id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_etb2kftkujb2jnzgw4f4mb3xxu Clare Rishbeth Sitting outside: Conviviality, self-care and the design of benches in urban public space 2017 14 .pdf application/pdf 11089 750 61 Sitting outside: conviviality, self-care and the design of benches in urban public space This is a repository copy of Sitting outside: conviviality, self-care and the design of conviviality, self-care and the design of benches in urban public space. design of benches in urban public space The research is based on the case study of a central square in Woolwich, south-east London. that attending to the precision of sitting on a bench can illuminate multiple temporalities of urban change in Key words public space; architecture; conviviality; care; regeneration; London What does sitting outside mean for people experiencing marginalisation and exclusion in the city? the physical design of urban public space – materiality of these connects the paper's three themes of conviviality, self-care and design through a series of observations on square users' acts of watching. 'improved' square and its benches are currently experienced by their users, including low-income residents means to sit on the benches in Gordon Square. ./cache/work_etb2kftkujb2jnzgw4f4mb3xxu.pdf ./txt/work_etb2kftkujb2jnzgw4f4mb3xxu.txt