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Designing Public Spaces and Constructing Public Spheres: A Manifesto

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Public space design may enable new perspectives to be opened up in our times to reinforce the public dimension of the contemporary city. Designing public spaces and constructing public spheres are the horizons that the actors responsible for transforming the city must aim for, be they designers, institutes or private citizens. Public sphere development may effectively be favoured by ­project-based action, though to link these two concepts is an operation neither simple nor straightforward as it is particularly open to misleading doubts and false interpretations, which we will try to throw light on in the following paragraphs. [This article summarises the research carried out by the author on the theme of urban public space, already illustrated more extensively and in depth in the book: Cicalò E (2009) Spazi pubblici. Progettare la dimensione pubblica della città contemporanea. FrancoAngeli, Milan.]

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  1. Department of Architecture, Design and Planning, University of Sassari, Palazzo del Pou Salit, Piazza Duomo 6, 07041, Alghero, Italy

    Enrico Cicalò

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    Silvia Serreli

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Cicalò, E. (2013). Designing Public Spaces and Constructing Public Spheres: A Manifesto. In: Serreli, S. (eds) City Project and Public Space. Urban and Landscape Perspectives, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6037-0_13

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