A Test of Character: Regulating Place-identity in Inner-city Melbourne
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Dovey, K; Woodcock, I; Wood, SDate
2009-11-01Source Title
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studiesPublisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTDAffiliation
Architecture, Building and PlanningMetadata
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Dovey, K., Woodcock, I. & Wood, S. (2009). A Test of Character: Regulating Place-identity in Inner-city Melbourne. URBAN STUDIES, 46 (12), pp.2595-2615. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009344229.Access Status
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<jats:p> During the 1990s, urban planning in Melbourne changed from prescriptive regulation to a place-based performance framework with a focus on existing or desired ‘urban character’. This paper is a case study of a contentious urban project in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy: a highly valued place characterised as an irregular and transgressive mix of differences: between building types, functions, forms, heights and people. Contrasting conceptions, experiences and constructions of ‘character’ are explored from the viewpoints of residents, architect/developer and the state. To what degree does the regulation of ‘character’ open or close the city to creative innovation? Can it become camouflage for creative destruction? How to regulate for irregularity? The paper concludes with a discussion of theories of place (Massey vs Heidegger) and the prospects of concepts such as habitus (Bourdieu) and assemblage (Deleuze) for the interpretation of a progressive sense of place. </jats:p>
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