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InCREAsing_acTIVITY
InCREAsing_acTIVITYProject Thesis at Architecture School of
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Project Collaborator: Maria Latinopoulou
Supervisors: Komninos Nicos, Christodoulou Charis
InCREAsing_ACTIVITY is a project aimed at developing a participatory urban planning process based on the active participation of citizens in order to strengthen the creative economy of the city of Thessaloniki. The field of the research is an area next to the city center.
The idea was initiated by the identification of individual components of creative economy within the city.
Our efforts to focus on a bottom-up approach to creating a city where people become carriers of change, created new opportunities for participatory processes (site investigations, mind maps, questionnaires).
Thus, the regeneration is carried out through collective design, so that the area will be an organized activity receptor. In the first stage, the area is proposed to be classified as a highly productive area.
After examining the results of the participatory process and the three sugested strategic planning sxenarios, we concluded in a strategic plan that contributes a critical mix of all the above.
Then the creation of a network of pedestrian and light traffic roads takes part, in order to upgrade the quality of public space and the experience of users in the area, followed by the formation of squares to enhance the interest of the region and to form action receptors. Public-private partnerships are suggested for the development of certain buildings located throughout the area.
These buildings will accommodate public uses related to the production and promotion of the work of creative groups and individuals. As for the spatial organization, the region consists of 5 localities which, despite their different character and different identification features, will form a dynamic whole.
