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dc.contributor.authorCarta, Silvio
dc.contributor.authorde Kock, Pieter
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-25T00:07:18Z
dc.date.available2020-06-25T00:07:18Z
dc.date.issued2020-06-23
dc.identifier.citationCarta , S & de Kock , P 2020 , ' Trojans of ambiguity vs resilient regeneration: visual meaning in cities ' , Construction Economics and Building , vol. 20 , no. 2 , 1 , pp. 6-24 . https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v20i2.6605
dc.identifier.issn2204-9029
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 17580438
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dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85090724532
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7586-3121/work/123559506
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/22911
dc.description© 2020 by the author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and to remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents a theoretical framework that helps identify visual sustainability in urban projects and evaluates its relevance for the use, design and making of public space. It is aimed at showing how the process of urban regeneration is far more nuanced and sophisticated than much of today’s building industry allows for. The first part of the article provides an outline of this framework, by drawing from the notion of ambiguity and discussing regeneration around a concept of trojans of ambiguity: by which we simply mean that modern-day regeneration projects are often a confusion of meaning. The framework is then applied to two case studies: Heygate, and Sidewalk Labs Toronto. The Heygate regeneration produced a negative emotionally charged process and social displacement. By contrast Sidewalk Labs Toronto exemplifies a technologically clean start for regeneration, on a site with little social vitality or history. The starting points for each ultimately point to two very different outcomes. Visual sustainability represents ‘the technology before the technology’ and future research must recognise how human needs, not technology, provide the meaning into ‘how’ we may create a successful, smart, and sustainable urban environment.en
dc.format.extent19
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofConstruction Economics and Building
dc.titleTrojans of ambiguity vs resilient regeneration: visual meaning in citiesen
dc.contributor.institutionArt and Design
dc.contributor.institutionDesign Research Group
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Creative Arts
dc.contributor.institutionTheorising Visual Art and Design
dc.contributor.institutionZero Carbon Lab
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
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