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Urban Space Reclamation

The document summarizes an urban design project that aimed to reclaim neglected public space in front of residential buildings that had been invaded by private uses. The project identified residents and local industry workers as the main users of the space. It described the physical conditions of the leftover public space and the mission to define a new civic order and mixed ownership model by allowing residents to activate and maintain the space for public and private uses.

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Urban Space Reclamation

The document summarizes an urban design project that aimed to reclaim neglected public space in front of residential buildings that had been invaded by private uses. The project identified residents and local industry workers as the main users of the space. It described the physical conditions of the leftover public space and the mission to define a new civic order and mixed ownership model by allowing residents to activate and maintain the space for public and private uses.

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SPACE inVADERS urban conteXt


Private spaces have invaded the neglected
area in front of the residential buildings, and
have left random pockets of public spaces.

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The residents of the houses at the back of the site, who have expanded their front yards
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Spatial Conditions

A transitional space between street and home.

Urban Context
To re-generate the site as a new intermediate space in which
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Define the civic order


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