Shared street scenario

the scenario of my bollards: in-street squares made to slow down cars
Cars slow down for the presence of the people and for the different surface
they encounter (no more asphalt but paving at the same level of the sidewalk)
Note the water collector in the middle in order to prevent splashing to people.

Bollards are placed not to make car park or invade the sidewalk
and at the same time they create a place for the community.
They are designed with eldery people in mind (need to sit)
and young people (need to play again in the streets)

people use what you design in the way you want, you guess, and you don't expect!

little bit conversation




my favourite couple in the show


young girl has different eyes for my objects

Graduation test

3 bollard configuration (without and with seat element-s)
tested by kids and not anymore kids

Amsterdam Bollard video

Zip - Zitpaaltje Amsterdam - Jihyun David from Jihyun David on Vimeo.
Amsterdam based design studio Jihyun David is proud to present ZIP!

www.zitpaaltje.nl

ZitPaaltje, or ZIP when abbreviate, is a temporary street installation inspired by the
city of Amsterdam and its bike’s culture.
We transformed the so-called Amsterdammertjes, the famous and ubiquitous posts
in the streets of Amsterdam, into a rather comfortable “city” stool.
The seats are made from classic Dutch bike saddles constructed on the bollards
with a solid piece of metal that can be easily placed and removed. At the bottom a
footrest is also inserted to the bollard, to make the stool more comfortable.
The project is meant to activate the street as a place to enjoy..
This special seats are temporally located on key spots in Amsterdam to provide
great view over the Dutch capital.
• Zip is about Amsterdam. By combining two of the symbols of Amsterdam, bikes
and red bollards, it creates a new icon of Amsterdam’s design.
• Zip is Fun. It’s fun to ride it and it’s “Leuk” to take a picture on it!
• Zip is about Re-Use. Re-thinking the built environment, re-cycling, up-cycling, are
in the DNA of the project
• Zip is about re-discovering public space. By providing comfort and fun, ZIP can
transform an empty space into an attractive spot.
• ZIP is for people and not for cars. It invites people to consider the importance of
the street as a social space and not only as a traffic domain.
• Zip is temporary and nomad, hurry up !

www.jihyundavid.com

Amsterdam's Bollard Experience Prototypes

A'dam's Bollard experience prototypes DEC. 08 - D.A. Artuffo

If streets elements were designed with the man in mind our city environment will be used differently?

If the streets elements become more enjoyable, will the street look also more safe?

Thesis outline

The Living Streets

The dissertation is structured as follows.

I Introduction
Introduces the reader to the general problem of pedestrian safety and the rapid invasion of the
motorcar in urban areas. Briefly mentions the consequences on daily life of the the modernist
approach of separating pedestrian and vehicles in cities.
Outline current concerns on the subject of road safety and underline successful approaches and their limits.

II Middle Bit
A: Previous work, specific to the methods of sharing spaces and reappropriation of streets as vital
public spaces.
B. The Aldo Van Eyck work and its relevance as a ground level approach on the problems in cities.
C. The dynamics of my research, my observation of people on specific cities and first insights
D. The importance of “one off “ designs as test pilots of my final design and how they influences the
research
E. Outlines how I dealt with the gained insights and how they become part of a list of design
requirements
F. Discussion on how my design(results) could integrate previous work made by others (such as shared
places) and also evaluate the value of my approach.

III Conclusions
Highlight the major findings on the ways in which design can help the urban streets to be reconquered as a living public space

Research Question

First we shape the city than the city shape us. Winston Churchill

R.Q: How can we create, by designing the streetscape, a safer, more pleasant environment for people rather than for cars?

“The quality of a city has to do with the quality of the public space” said once the urban designer Jan Gehl. But in the course of time, traffic has obtained a predominant influence on the use of public space that such space is only meaningful in its traffic-related functions.
Man, as a user of public space, has been reduced to a small part of the system.By intervening in the domain of infrastructures, the “hardware” and people's behaviours, the “soft” aspects of the city (Sikiaridi/Vogelaar,2006), my thesis addresses the integration of traffic with other forms of human activity. Design can shift back the lay-out of the urban roads to a more predominant public use by starting a process of shifting the language of standardized street elements into tailored public furniture and micro architectures.

Design can bring new approaches on the use of the public space and open new paths of urban design. A gradual transformation of the spaces trough design interventions can invite people to reappropriate the public space by making it convenient, safer, attractive, and sociable.