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Mapping
the Urban
Commons
Itinerary and
City Walks
URBAN COMMONS THEME VERTICAL WORKSHOP 2015
Tobias Westerlund
+46 90-786 66 33
[email protected]
Erik Persson
[email protected]
Carl-Johan Vesterlund
+46 90-786 67 68
[email protected]
Ana Betancour
[email protected]
Amalia Katapodis
[email protected]
Umeå School of Architecture, Umeå University
www.arch.umu.se/en
Commons contains public property
and private property over which
people have certain traditional
rights. Today, the commons are
also understood within a cultural
sphere including literature, music,
arts, design, film, video, television,
radio, information, software, sites
of heritage, public education,
health and the infrastructure that
allows our society to function.
Mapping the Urban
Commons
The Urban Commons workshop is part of an
overarching project and theme at UMA for the
academic year 2015 – 2016, and will consist of
workshops, lectures and exhibition.
The two to three week workshop will consider
urban space as a space of the commons – a
space of social interaction where resources are
collectively owned or shared between or among
communities’ populations.
Urban commons are urban spaces and
The notion of urban commons is part
places held in common, by and for
of alternative emerging practices
the community and are defined by
and contemporary discussion about
those who need and use them rather
social and cultural democracy in
than by their formal ownership. For
urban planning. Who is represented
centuries there have been struggles
in the decision-making - by who and
over what is to be defined and
for whom? What are the resources,
practiced as “commons”. Currently
land use, urban spaces and places,
such struggles can be seen over
infrastructure, and buildings
natural and digital resources, but
implemented? What is the role of the
also about urban spaces manifested
architect in these processes?
in movements around community
gardens, sharing of land, alternative
forms of ownership and co-creation
of spaces.
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See separate map for a more detailed
view over your allocated walk.
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Task
Can we open up the different definitions of
the commons? Are there different ways of
understanding and discussing the commons
through various practices? We propose,
therefore, a search for the commons, a search
that will takes the form of a mapping process
and explorations of alternative ways of making
common spaces.
1. A walk through the city of Umeå, in groups and with a map +
pamphlet:
Tracing the social and contested history of urban spaces, you will
with the help of a pamphlet/guidebook/map follow four examples of
urban struggles for the right for urban commons, spaces by and for
the community of Umeå. The examples illustrate the urban struggles
of the recent decades in the city, each representing a theme:
“Natural environment”, “Scale and migration”, “Women’s rights” and
“Culture”.
2. Own mapping of the commons
In groups, you will do your own proposed city walk(s) and own
mapping of the commons. Gather and collect information on your
specific issue, looking at certain aspects relevant to your area of
study.
A. We propose to make walks across the city in three different
types of sites. Each group will get one alternative allocated:
a) the river edge
b) the main city streets
c) the edge between the inner city areas and the surrounding
neighbourhoods
B. Look, explore, describe:
- what you see,
- what groups of people use these urban spaces
- who is there and who is not there.
- what is public and what is private,
- boundaries / edge between urban space and nature
C. Material
Gather your observations through a sequence of
a) Photographs
b) Sketches/ drawings
c) An analytical map (notes and notations)
Seminar / Presentations
All the work, both the City Walks and the following weeks
assignment will happen on the 11th and 18th of September,
according to separate schedule.
Groups
Group 1. (UMA 1)
André B
Hanna B
Taraneh B
Johan B
Kelli B
Lina B
Maja B
Simon C
Vide E
August E
Sofia E
Nina E
Group 2. (UMA 1)
Linnéa Fa
Linnea Fr
Anders G
Robert G
Ahmed H
Anna H
Ellinor H
Sandra H
Martin H
Douglas H
Sofia H
Julia H
Alexander J
Group 3. (UMA 1)
Anna J
Linnea J
Preeti K
Emma K
Li-Marie K
Rebecca L
Paul L
Anna L
Arvid L
Johanna L
Julia L
Frida L
Group 4. (UMA 1)
Hedda M
Lisa M
Linnéa M
Maja M
Victor M
Marianne M
Gabriella M
Oskar M
Jonatan N
Vilja N
David O
Matilda O
Group 5. (UMA 1)
Minna P
Emilia P
Aapo R
Anna R
Rebacka R
Daniel R
Carl R
Thea S
Lisa S
Meyav S
Emma S
Elliot S
Group 6. (UMA 1)
Dennis S
Matilda S
Harald S
Martin T
Jonatan U
Clara V
Tommy V
Therése W
Jennifer W
Emelie W
Lisa W
Emma W
Group 7. (UMA 2)
Julia A
Johannes A
Josefin A
Alice B
Christine B
Carl B
Emma B
Anton B
Nelly C
Tess E
Agnes E
Frida F
Lisa F
Group 8. (UMA 2)
Karin F
Irma G
Kim G
Johan G
Cecilia H
Douglas H
Jacob H
Petter H
Sophia J
Alexander J
Ebba J
Alfred J
Fatemeh K
Group 9. (UMA 2)
Jimmy K
Tore L
Oscar L
Sonja L
Anna L
Johanna L
Ida L
Tobias L
Erik L
Olov L
Moa L
Sanna M
Sanne M
Lidia N
Group 10. (UMA 2)
Lotta N
Sofia N
Stina N
Fredrik O
Charlie O
Elina P
Sara P
Petter P
Jonathan R
Magnus R
Rebecka R
Magnus S
Group 11. (UMA 2)
Therese S
Jeanette S
Jesefine S
Emil S
Tove S
Gudmar S
Fanny S
Cecilia T
Frida T
Anton V
Max W
Linnéa Å
Johanna Å
Group 12. (UMA 3)
Elin A
Jens A
Simon Ba
Simon Be
Malin B
Sara B
Helena C
Malte D
Alina P
Stella D
Anton E
Carin E
Group 13. (UMA 3)
Aurora E
Lynnita E
Marie E
Jimmy E
Karl F
Frida F
Julia G
Hugo H
Johannes H
Desirée H
Johanna J
Gene K
Love L
Ida L
Group 14. (UMA 3)
Ebba L
Nora L
Rebecka L
Jessica L
Otto M
Ida M
Jonathan M
Angelica N
Dita O
Magnus O
Olga P
Anton P
Adam R
Group 15. (UMA 3)
Helen S
Elias S
Kim S
Mohammed S
Fabian S
Gustaf S
Gabriela S
Rebecka S
Simon S
Gustav S
Fanny T
Eva T
Ellen U
Kristina Ö
Martins O
Marta P
Terezia S
Yonghyun A
Johanna A
Johannes D
Lalin K
Lynda M
Sharon P
Mariya S
Gustav H
Lukas B
Isa H
Stina J
Group 16. (UMA 4)
Arusree C
Felicia D
Mirjam D
Emelia E
Tasneim G
Ulrika G
Simeon H
Hanna I
Eline J
Karin J
Chadi K
Sofia M
Lisa N
Carin T
Carl E
Group 17. (UMA 4+5)
Daniella R
Julia S
Emma S
Myriam T
Cajsa W
Victor B
Ioulia E
Geza F
Måns L
Alla O
Rogier R
Egle R
Maria T
Paulina J
Maja H
Group 19. (UMA 4+5)
Goda V
Benjamin W
Ida W
Daniella L
Diana B
Johanna B
Anna C
Annika E
Jessica E
Ann-Cristine F
Jacob E
Love B
Anders T
Krut Z
Gabriel R
Andressa S
Jessie S
Group 18. (UMA 4+5)
Kartikeya C
Liesa K
Group 20. (UMA 4+5)
Mantas G
Therese H
Amanda H
Katarina J
Hanna J
Andreas J
Hanna K
Klara N
Karin O
Sofie S
Kristina T
Nathalie J
Alexander L
Marianna S
1 • All Students
week
date
MORNING
[9.00-12.00]
week 36
31. Aug
Common
Welcome,
registration +
info
9 - 11
Sliperiet
AFTERNOON
01. Sep
02. Sep
Mapping of the
Urban
Commons
City Walk,
Umeå Kulturhus
Riddaregatan 6
Mapping of the
Urban
Commons
Group Work
Mapping of the
Urban
Commons
Group Work
Mapping of the
Urban
Commons
Group Work
03. Sep
Welcome Day
for New
Students at
Campus
04. Sep
Common Space
Lecture and
introduction.
Umeå Kulturhus
Riddaregatan 6
Common Space
Seminar
Umeå Kulturhus
Riddaregatan 6
[13.00-17.00]
2 • All students
week
date
week 37
07.Sep
08. Sep
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
09. Sep
Student Sports
Day
10. Sep
11. Sep
Group Work
Seminar 01
UMA 2 + UMA 3
+ UMA 4/5
studio 1 & 3
Group Work
Seminar 01
UMA 2 + UMA 3
+ UMA 4/5
studio 1 & 3
MORNING
Schedule
Urban Commons Theme
[9.00-12.00]
AFTERNOON
[13.00-17.00]
3 • UMA 1 + UMA 4/5 studio 2
week
date
week 38
14.Sep
15.Sep
16.Sep
17.Sep
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
Seminar 02
UMA 1 + UMA
4/5 studio 2
18. Sep
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
Group Work
Seminar 02
UMA 1 + UMA
4/5 studio 2
MORNING
[9.00-12.00]
AFTERNOON
[13.00-17.00]