Byera Hadley research reports
Duncan Corrigal / 2011
Embracing the Square
Urban Design
London, Paris, Venice, United States
An investigating the effects of the European ‘square’ typology on pedestrian behaviour and commercial activity in Havana, London, New York, Paris, Siena and Venice.
The project identifies a series of repeatable attributes of public spaces that have wide-ranging influences on their surrounding neighbourhoods. This research advocates for the European ‘square’ typology to be implemented within central Sydney on the basis that the civic, social and commercial value of a square exceeds that of the built- upon area it replaces.
