Description
Contrasting the growing awareness of the environmental constraints related to demolition and new construction, building replacement is a typical phenomenon in urban development. Justifications for demolition pertaining to the physical qualities and spatial arrangements of buildings often lack imagination and disregard the naturally inherent transformation capacities of buildings.This research proposal aims to explore how creative grassroots stakeholders can envision alternative futures for buildings threatened by demolition. This work focuses on two case studies in Tampere, Finland. The first is a former hospital appropriated by a local artist. The second is a former industrial building at Pinninkatu 47, whose space was utilized for an art exhibition. While art played a central role in both cases, the former case created visibility for an almost forgotten historically significant building that led to a public debate and the main building’s heritage classification and protection. The temporal nature of the latter case on the other hand, ended abruptly with its demolition in 2023.
This work identifies similarities and differences between both case studies pertaining to the social and physical form of the creative work. It aims to investigate spatial configurations, usage of facades, and other architectural interventions. By doing so, the goal is to highlight what truly makes the visionary work of creative stakeholders an imaginative, future-oriented practice in a broken world to foster incremental urban development.
| Period | 12 Dec 2024 |
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| Event title | Living in the Broken World: Fostering Repair, Maintenance, and Care |
| Event type | Seminar |
| Location | Tampere, FinlandShow on map |
Nature of activity
- Scientific