Thirdspace Different Londons… With thanks to Richard Bustin Images: Sally and Alan Parkinson unless otherwise stated

FIRSTSPACE The Physical built environment This can be mapped and measured….

SECONDSPACE The ‘imagined’ environment – how a place is perceived How the city is sold, marketed, imagined….

THIRDSPACE The reality of living in a place… The ‘lived’ experience, mediated by expectations from the Secondspace and personal circumstances

FIRSTSPACE The Physical built environment

FIRSTSPACE The Physical built environment SECONDSPACE The ‘imagined’ environment – how a place is perceived

FIRSTSPACE The Physical built environment SECONDSPACE The ‘imagined’ environment – how a place is perceived THIRDSPACE The reality of living in a place…

Homeless

Which space ? Consider the ‘experience’ of London these people would have: -A Japanese student researching London for a project on cities -A homeless person who has been living on the streets for 2 years -A student from Finland studying at a University in London -A primary school student visiting the Science Museum on a school trip -A shop worker in Covent Garden -A driver on the Underground, working on the Central Line -A pensioner living in sheltered accommodation in Camden -An MP, whose constituency is in Cornwall, but has a 2 nd home in the city -A young single parent living in a high-rise block close to St. Pancras -A journalist working for a London-based media company -A commuter living in Hitchin who travels in to work each week day -An unemployed young woman with little disposable income -A wealthy Canadian visiting his family in the city for the first time

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