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Vacancy as a laboratory: design criteria for reimagining social-ecological systems on vacant urban lands

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  • Kees Lokman

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The complex socio-economic conditions underlying (temporary) vacant urban landscapes have produced a wide range of spatial outcomes. Solutions to address these diverse spatio-temporal conditions inherently call for a range of design approaches. This paper, through literature and project review, introduces a conceptual design framework consisting of four criteria integral for developing sustainable solutions for repurposing vacant urban lands: (1) environmental justice and ecological democracy; (2) ecosystem services and urban biodiversity; (3) aesthetic experiences, and; (4) programming. By examining five case studies, I reveal a number of different and innovative ways in which these criteria can be integrated and deployed to transform urban vacant lands. Here, vacancy becomes a laboratory for testing and implementing new social-ecological systems across a range of spatial and temporal scales. This requires experimentation in the development of alternative planning and design strategies, including new public participation models, policy frameworks and funding mechanisms.

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  • Kees Lokman, 2017. "Vacancy as a laboratory: design criteria for reimagining social-ecological systems on vacant urban lands," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(7), pages 728-746, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:42:y:2017:i:7:p:728-746
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1355446
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    1. Junxi Qian & Yanheng Lu, 2022. "ARCHITECTURE AS SOCIAL LABORATORY: Modernity, Cultural Revival, and Architectural Experiment in Peri‐urban China," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 46(5), pages 729-748, September.

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