the art and science of placemaking
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What is placemaking? What we do at Village Well, and some principles and tips.TRANSCRIPT
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“Sorry, you do what?”
So, what is Placemaking?
Placemaking is not new
It’s as old as our towns and main streets
Now making places is the work of professionals
It turns out We can be really crap at it
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“The 20th Century was
about getting around. The 21st Century will be about staying in a place worth staying in.”
James Howard Kunstler, 2004
WHERE WOULD YOU SIT?
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“It is difficult to design a space
that will not attract people.
What is remarkable is how often this
has been accomplished.”
William H Whyte
The problem is in the way we go about making places.
Its our process
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Three Pieces of Placemaking Advice
01Make places that are loved and owned by people (not cars, not marketing strategies, not engineers)
Local knowledge and ideas & solutions!
Ownership co-design
Partners who is the egg and who is the bacon?
Plan with communities not on behalf of communities:
Paynesville Community blitz
LoveableNot loveable
LoveableNot loveable
LoveableNot loveable
02 Make places that are active and feel safe
Plan for communities not
just homes
Less gates, lower fences, no CCTV or body corporate security guards
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William H. Whyte
“What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.”
ActiveNot active
ActiveNot active
ActiveNot active
03 Make places that feel connected
The tools we use can cause problems
Plans, drawings, ACAD - not good at getting scale right
but disconnected from the city gridA beautiful object
ConnectedDisconnected
ConnectedDisconnected
Connected Disconnected
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In conclusion:
- Make places that are loved and owned by people
- Make places that are active and feel safe
- Make places that are connected
"Cities have the capability of
providing something for everybody, only because, and only
when, they are created by
everybody." Jane Jacobs
-The Death and Life of Great American cities
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Thank you