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Mattias Kärrholm

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The reusability of public squares : four contradictory demands in the wake of sustainable urban development

Author

  • Mattias Kärrholm

Summary, in English

I have been studying public squares in Lund and Malmö over the past twenty years often focusing on how their uses have changed over the decades. Looking back at these studies, I have seen how the squares of these two cities increasingly have turned into crowded pedestrianized areas for extraordinary events and weekend or evening entertainment, rather than catering for more mundane needs.

Department/s

  • Department of Architecture and Built Environment
  • Architecture and Culture
  • MECW: The Middle East in the Contemporary World
  • Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)

Publishing year

2026

Language

English

Pages

31-33

Publication/Series

Lo Squaderno

Issue

73

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Professionaldreamers

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Other Geographic Studies (including Tourism, Urban, Rural, and Global Studies)

Keywords

  • Squares
  • Public space

Status

Published

Research group

  • Architecture and Culture

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1973-9141