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This study discusses the potential for temporary projects to assist the diversification of the high street and explores the possible town centre of the future.
16 Sep 2010
How can meanwhile use benefit Urban Designers?
Emily Berwyn's written MA Urban Design dissertation to explore the relationship between the temporary use of vacant property and urban design.
This written dissertation examines the relationship between temporary use of vacant property and urban design, drawing on current discussions around the demise of the high street and the opportunities vacant spaces present for enterprise, informal community service provision and building character in an area.
The impacts of vacant buildings on
the built form are significant and the function of commercial space in the UK is currently undergoing a process of change as the recession continues and the way people use town centres evolves. This study discusses the potential for temporary projects to assist and trial the diversification of the service offer on the high street and explores the possible town centre of the future.
Approaches to facilitate Urban Designers to work alongside temporary uses are revealed, through a process to harness the potential of informal uses of space and enable a
flexible approach to design, allowing for temporal shifts in land uses and informing the future role of the urban environment.
Download Emily Berwyn, Director of Meanwhile Space's 2010 MA Urban Design dissertation, In the Meanwhile: Can Urban Designers Utilise Meanwhile Use to Inform Future Uses and Forum click HERE.