A ‘placeful’ station? The community role in place making and improving hedonic value at local railway stations |
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Institution: | 1. Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, Munich, 80333, Germany;2. Plan4Better GmbH, Germany;2. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands |
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Abstract: | In recent years, railway stations have come to be seen as non-places within society, points of transit and nothing more. The role of the station in place making is disputed with stations seen as both creating and destroying a sense of place within a community. Our study is located within the railway stations of Scotland and explores how local communities have been empowered to reclaim, customise, and re-appropriate stations to simultaneously create a sense of place and better promote their community to the outside world. Drawing on ethnographic research we refute the notion that stations are somehow ‘placeless’. We show how through a process of legitimisation, a sense of ownership and appropriation of the station environment, communities are able to transform the station, improving hedonic value and recapturing a sense of place. |
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Keywords: | Railway stations Community Placelessness Placefullness |
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