The Pop Up City II

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A continuation of themes investigated through The Pop Up City [I]. Developing a future strategy for councils and designers working together to change urban stalled sites into opportunities within the city for new, creative businesses and communities. Book 1: Research and Case StudiesThe Pop Up City begins with an investigation into creative and social enterprises use of temporary interventions in slack space across Great Britain. Through this study I will produce a feasibility study for an empty space initiative for creative enterprises in Glasgow.
This book will look at four case studies, of the many hundreds, of creative and social enterprises using empty space for temporal interventions. These include work spaces, trade opportunities, green spaces and one off events.
In each case I will investigate the management, funding and sustainability agenda, social, economical and environmental. By studying precedents in Britain and across the world, I hope to pinpoint some successful organisational structures, innovative funding methods and successful collaborations. Book 2: Workshops The Pop Up City then took to the streets, holding workshops on and near empty sites in the Merchant City to find out public opinions on using vacant land. These workshops aimed to find out what people would like to see in their city and what type of temporary development they would be interested in visiting.
What is this Space? was held as part of the Cedric Price Workshop in October 2010 which drew a wide audience of students, lecturers and the wider public to give their opinions on the John Street site.
The Wheelers and Dealers Tea Party was a temporary reuse for car parking spaces during the Merchant City Festival, during which we ran a children’s Creative Containers workshop and “Future Visions” asking people the draw and comment on their ideal futures for the Merchant. The day culminated in guerilla gardening.
Workshop III, What should we put in this space?, asked passers-by and nearby workers to think about what they would like to see on the Hutcheson Street site. Over the day this drew a large number of responses ranging from gardens to skate parks to opera houses. Book 3: Proposal The Pop Up City feasibility study ends with a series of proposals for the site on Hutcheson Street drawn from an evaluation of the successful elements from the case studies and the analysis of workshop data.
Options A, B and C investigate uses drawn from the most commonly suggested uses from the workshops, which were, in order of preference : Public Space, including green space, community gardens and allotments; Work spaces, including trade and shops; Food and Drink; and Events.
The chosen option then looks at how a mixture of uses, of both high and low maintenance could be used in conjunction to revitalise this site for both day- and night-time uses throughout the year.

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The Pop Up City II

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