Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.56.1.3
„Pop-up“ Urban Allotment Gardens - How Temporary Urbanism Embraces the Garden Concept
Sara Ursić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4383
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia
Rašeljka Krnić
orcid.org/0000-0002-2370-433X
; Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia
Anka Mišetić
orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-9382
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Architecture, School of Design, Croatia
Abstract
In the contemporary urban context it can be argued that the concept and
practices of urban gardens represent one of the key tools for achieving the universal
urban goal - sustainability and smartness. Functions of contemporary urban gardens
are part of a new urban paradigm: caring for the environment, rediscovering social
interaction and reconnecting with nature.
At the same time we are witnessing the emergence of temporary urbanism within urban
space involving the provisional usage of unused spaces for a wide range of activities.
It allows for the transformation of traditional categories (e.g. gardens, parks) into
a hyper contemporary category of urban space that contains desirable characteristics
such as availability, mobility, re-use and temporality, i.e. urban gardens that sprout or
‘pop up’ as part of civil society initiatives or festival events.
Temporary urbanism and pop-up gardens are considered through allotment gardens
in Croatia. They present the revival of urban agriculture and are explored in relation
to their polyfunctional character that addresses economic, ecological and social questions.
Returning to the statement thatcontemporary urban gardens are part of a new urban
paradigm and bearing in mind the bipolarity of urban gardening, the research analyses
the attitudes of students of architecture towards the concept, usage and design of
urban gardens in several operational categories such as temporary-permanent, amateur-
professional, bottom-up vs. top-down approach, space-place. Their roleoffuture
designers and innovators who are expected to deliver sustainable urban forms is
extremely important.
Keywords
temporary urbanism; urban policy; urban gardens; place; space
Hrčak ID:
195271
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Publication date:
12.3.2018.
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