OpenHeritage Glossary
#OHglossary Identifying and clarifying keywords in OpenHeritage
Changes at "affordable spaces"
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„Space“ is described by the Cambridge Dictionary as “an empty area that is available
to be used” (Cambridge University Press 2020a). Within the OpenHeritage context
“spaces” is understood as one room or a number of rooms that are connected, either
as parts of one building or a cluster of buildings, or as open-air area. The spaces must
be suitable for the intended use by a user or user group and/or for more general
needs of the target group (e.g. customers in case of economic use).
“Affordable” is described by the Cambridge Dictionary as “not expensive” (Cambridge
University Press 2020b), which suggests questions about the economic performance
of the user(s). The financial effort to get access to the space (e. g. rent price) is a
barrier, that has to fit to the economic situation of the user(s) and must not endanger
them in order to be recognised as affordable.
Affordable often relates, in the context of spaces, to vulnerable users and groups with
smaller economic opportunities, compared to the overall standard, which is pointed
out for example for artists (University of California 1993, 46) or for people in social
transfer systems (University of Texas 2014, 274), elderly people (Housing Solutions
Platform 2019, 28), minorities or refugees.
Examples for affordables spaces are studios for arts and culture, social housing
apartments or spaces for certain businesses, like workshops or parking lots for a food
truck for people who are not able to finance a restaurant (University of Texas 2014,
233).
In conclusion, the term “affordable spaces” comes with three conditions: The term
"affordable space" is linked to three conditions: a space must be available, it must
meet the needs of the intended use, and the financial cost of access must correspond
to the economic possibilities of the users.
literature:
Cambridge University Press 2020a
Cambridge University Press. 2020. Meaning of space in English. Accessed February
25, 2020.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/affordable
Cambridge University Press 2020b
Cambridge University Press. 2020. Meaning of affordable in English. Accessed
February 25, 2020.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/affordable
University of California. 1993. Cooperative housing compendium: resources for
collaborative living. Edited by Lottie Cohen, Lois Arkin. Davis CA: Center for
Cooperatives, University of California.
Housing Solutions Platform. 2019. “Collectief Goed: Affordable Housing, Participation
and Empowerment” in 50 Out-of-the-Box Housing Solutions. Brussels: Hosuing
Solutions Plattform.
University of Texas. 2014. Homeownership and America&gid://decidim-openheritage/Decidim::Hashtag/28/39;s Financial Underclass: Flawed
Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions. Edited by Mechele Dickerson. Austin
TX: School of Law, University of Texas.
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„Space“ is described by the Cambridge Dictionary as “an empty area that is available
to be used” (Cambridge University Press 2020a). Within the OpenHeritage context
“spaces” is understood as one room or a number of rooms that are connected, either
as parts of one building or a cluster of buildings, or as open-air area. The spaces must
be suitable for the intended use by a user or user group and/or for more general
needs of the target group (e.g. customers in case of economic use).
“Affordable” is described by the Cambridge Dictionary as “not expensive” (Cambridge
University Press 2020b), which suggests questions about the economic performance
of the user(s). The financial effort to get access to the space (e. g. rent price) is a
barrier, that has to fit to the economic situation of the user(s) and must not endanger
them in order to be recognised as affordable.
Affordable often relates, in the context of spaces, to vulnerable users and groups with
smaller economic opportunities, compared to the overall standard, which is pointed
out for example for artists (University of California 1993, 46) or for people in social
transfer systems (University of Texas 2014, 274), elderly people (Housing Solutions
Platform 2019, 28), minorities or refugees.
Examples for affordables spaces are studios for arts and culture, social housing
apartments or spaces for certain businesses, like workshops or parking lots for a food
truck for people who are not able to finance a restaurant (University of Texas 2014,
233).
In conclusion, the term “affordable spaces” comes with three conditions: The term
"affordable space" is linked to three conditions: a space must be available, it must
meet the needs of the intended use, and the financial cost of access must correspond
to the economic possibilities of the users.
literature:
Cambridge University Press 2020a
Cambridge University Press. 2020. Meaning of space in English. Accessed February
25, 2020.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/de/worterbuch/englisch/affordable
Cambridge University Press 2020b
Cambridge University Press. 2020. Meaning of affordable in English. Accessed
February 25, 2020.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/affordable
University of California. 1993. Cooperative housing compendium: resources for
collaborative living. Edited by Lottie Cohen, Lois Arkin. Davis CA: Center for
Cooperatives, University of California.
Housing Solutions Platform. 2019. “Collectief Goed: Affordable Housing, Participation
and Empowerment” in 50 Out-of-the-Box Housing Solutions. Brussels: Hosuing
Solutions Plattform.
University of Texas. 2014. Homeownership and America&gid://decidim-openheritage/Decidim::Hashtag/28/39;s Financial Underclass: Flawed
Premises, Broken Promises, New Prescriptions. Edited by Mechele Dickerson. Austin
TX: School of Law, University of Texas.
MIT Press. 2017. Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: from loncheras to
lobsta love. Edited by Julian Agyeman, Caitlin Matthews, Hannah Sobel. Cambridge
MA: MIT Press.
