Everyday and Everywhere: Everyday Urbanism in the US and China

  • Kao, S. (Organiser)
  • Margaret Crawford (Participant)

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Description

Everyday urbanism is an approach to understanding urban, suburban, and rural spaces. It celebrates and builds on the ordinary life and reality that exist everywhere. It doesn't envision an ideal urban environment but it explores ways to improve what already exists in incremental ways. Unlike much urban planning and urban design, everyday urbanism focuses on understanding the social uses of space. It introduces the idea of eliminating the distance between experts and ordinary users and forces designers and planners to contemplate a ‘shift of power’ and address social life from a direct and ordinary perspective. To celebrate the publication of Everyday Urbanism in Chinese, I will discuss the evolution of the concept as it moved from Los Angeles to Massachusetts to Guangzhou.
Period4 May 2022
Event typeCourse
Degree of RecognitionInternational