The object of the paper regards the typological spaces of welfare, which were constructed during the 20th and at the beginning of 21 century in Europe as a group of spaces for socialisation and collective life activities, services and outfits which, despite their many limitations, aimed to guarantee comfort, education, health and safety to the city, while also giving a concrete form to welfare state policies. Urban projects and policies for most European developments built over the past few decades have not everywhere and not always aimed at comparing themselves with defining new space patterns, services and collective infrastructure and social interaction, negating a comparison with widespread higher quality aims which should characterize sectoral politics (health, education, subsidies, housing, etc.) promoting greater collective well being. In this paper we reflect on the intense use and consumption of existing fixed assets generated by the developmental models of the contemporary city, which leads us to ask with a sense of urgency: what is the new fixed asset and how is it being generated? What are the new collective goods, the “common happiness” that recent urban phenomena have been able to construct?
Welfare Space in Europe
MUNARIN, STEFANO;TOSI, MARIA CHIARA
2009-01-01
Abstract
The object of the paper regards the typological spaces of welfare, which were constructed during the 20th and at the beginning of 21 century in Europe as a group of spaces for socialisation and collective life activities, services and outfits which, despite their many limitations, aimed to guarantee comfort, education, health and safety to the city, while also giving a concrete form to welfare state policies. Urban projects and policies for most European developments built over the past few decades have not everywhere and not always aimed at comparing themselves with defining new space patterns, services and collective infrastructure and social interaction, negating a comparison with widespread higher quality aims which should characterize sectoral politics (health, education, subsidies, housing, etc.) promoting greater collective well being. In this paper we reflect on the intense use and consumption of existing fixed assets generated by the developmental models of the contemporary city, which leads us to ask with a sense of urgency: what is the new fixed asset and how is it being generated? What are the new collective goods, the “common happiness” that recent urban phenomena have been able to construct?
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