中的多样性方面有用。谁觉得他们“属于”，在哪里，为什么？公园、广场和街道的个人和集体日常体验是由身份的许多方面和这些方面的交叉点塑造的，包括种族、民族、性别、阶级和年龄。术语“大气”被用来定义“中间性”，捕捉“环境质量和人类状态之间的微妙关系”(Bohme，1993)。在这一理论的基础上，研究探索了城市空间中的情感、感觉和人际反应(例如，Pink，S.等人)。2015年)。然而，很少有对种族和民族多样性的明确关注，只有关于建筑环境中的应用的新兴工作(Adams等人，2020年)。里什贝斯和我们的目标是测试这种理论视角如何影响城市设计方法，特别是在种族多元化的社区环境中，在那里理解种族主义、他者或边缘化叙事所支撑的社会关系和脱节的动态是至关重要的。研究问题：通过将氛围理论整合到设计过程中，城市设计和景观设计实践如何能够更好地响应场所体验的文化和种族多样化维度？使用的研究项目将集中于Rishbeth在伦敦的六个We Made That‘s项目中的合作，其中四个项目处于设计过程的不同阶段，两个项目已完成，代表了不同规模的干预。她将在多学科设计团队中密切合作，我们成立了自己的城市研究小组，开发和测试参与性或协作性场地分析、设计干预和入驻后评估的方法。方法将包括与实践人员的讨论、现场观察和参与设计过程的协作阶段，以及与利益相关者的访谈。项目产出将包括一个数字资源：《归属感：将无形的经验和反应融入城市设计实践》和四个面向利益相关者的活动(两个面向建筑环境部门专业人员，一个面向感兴趣的普通公众，一个在高等教育领域)。我们让他们在规划、设计和布局规模的项目中具有激进包容性的实践精神，专门为公共部门和慈善机构工作，总体上致力于提供公共利益。合作将使Rishbeth能够探索实际应用于她长期专注于移民、包容和公共空间的研究，并通过项目成果对建筑环境部门做出更具体的贡献。

This is a collaboration between a landscape architect academic (Rishbeth) and a multidisciplinary design and research practice (We Made That). The challenge that we will address through the secondment opportunity is of 1/ recognising nuanced aspects of belonging and exclusion in multi-ethnic urban public spaces, and 2/ meaningfully responding to this within design practice. The objective of the practice-based research will be to test how theories and methods regarding place 'atmospheres' might be useful in foregrounding, discussing, and responding to diversity in urban design processes. Who feels they 'belong', where and why? Individual and collective everyday experiences of parks, squares and streets are shaped by many aspects of identity and intersections of these, including race, ethnicity, gender, class and age. The term 'atmospheres' is used to define 'in-betweeness', capturing subtle relationships 'between environmental qualities and human states' (Bohme, 1993). Building on this theory, research has explored emotional, sensory and inter-personal responses within urban spaces (e.g. Pink, S. et al. 2015). However, there is rarely an explicit focus on racial and ethnic diversity, and only emerging work on applications within the build environment (Adams et al., 2020). Rishbeth and We Made That aim to test how this theoretical lens may inform urban design approaches especially in ethnically diverse neighbourhood settings, where it is vital to understand dynamics of social connections and disconnections underpinned by narratives of racism, 'other-ing' or marginalisation. Research Question: How can urban design and landscape architecture practice become more responsive to cultural and ethnically diverse dimensions of place experience though integrating the theory of atmospheres into the design process? The research project used will focus on collaboration by Rishbeth in six of We Made That's projects in London, four of these in various stages of the design process and two completed, representing different scales of intervention. She will work closely within the multi-disciplinary design teams, and We Made That's own Urban Research Unit, to develop and test methods for participatory or collaborative site analysis, design interventions and post-occupancy evaluations. Methods will include discussions with practice staff, on-site observations and participation in collaborative stages of the design process, and interviews with stakeholders.The project outputs will include a digital resource: 'Atmospheres of belonging: integrating intangible experiences and responses into urban design practice' and four stakeholder facing events (two for built environment sector professionals, one for interested general public, one within Higher Education). We Made That have a practice ethos of radical inclusivity in their projects at planning, design and placemaking scales, working exclusively for the public sector and charities with a headline commitment to delivering public good. The collaboration will enable Rishbeth to explore practical applications to her longstanding research focused on migration, inclusion and public space, and contribute more specifically to the built environment sector through the project outputs.