<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Social engagement and public participation is perceived as emerging social concern and coincidental annoyance for architects during the design and building processes. In the development of objects of public importance, especially those of ambiguous assessments, the knowledge of participatory methods, institutional support options, and knowledge of public relations and media literacy becomes an important element in contemporary architectural practice. Latvia’s legislation ensures standard public participation procedure in a unified system within the attribute of “significant architectural object”. This study attempts to recognize the origin and structure of multi-layered topic when the involvement of a wider public is applied in the development of architectural objects. It collects generally known major failures and maps component attributes within three stages. The Conclusion presents several observations on main research question, – how the development of notable architectural objects in the local market is de facto affected by engagement of wider public.</p></abstract>

Social engagement and public participation is perceived as emerging social concern and coincidental annoyance for architects during the design and building processes. In the development of objects of public importance, especially those of ambiguous assessments, the knowledge of participatory methods, institutional support options, and knowledge of public relations and media literacy becomes an important element in contemporary architectural practice. Latvia’s legislation ensures standard public participation procedure in a unified system within the attribute of “significant architectural object”. This study attempts to recognize the origin and structure of multi-layered topic when the involvement of a wider public is applied in the development of architectural objects. It collects generally known major failures and maps component attributes within three stages. The Conclusion presents several observations on main research question, – how the development of notable architectural objects in the local market is de facto affected by engagement of wider public.

The Role of Social Engagement in the Development of Significant Architectural Objects

Architecture and Urban Planning

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Social engagement and public participation is perceived as emerging social concern and coincidental annoyance for architects during the design and building...

The Role of Social Engagement in the Development of Significant Architectural Objects

Published Online: Feb 10, 2018

Page range: 6 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0001

Keywords
Social engagement in architecture, public participation procedure, public response to architecture, public discussion about architecture

© 2017 Ilze Miķelsone, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Role of Social Engagement in the Development of Significant Architectural Objects

Published Online: Feb 10, 2018

Page range: 6 - 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/aup-2017-0001

KeywordsSocial engagement in architecture, public participation procedure, public response to architecture, public discussion about architecture

© 2017 Ilze Miķelsone, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Social engagement in architecture, public participation procedure, public response to architecture, public discussion about architecture