Thinking outside the Squares

Ciarán Cuffe Gavin Daly

Georgian City

Outer cities and inner city Uncertainty, vacancy, transiencePoor definitions of public realm in Irish LawWrong experts control outside spaceOver-regulation, patchy enforcementDominance of vehicles and trafficGreen spaces lack diversity and public input

The Problem

Crystal Ball anyone?

Public place means any street, road or other place to which the public have access with vehicles whether as of right or by permission and whether subject to or free of charge

Road Traffic Act, 1961

Public Realm StrategyDublin City Council

Which car park would like to live beside?

You can see the Ghost buses from here…

Container City, Tower Hamlets London

SFX Pioneer Club of Dublin, Mountjoy Square

Guardian House Leipzig, Germany

Time for a walk

Define the public realmRe-think who is in chargeCo-ordinate Local Authority leadershipMore public space less trafficMore green stuff, less parkingLand-banking, temporary usesHelp out homesteaders

Now what?