Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities

The notion of ‘third place’ is usually applied in an empirical way. It covers multiple realities, such as projects of co-working spaces, living labs and fab labs. Some third places are especially concerned with the city and the new conditions of urban fabrication. Relying on open innovation methods...

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Main Author: Raphaël Besson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université Lille 1 2022-01-01
Series:Territoire en Mouvement
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/tem/8345
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description The notion of ‘third place’ is usually applied in an empirical way. It covers multiple realities, such as projects of co-working spaces, living labs and fab labs. Some third places are especially concerned with the city and the new conditions of urban fabrication. Relying on open innovation methods and on digital potential, these Third Places defend the idea of an urbanism which is not only the domain of experts, but would also be co-produced with a city’s inhabitants. They defend a right to infrastructure in cities (whether material or immaterial). To question the role and scope of Third Places in the fabrication of contemporary cities, we will focus on the analysis of French and Spanish Third Places specialising in urbanism. This analysis leads to a better understanding of the role of Third Places in urban production, and will highlight the difficulties of the construction of an urban policy of Third Places.
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spelling doaj.art-0d317e8cd19f48cd87508ad88c44a3fc2022-12-21T19:31:03ZengUniversité Lille 1Territoire en Mouvement1950-56982022-01-0151Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary CitiesRaphaël BessonThe notion of ‘third place’ is usually applied in an empirical way. It covers multiple realities, such as projects of co-working spaces, living labs and fab labs. Some third places are especially concerned with the city and the new conditions of urban fabrication. Relying on open innovation methods and on digital potential, these Third Places defend the idea of an urbanism which is not only the domain of experts, but would also be co-produced with a city’s inhabitants. They defend a right to infrastructure in cities (whether material or immaterial). To question the role and scope of Third Places in the fabrication of contemporary cities, we will focus on the analysis of French and Spanish Third Places specialising in urbanism. This analysis leads to a better understanding of the role of Third Places in urban production, and will highlight the difficulties of the construction of an urban policy of Third Places.http://journals.openedition.org/tem/8345third placecognitive urban systemsurbanismliving labfab labBarcelona
spellingShingle Raphaël Besson
Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
Territoire en Mouvement
third place
cognitive urban systems
urbanism
living lab
fab lab
Barcelona
title Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
title_full Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
title_fullStr Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
title_full_unstemmed Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
title_short Role and Limits of Third Places in the Fabrication of Contemporary Cities
title_sort role and limits of third places in the fabrication of contemporary cities
topic third place
cognitive urban systems
urbanism
living lab
fab lab
Barcelona
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