Reclaiming the winter city: activating public space through playful design in Winnipeg, Manitoba

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dc.contributor.authorMacaulay, Andrew
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeMilgrom, Richard (City Planning) Borys, Hazel (Placemakers)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBridgman, Rae (City Planning)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16T17:01:26Z
dc.date.available2019-09-16T17:01:26Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.date.submitted2019-08-16T01:17:15Zen
dc.date.submitted2019-09-14T23:22:48Zen
dc.degree.disciplineCity Planningen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of City Planning (M.C.P.)en_US
dc.description.abstractWinter presents a number of barriers that discourage urban residents from spending time outdoors, with detrimental implications for physical and mental health. This research explores the potential for playful, or ludic, design interventions to activate public space in winter cities as a means to encourage outdoor physical and social recreation. Using Winnipeg's Red River Mutual Trail as a case study, and the design interventions known locally as “Warming Huts,” this practicum identifies playful design elements and examines their success at inspiring playful behaviour and generating pedestrian activity. First-hand data collected through naturalistic observation techniques and secondary academic and contextual data inform this study. Synthesis of these materials includes a review of the relevant academic literature; investigation of local demographics, land use, and planning context; statistical analysis of pedestrian count trends and weather data; tracing and behavioural mapping analysis using a framework of activation metrics; and the application of a ludic design typology. Finally, lessons drawn from the analysis of the Red River Mutual Trail are used to create a set of recommendations and strategies for winter cities to help guide planning and implementation of public space initiatives in the future or improve upon existing ones.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2019en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34283
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectActivationen_US
dc.subjectDesign strategiesen_US
dc.subjectLudicen_US
dc.subjectLudic citiesen_US
dc.subjectPedestrian activationen_US
dc.subjectPlayen_US
dc.subjectPlayful designen_US
dc.subjectPublic arten_US
dc.subjectPublic spaceen_US
dc.subjectUrban designen_US
dc.subjectUrban interventionen_US
dc.subjectWinteren_US
dc.subjectWinter citiesen_US
dc.titleReclaiming the winter city: activating public space through playful design in Winnipeg, Manitobaen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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