By Mo, Kuo-Chen
2009/10/14 at BAS, Norway

Planning Dominant

Use Recessive

Elasticity in 2 sides
Policy
Planner
Zoning
Finance
Economy
Capacity
Program
?
Recessive Dominant

5 public space in the Centrum region of Malmö
Västra Hamnen
Turning Torso B
A
Stortorget (Large Square)
& Lilla Torg (Small Square)
C
Gustav Adolf's Square
D
By walking and seeing among the
5 public space, to feel the different Möllevången
kind of elasticity in Malmö City. E

Walk & See in Västra Hamnen
B
A
Ordered, Clean, Modern

Linear System- fine and elaborately but less connection between public and private!

Walk & See in Stortorget (Large Square) & Lilla Torg (Small Square)

Walk & See in Gustav Adolf's Square

Diverse System-
What space is real public?

Walk & See in Möllevången

Meeting Place

The original situation Private Public Private
The present situation Private Public Private
Stall Café

Västra Hamnen
This is the renewal area of Malmö City.
By complete city planning, people who
can have a rich life here.
The lower density, controllable capacity,
deliberate zoning…etc. The quality is
very different from the old town area.
To glance around the map, the public
space seems more then the private.
Besides, most the public space uses
for car parking.
Legend
Outdoor Cafe
Outdoor Stall
Parking lot
The original plaza area
The present plaza area
The original boundary between
public and private place
The present boundary between
public and private place

Stortorget (Large Square) ,
Lilla Torg (Small Square) &
Gustav Adolf's Square
The 3 squares locate in old town area as
the heart of Malmö City.
Outwardly there are 3 separate squares;
actually they are connected with each
other by people’s different use.
The layout of the area is changing; the
edge between the public and the private is
adjusting.
It’s a kind of elasticity in this dense area!
Legend
Outdoor Cafe
Outdoor Stall
Open Market area
The original plaza area
The present plaza area
The original boundary between
public and private place
The present boundary between
public and private place

Mö llevången
The plaza is the heart of this living area,
and therefore people use the public space
in a beneficial way and give the same
space more elasticity.
In the morning, the plaza plays a role as
an open market, and afterward it becomes
a common place of the community.
It’s much difficult to get more public open
space for this old area. By different use
and functions people adapt to the change
of the plaza, and therefore balance their
life.
Legend
Outdoor Cafe
Outdoor Stall
Open Market area
The original plaza area
The present plaza area
The original boundary between
public and private place
The present boundary between
public and private place