1. PUBLIC
In a city, where myriad interests are often in competition at any given spot, “public engagement” is a slippery term that raises the important and oft-ignored question: Which public? Before the evaluation of urban tactics can begin, one must define the group or groups of people they are working to engage. As architects and designers develop tactics to address specific sites and conditions, how are they deciding which groups to orient their projects toward? Beyond that, how can various factors—demographics, geography, politics, et al.—change the way that different publics view and engage with different tactics?
