Jan

28

The existence of Semarang Diponegoro Park, Today

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tmn-dip.jpgDiponegoro Park (Taman Diponegoro), located in Semarang city area, have significant change from its function for the park and one of node area there. The difference happen from the past and today with its main function, as was activity here used to be an active park. Later on, this place had just become a passive park. At the early 1900’s Read more

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Jan

15

Excursion to Thames Town, Shanghai 2007

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thames.jpgEdited from Ariyanti (2008): “Themed Town, Thames Town” an unpublished article for Campus of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University, Shanghai

It was a cloudy Saturday and our group of formerly 14 people has been reduced to 8 from the morning visit to Anting New Town. Exhausted, we found out that Thames Town is really far out from to the other direction, the only way to get there was with a cab, since our limited Chinese, we asked our friend to instruct the taxi driver how to get there. After another 40 minutes ride, we arrived at the compound, surrounded by fences, waterways and empty boulevards, the town was a place separated from its surrounding.

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Dec

29

Creation of Public Space in Europe 19th Century - part 5

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Conclusion

As the examples each explain the differences and resemblances of the different types of festivities, I would like to point out here the lessons we can learn from the production of public space by these activities. Read more

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Dec

29

Creation of Public Space in Europe 19th Century - part 4

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Study Case - 3

 

National - Bastille Day, France

champ de marsWe would not discuss the details of the long history in French Revolution. I will just refresh the memory of how things were and put more emphasize in the use of public space and the actors behind it. Bastille Day was declared as French national holiday on 6th of July 1880 as the birth of the Republic. However, on 14th of July 1790, the first celebration was held at Champs-de-Mars between the Ecole Militaire and the river Seine. Read more

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Dec

29

Creation of Public Space in Europe 19th Century - part 3

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Study Case 2

Monarchic - Millennial Festivities, Hungary

heroes squareBudapest, the capital of Hungary was the host city of the festival. The story behind this millennial celebration was about the 1000th years coming of the Magyar tribe (from Asia) as the solely ancestor of the Hungarian. The initiatives were the Prussian Emperor Franz Joseph I and the Prime Minister Dr. Alexander Werkerle who engaged this celebration as a display case to the world; how magnificent the Kingdom was. Despite the unfortunate fortune the Monarch will meet, Budapest was considered the strongest Capital of Central Europe in the 19th Century.

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