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the qualities of successful places

favourite places

• one place you would like to live and work

• a named town, city, village• anywhere in the world• except Birmingham

favourite places

• Athens• Barcelona• Bath • Cape Town • Florence • Hong Kong• Leicester• London • New York

• Oundle• Poole• Rome• Tenby • Tokyo • Vancouver• Venice• York

places where we would like to be…

…share the same qualities.

“we admire one kind of place…

…but we constantly build something very different” – Andres

Duany

the qualities of successful places

character

continuity &

enclosure

quality of the public

realm

ease of movement

diversityadaptabilit

ylegibility

what makes a good street?

what makes a good street?

squares paths and parks

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

continuity and enclosure

the perimeter block

the perimeter block

the perimeter block

perimeter blocks

which is easiest to get around?

ease of Movement

ease of movement

ease of movement

where is she? why the yellow line?

legibility

legibility

legibility

legibility

legibility

legibility

quality of the public realm

quality of the public realm

quality of the public realm

adaptability

adaptability

adaptability

diversity: mixed uses

diversity: mixed styles

where is it?

Venice

where is it?

New York

where is it?

London

where is it?

Manchester

where is it?

Polperro

where is it?

Stoke-on-Trent

character

character

character

character

character

character

character

character

the qualities of successful places

character

continuity &

enclosure

quality of the public

realm

ease of movement

diversityadaptabilit

ylegibility

case study

Craig Croft, N. Solihull