Design-Based Research Study Balancing Bottom-Up and Top-Down Methods

Description

Description of poster:
An A0 poster containing explanatory diagrams, pictures and text, will display a design-based research study conducted in the Danish city Ebeltoft exploring an inclusive development of a heritage site. The presentation of the poster will take its departure in the study, but elaborate the basic strategic approach and urban planning methods.

Abstract:
The study, presented on the poster, where conducted at an old fishing harbour comprised by small wooden sheds, the dock area and harbour related activities. The site is a heritage site where the physical structures are humble, and the historical value especially is present in the harbour related activities: the intangible heritage. The study is interlinked with the perspective that heritage sites are entwined in its context of physical structures and its social network. The social network being the people present in and around it -ultimately the people using it.
The study where conducted in the public space at the site in a workshop in a course of three days resulting in a co-created design of wooden signs. Investigations (interviews, survey and mappings) where made before, during and after the workshop and final design. The study investigates a development of the heritage site that includes the people using the site. This orientation is not new in architectural planning and it refers to a topdown and bottom-up balance in decision making. ‘Catalyst architecture’ is a planning method that strives to move the process of design solutions into the public space and allow the community to gain an insight into the process or be invited to participate in the process. A balance between bottom-up and top-down in the development process of a heritage site can be understood to generate a “democratic” management of heritage. The poster will exemplify this balance with the design-based study conducted in Ebeltoft.

Period	26 Aug 2020 → 30 Aug 2020
Event title	5th association of critical heritage studies
Event type	Conference
Location	London, United KingdomShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International