The High Line Elevated Park in New York was built between 2006 and 2014 on a dismissed railway and it took inspiration from The Promenade Plantèe in Paris. Today, the High Line Elevated Park is known across the world and thanks to its success, several projects took and still take inspiration from it. The aim of the thesis is to investigate the transnational circulation of infrastructure-to-park reuse projects similar to the High Line. Why and how are these projects traveling? The thesis is divided into five chapters. The focus of the first part is about the mobility, based on existing literature on the topic. It comprises theories of mobility, policy mobility, urban policy mobility, mobile actors and, more in-depth, mobility of planning ideas and projects. Through the case study of the High Line, in New York, I will try to understand the circumstances under which this project was completed. I will track other similar projects to see if and how the New York project influenced them. The second and the third chapters describe the case studies. Firstly, the High Line and three antecedent projects (the Promenade Plantèe, Freedom Park and Maidashi Ryokuchi) are described. Then, twenty-six current projects inspired by the High Line are presented. The case studies are grouped as follow: completed projects, projects under constructions, concepts and cancelled projects (those concepts that were not realized after a series of debates that I present and discuss). After the presentation of all the projects inspired by the High Line Elevated Park, the fourth part of the thesis outlines what I call the “High Line Effect”. What are the positive and the negative features of infrastructure-to-park projects? Who is affected and how? This chapter explains the meaning of this effect, the pros and the cons of the circulation of this project. To conclude, the last part of the thesis is to understand the trends of the transnational circulation of this project.
L’High Line è stato costruito a Manhattan in tre fasi, tra il 2006 e il 2014, a cavallo di una ferrovia in disuso, prendendo ispirazione dall’antecedente Promenade Plantèe a Parigi. Al giorno d’oggi, l’High Line di New York è conosciuto in tutto il mondo e, grazie al suo successo, molti progetti hanno tratto e continuano a trarre ispirazione da esso. Analizzare la circolazione mondiale di progetti di conversione da infrastruttura-a-parco simili all’High Line è lo scopo principale della tesi. Come e perché questi progetti si trasferiscono in diverse parti del mondo? La tesi è divisa in cinque capitoli. La prima parte si focalizza sulla mobilità. Basandomi su letteratura esistente in merito, il capitolo è stato diviso in: teorie di mobilità, mobilità di politiche, mobilità di politiche urbane, mobilità di attori e, per concludere, mobilità di idee e progetti. Attraverso il caso studio dell’High Line di New York, cercherò di comprendere le circostanze per il quale questo progetto è stato completato. Inoltre, analizzerò altri progetti simili per verificare se e come il sopracitato li ha influenzati. Il secondo capitolo contiene la descrizione dei primi casi studio. Cominciando da un’attenta analisi dell’High Line, l’attenzione si sposterà poi sui tre progetti antecedenti ad esso: Promenade Plantèe, Freedom Park e Maidashi Ryokuchi. A seguire, in terzo capitolo include ventisei progetti ispirati all’High Line. I casi studio sono raggruppati come segue: progetti completati, progetti in costruzione, progetti concettuali e progetti cancellati. Questi ultimi contengono quattro esempi di progetti non realizzati a causa di una serie di dibattiti che sono presentati e discussi successivamente. Dopo l’analisi e la descrizione di tutti i progetti ispirati all’High Line, il quarto capitolo della tesi serve a chiarire il significato di ciò che io ho definito “Effetto High Line”. Quali sono gli aspetti positivi e negativi di questi progetti di conversione da infrastruttura-a-parco? Chi ne è influenzato e come? Questo capitolo spiega il significato di questo effetto, considerando inoltre i pro e i contro della circolazione dell’High Line. Per concludere, l’ultima parte della tesi contiene una mia interpretazione dei diversi metodi con cui l’High Line viene replicato globalmente.
The high line global spread. Understanding the transnational circulation of infrastructure-to-park reuse projects
Di BENEDETTO, ROBERTA
2017/2018
Abstract
The High Line Elevated Park in New York was built between 2006 and 2014 on a dismissed railway and it took inspiration from The Promenade Plantèe in Paris. Today, the High Line Elevated Park is known across the world and thanks to its success, several projects took and still take inspiration from it. The aim of the thesis is to investigate the transnational circulation of infrastructure-to-park reuse projects similar to the High Line. Why and how are these projects traveling? The thesis is divided into five chapters. The focus of the first part is about the mobility, based on existing literature on the topic. It comprises theories of mobility, policy mobility, urban policy mobility, mobile actors and, more in-depth, mobility of planning ideas and projects. Through the case study of the High Line, in New York, I will try to understand the circumstances under which this project was completed. I will track other similar projects to see if and how the New York project influenced them. The second and the third chapters describe the case studies. Firstly, the High Line and three antecedent projects (the Promenade Plantèe, Freedom Park and Maidashi Ryokuchi) are described. Then, twenty-six current projects inspired by the High Line are presented. The case studies are grouped as follow: completed projects, projects under constructions, concepts and cancelled projects (those concepts that were not realized after a series of debates that I present and discuss). After the presentation of all the projects inspired by the High Line Elevated Park, the fourth part of the thesis outlines what I call the “High Line Effect”. What are the positive and the negative features of infrastructure-to-park projects? Who is affected and how? This chapter explains the meaning of this effect, the pros and the cons of the circulation of this project. To conclude, the last part of the thesis is to understand the trends of the transnational circulation of this project.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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