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Territorial Complexity in Public Spaces - A Study of Territorial Production at Three Squares in Lund

Author

Summary, in English

The object of this paper is to develop a discussion of territoriality in the built environment as a way of dealing with issues of accessibility and the public nature of urban space. A discussion of territoriality makes it possible to deal with issues of spatial control and access in detail, as well as to maintain some of the complexity in the discussion by refraining from solely analysing these issues within the frame of one given dichotomy such as the public/private distinction. My discussion takes the form of an empirical study of territorial production at three squares in Lund, Sweden. I focus on the relationship between materiality and territoriality, and how different material actants (Latour 1998) support territorial production. Finally, I present a model regarding public space as the product of territorial complexity.

Publishing year

2005

Language

English

Pages

99-114

Publication/Series

Nordisk arkitekturforskning

Volume

18

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Nordisk förening för arkitekturforskning

Topic

  • Building Technologies

Keywords

  • public space
  • urban design
  • Lund
  • territoriality

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1102-5824