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16 November 2011

City Hall 16th Nov 2011 at 12.30pm Launch of a project and research carried out for BCRC (Belfast Conflict Resolution Consortium) by Forum. A new interpretation of shared space and connection in the city. The research is presented on three A2 posters with mapping and a 16 page report.

Shared Space is firstly about access to the city and its services. The centre is ringed by a grey doughnut of roads, cheap car parking to serve commuters and vacant sites caused by blight, this denies access to the pedestrians and cyclists. It is designed for ease of use by the more affluent car owning public at the expense of people who live in the city.

Inward focused neighbourhoods are the direct result of the city scale traffic priority of commuters over city residentIf we wish to have policies on shared space and social division we need to have honest discussion. All sectors in the city often have a partial look at division and unshared spaces. This is evident in 20 years of regeneration, where gated projects remain unconnected to adjacent neighbourhoods or the city itself. 

Contact

By email: info@forumbelfast.org

or to Co-Director, Mark Hackett  mark@forumbelfast.org