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the case for shopping well : komorebi[hub] a retail incubator Ishizaki, Mika

Abstract

Does retail have to be relegated to other negative economic forces in our city like gentrification, unaffordability, blandification? In a globalized economy, cities begin to look like one another, and even neighbourhoods within those cities are becoming homogenized at an alarming rate, dominated by chain stores and podium towers with hypermarkets. But neighbourhoods work best for residents when they are diverse, small grained, and are run by locals. The public - our cities - need to intervene to preserve identity and livability. Light filtering through the trees generates moments of warmth and discovery. The proposed ethical retail incubator is a space where the borders of retail diffuse into public space and amenities, generating moments of discovery. A forest of shops that dissolves the binaries of indoor-outdoor and public-private, allowing for new interactions with a business, a unique place to meet friends, or a moment in a commute that differs from the everyday banality of a changing city. We need to rethink how we interact with our cities and propose how retail can be a good social driver in the urban landscape.

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Title
the case for shopping well : komorebi[hub] a retail incubator
Creator
Ishizaki, Mika
Date Issued
2019-12-19
Description
Does retail have to be relegated to other negative economic forces in our city like gentrification, unaffordability, blandification? In a globalized economy, cities begin to look like one another, and even neighbourhoods within those cities are becoming homogenized at an alarming rate, dominated by chain stores and podium towers with hypermarkets. But neighbourhoods work best for residents when they are diverse, small grained, and are run by locals. The public - our cities - need to intervene to preserve identity and livability. Light filtering through the trees generates moments of warmth and discovery. The proposed ethical retail incubator is a space where the borders of retail diffuse into public space and amenities, generating moments of discovery. A forest of shops that dissolves the binaries of indoor-outdoor and public-private, allowing for new interactions with a business, a unique place to meet friends, or a moment in a commute that differs from the everyday banality of a changing city. We need to rethink how we interact with our cities and propose how retail can be a good social driver in the urban landscape.
Subject
community development; architecture, Vancouver; architecture, train station; urban development; shopping plazas; retail architecture; ethical retail; retail design; shop design; architecture, Canada; shopping centre
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH 549
Date Available
2020-01-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0387444
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/73073
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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