Design principles of hybrid spaces in terms of urban planning regeneration

Abstract

Urban planning regeneration is a viable mechanism contributing to the further development of the urban tissue in terms of complex reconstruction of the existing city space-planning structure. Modern urban planning theory and practice are characterized by an integral approach to city development in terms of an intensification of globalization processes amid the global economic crisis. Ellin [1] and Zanni [2] highlighted the relevance, urgency and social and economic importance of the development of hybrid spaces in the urban tissue of modern cities. It can be explained by the fact that hybrid spaces are multifunctional architectural and landscape complexes, designed by applying the landscape urbanism approach and having a spatial connectivity with adjacent areas. Hybrid spaces are very important for the economy of a city, as they are development drivers to the cutting edge of spatial, social and public changes. This research is aimed at defining modern academic and research design principles of hybrid spaces in terms of urban planning regeneration. The article focuses on the principles of hybrid urban space design in the context of landscape urbanism such as the integration of dwelling areas and public spaces through green infrastructure.

The concept of hybridization and implementation in urban public space design

“…Hibridno nikada nije novo, nastaje izmenom (modifikovanjem) postojećeg. U tom smislu, ideja je preispitivanje onoga što je postojeće, kako bi to postalo efikasnije i društveno korisnije (Koolhaas, 1995).…”

The negotiated public realm in the contemporary city: hybrid walkable urban networks of Hong Kong

“…In general, Hybrid space refers to areas where two or more functions or characters exist. It can have multiple meanings (Krasilnikova and Klimov 2020). It can mean revamping an old building into a new use, the combination of different construction systems or contrasting activities and responses where users interact near the environment.…”

Hybrid and Performative Spaces: Towards a New Analytical Lens

“…However, the literature review reveals that most of those interpretations of performative intersect with the concept of openness and flexibility, which are also found in the definition of hybrid. As with the performative, the hybrid space is required to be flexible, where multiple uses, users, and space types exist and an occasionality of functions and publicness and openness is detected (Migliore et al, 2021) characterised by a diverse functional palette (Krasilnikova & Klimov, 2020).…”

“…Some literature focuses on multifunctionality and multilayering as hybridisation indicators. Krasilnikova and Klimov (2020) describe that "Hybrid spaces are multifunctional architectural and landscape complexes, designed by applying the landscape urbanism approach and having a spatial connectivity with adjacent areas" (p. 92). The quality of the hybrid spaces is defined by multifunctionality that provides services that would be interesting for a wide variety of users.…”

“…Hybrid public space is therefore multi-layered and allows to create spaces in the city structure that connect different cultural, historical, and social parts of the city. The hybrid urban space may include multipurpose art and architectural objects, and it is based on a functional planning flexibility principle, where the space formation is based on the extension of its functional palette (Krasilnikova & Klimov, 2020). In the same regard, the presence of a versatile mixture of public and private structures, allowing different degrees of accessibility and various usability, also provides public spaces with a hybrid character (Nissen, 2008).…”