Marta Rusin

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Graduate Student

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Research Interests:
Public Space, City planning, Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Community participation and engagement, and Sense of Place edit
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PhD candidate working on Public Space as na effect of cooperation between various actorsedit
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War. Fear. Insecurity. Destruction.
Hopelessness. Combatant and civilian
casualties. Damage of cultural heritage.
But after all crumb of hope making the
cities start rising from the ashes.
The image of european cities after
World War II was catastrophic. They were
struggling with war destructions for years.
Part of them are still looking for a solution
to fight off all of consequences of the war.
Today, after 70 years, those destructed
cities are vibrant places, and above all,
safe settlements. Their experiences of the
rebuilding process might be useful for
those who are not in such a comfort and
safe situation today. Around the world
there are many conflict zones and cities
located there which are turning to dust.
The main aim of that research is to analyse
Hanseatic cities destructed during
the World War II and their rebuilding
process, and basing on that to evolve
recommendations for the rebuilding
process. Due to the current situation in
the Middle East, especially cities located
there were taken into consideration.
Stories of rebuilding Hamburg, Szczecin,
Gdańsk and Kaliningrad might give
them hope for better future, because it is
possible for cities to rise from the ashes.

Publication Date: 2016

Research Interests:
Sustainable Development, Cultural Heritage Conservation, and Urban Studies

Public space as a place dedicated to various groups of people should also take advantage of variety and experiances of these groups. Thanks to taking into consideration that diversity and wide spectrum of opinions, planning and design process will be successful.
Students from both Gdańsk University of Technology and University of Oregon, led by their mentor, president elect of ISOCARP Richard Stephens involved in the Mentor&Student Research Lab, created manual which presents that each group in the city can choose one of various ways to create public space. Not only giving inhabitants ready solutions but also consulting, designing together and activating communities are means to plan and realize successful places. Examples from all over the world emphasize that people identify with and feel responsible for places they have created. The method using lowest social commitment is consulting local projects with inhabitants. However, there are many methods involving other actors to create public spaces and making them real part of the process. During research authors took into consideration local events, basing on example of Gdańsk Neighbourhood Days and inviting foreign students to the project, for instance a lecture during charette with community from Mt Angel - small town in Oregon.

Authors: Ric Stephens, Marta Rusin, Patryk Czajka, Nicole Ghiselli, Alina Grędzicka, Jessika Kreps, Daniel Platt, Małgorzata Potocka, Marta Potulska