The Trace of Superusers: From Santiago Centro to Superkilen in Copenhagen

Kristine Samson; José Abasolo

The Trace of Superusers: From Santiago Centro to Superkilen in Copenhagen

Visual Culture and Performance Design

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Abstract

The city and its public spaces can be seen as a fragmented whole carrying meanings and traces of culture, use and politics with it. Whereas architects impose new stories and meanings on the urban fabric, the city itself is layered and assembled, a collective of social flows and routines a result of people’s everyday life.However, traces of culture, the routines and every day habits of immigrant culture can both emerge through informal colonization in the every day and be intentionally designed. By juxtaposing immigrant spatial traces in Santiago Centro with the intentionally designed traces of immigrant culture at Superkilen, Nørrebro in Copenhagen, this article seeks to discuss how traces influence public space, and how various ideologies and even politics are interwoven into the urban fabric by means of urban traces.

Original language	English
Journal	MAS Context
Issue number	19
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2013

Keywords

everyday architecture
urban space
urban design
Superkilen
vernacular architecture
participatory design
public space
immigrant culture
Urban politics
Informal architecture
urban planning

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The Emergent City
Samson, K. (Project manager)
01/11/2012 → 31/12/2015
Project: Research

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Samson, K. (Visiting researcher)
7 Jan 2013 → 26 Jan 2013
Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution

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The Trace of Superusers: From Santiago Centro to Superkilen in Copenhagen

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