localising change: why this, and why now?

Diarmaid LawlorHead of Urbanism

Architecture+DesignScotlandStart Small, Newcastle

• Adamstown, Dublin, Ireland Adamstown, Dublin, Ireland • Allerton Bywater, Leeds, EnglandAllerton Bywater, Leeds, England• Castlefield (Britannia Basin), Castlefield (Britannia Basin),

Manchester, England Manchester, England • Hammarby-Sjöstad, Stockholm, Hammarby-Sjöstad, Stockholm,

SwedenSweden• Ijburg, Amsterdam, NetherlandsIjburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands• Newhall, Harlow, EnglandNewhall, Harlow, England• Upton, Northampton, EnglandUpton, Northampton, England• Vauban, Freiburg, GermanyVauban, Freiburg, Germany

Why this, why now?Delivering Better Places

Imagine a place where people wanted to bea place where people wanted to be…..…..what is it you would want the housing to do there?

Lives and places

The Matter

Whole place thinking: services

• Together• Shared• Connected

Providers: how

Users: what

School = neighbourhoodHousing is in between

Whole place thinking: services and assets

• Together• Shared• Connected

Providers: how

Users: what

School = neighbourhoodHousing is in between

Whole place thinking: services, assets and regeneration

Imagine a place where people wanted to bea place where people wanted to be…..

…..what is it you would want the housing to do?

… and how do you achieve it?

Today: “people, places, pounds”

Local land, local finance, local participation

How: collaborative implementation

What works elsewhere and why?

Stress test: small towns and neighbourhoods

Learning points and action areas