ben hamilton-baillie - streets, networks and public space
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A presentation given by Ben Hamilton-Baillie at the 2011 Design Symposium which was held in Stirling and organised by Architecture + Design Scotland and Historic Scotland.TRANSCRIPT
Ben Hamilton BaillieBen Hamilton Baillie Associates
“Delivering Better Places”
Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, Stirling
Streets, networks & public space
Ben Hamilton-Baillie www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk
Design Skills Symposium Scotland
Exhibition Road, London
O’Connell Street, Dublin
Siena, Italy
Traffic in Towns. The Buchanan Report 1963
Eugène Hénard Proposals for traffic circulation Paris 1905
“Traffic segregation should be the keynote of modern road design”
Ministry of Transport (1966)“Roads in Urban Areas”
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Published Nov 2010
CABE Better Streets Studies
Liverpool
Manchester
Newcastle
Nottingham
Bristol
Bideford
Kensington
Devizes
Dublin
Harlow
Birmingham New Street
“The swings are packed away at night because kids might climb the fence and use them unsupervised and hurt themselves.”
Rubberized mattingbarriers
No swings
No children
Kensington High Street - before
Before: average annual rate between March 98 and February 2001
After: average annual rate between September 2003 and March 2005
Drop in casualties from 1999 to 2004
-22
-26
-14
-18
-43
-25 -26
-35
-64
-18
-35
-44
-70
-60
-50
-40
-30
-20
-10
0
Pedestrian Cyclists Motorcycles All%
London
RBKC
KHS
Kensington High Street Casualty Review
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
Dispelling myths and misunderstandings amongst highway engineers
Stresses professional judgement over convention and simple application of guidance
Reviews the realities of legal liability and corporate risk
The Highway• Regulated
• Impersonal
• Linear
• Single Purpose
• Consistent
• Predictable
• Systematic
• State controlled
• Signs and markings
The Public Realm• Culturally defined
• Personal
• Spatial
• Multi-purpose
• Constantly changing
• Unpredictable
• Contextual
• Cultural / social rules
• Eye contact
Context timeSystem time
Hans Monderman1946-2008
Makkinga, Friesland
Noordlaren, Groningen
Petersfield, Hampshire
Shrewsbury High Street
St. Armel, Brittany
Drachten, Friesland
De Kaden, Drachten
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Poynton, Cheshire
Aachen, Germany
Norrkøpping, Sweden
Skvallertorget
before after
Portishead, BristolTraffic light switch-off
New Road, Brighton
Ashford Ring Road, Kent
Lost O
St. Gallen “Stadtlounge” Switzerland
Seven Dials, Covent Garden
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