:: Urban Squares :: Public Squares ::

objective of this research initiative is to use our specific position between
art and science to explore various aspects of the urban squares

agora, aukio, adgbum, apajs laukums, apskrita aikste, bebia yeshia, court, campo, campidoglio, campiello, chiazza, ciassa, chjazza, carseh,
caernog, cudrado, carro, dataran, djemaa, drhal, el cuadro, forum, glorieta, gradina, jagadas, kikar, kancha, krizisce, körtér, largo, lan, market,
markt, misrah, mesto, moedani, meydan, meydani, maidan, namasty, namestie, nytorv, okarusu, oshkuzha, ploshcad, ploshcha, platz, place, plasenn,
plats, placo, placa, plac, pijaca, prato, plliaca, praca, plaza, plazza, piazza, plazuella, plein, piata, piasa, pliacetta, piasa, pieza, piaza, plass, plac,
prazza, piata, plateia, pjazza, parque, park, quadrat, rundel, runddel, rynek, rond-point, square, sillju, sgwar, souk, squero, shesh,
simpangan, trg, torg, torget, targ, ter, tere, toerana, tori, valjak, vliet, viereckig, winkel, ympyräaukio, zocalo,

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[great help in translations: logosdictionary.org]
[please send us words in your language used for city squares, lets extend this collection!]

objective of this initiative [with 245 squares from 27 countries] is to explore visual and artistic aspect of public urban square
as a nucleus of any neighbourhood. we are interpreting/translating language of urban squares, their urban morphology and
fundamental values in the overall social integration and sustainability of the urban life.

all of the squares in our collection are with a short description/comment/psychogeographical portrait and some with the combined
structurale profile and cross-section.

over time we were inspired to start performing analysis of urban space and produce "psychogeographical portraits" as
a mental reaction to the visited space. see the map of all our psychogeographical performances.

urbansqares project is "walking on a very narrow path" between art and science. intention is to have artistic freedom
in interpreting the facts, and provoke reaction.

rediscover - renew - reuse is catchphrase we are trying to incorporate in all our research.

as a very important part of this project classification system of city squares is developed
consisting of evaluation method and types of city squares.

other even more important parts are our activities related to urban issues and psychogeography, urbansquares art projects and documentation.

any comments are welcome, so do not hesitate to give us your opinion about any aspect of this site. thanks in advance.

people from good omen designing are photographing all of the squares on their numerous trips! if you want to contribute a square
to our collection send us a 680x340px quicktime.mov file, up to 800 kb. if the photos meet our criteria [aesthetic and technical] they
will be included and you will be mentioned as an author***.

aleksandar janicijevic, toronto, canada, april 2012

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