Regeneration of Cultural Quarters: Public Art for Place Image or Place Identity?

One icon, two audiences: how the Denver Art Museum used their new building to both brand the city and bolster civic pride

“…With iconic buildings often understood as a large sculpture in the city-scape, they can both reflect local identity and contribute to place promotion, as public art does (Mccarthy 2006). Iconic buildings and innovative designs which are not tied to historical symbolism can allow people to make up their own meaning and offer a common language for diverse populations (Gospodini 2004).…”

El Raval and Mile End: A Comparative Study of Two Cultural Quarters between Urban Regeneration and Creative Clusters

“…Since the early 90's, the cultural regeneration approach has emerged as a strategy for urban and territorial development in many depressed areas and marginal spaces. The strategic role of public actors has been fundamental to the planning policy of creative and cultural clusters, both in terms of financing and supporting the projects, and for supervising and managing the territorial development (DCMS, 1999;Scott, 2004).The strategies formulated by local stakeholders are the pivots of regeneration of industrial and depressed quarters, as they consider interests and goals with a participative and multidimensional approach (McCarthy, 2006). They highlight the difference between culture led regeneration and cultural regeneration approaches.…”

Place Identity And Creative District Regeneration: The Case Of 798 In Beijing And M50 In Shanghai Art Zones

“…Accordingly, the relationship between heritage, place identity and planning (Graham and Howard, 2008;Kong, 2007) is important in order to understand -as in the following Chinese case studies -the history of the place and preserving it through suitable actions of planning. The preservation of the memory of the place represented in a different way -both tangible and intangible -is the main factor to avoid the risk of globalization or strong territorial marketing (McCarthy, 2006;McDowell, 2008;Pozo, Gonzales, 2012).…”