DESIGNResidents should know their

place!

Out with

NIMBY

In with

LUSTYLet Us Shape This Yard

Who’s US?

STAKEHOLDERSAll whose lives will be affected in a

significant way

• Building interior

• Building form and appearance

• Neighbourhood renewal

• Town or city spaces, e.g. parks

• New settlement or urban extension

• Heritage icon / national monument

Project type determines

participants

More stakeholders = more complex and difficult process

to secure consensus.

SKILLS: Enabling, Education, Leadership

OPTIMUM PROCESS

DESIGN REVIEW

• Objective

• Independent and detached

• Tests design response to PLACE

• Tests design response to PEOPLE

• Observes well established criteria

CRITICISMERIA

Character + distinctiveness (sense of place)

Promote character in townscape and landscape

by responding to locally distinctive patterns of development and culture.

Indicators of design quality

Continuity + enclosure (sense of urbanity)

Promote the continuity of street frontages and the enclosure of space by development which clearly defines private and public areas.

building line, enclosure, fronts and backs, height and width ratios, live edges, projections, setbacks, public and private space, relationships, security

Quality of the public realm (sense of well being)

Promote high quality design of areas between buildings through public spaces and routes that are safe, uncluttered, active and easily maintained.

boundaries, entrances, events, ground floors, interface, live edges, maintenance, management, micro-climate, overlooking, planting, public art, richness of detail

Connectivity + permeability (ease of movement)

building blocks, connectivity, hierarchy, local access, mobility, networks, permeability, public transport, traffic calming, streets and squares, urban grain, safety

Promote high levels of accessibility and local permeability by making places that connect with each other, are easy to move through and put people before traffic.

Legibility + identity(ease of understanding)

Promote legibility through development that provides a system of recognisable routes, nodes and features to orientate users.

civic buildings, corners, entrances, focal points, vistas, gateways, image, interpretation, beacons, landmarks, lighting, public art, signage, street clutter, way marking

Adaptability + robustness (ease of change)

Promote adaptability through development that can change with social, technological, economic and market conditions.

conversions, efficiency, events, flexibility, floor-to-ceiling heights, future uses, infrastructure, materials, reserved sites, robustness, traffic management

Diversity + Inclusiveness (ease of choice)

Promote diversity through a mix of compatible uses that work together to create lively, successful places.

choice, dynamism, homeworking, interaction, mixed uses and tenures, management, natural surveillance, night-time economy, safety and security, variety

Integration + efficiency (sustainability)

Promote the integration

of land uses, transport and the natural environment, making efficient use of its resources and reducing the need to travel.

public transport, cycling, daylight and sunlight, density, energy conservation, ecology, landscape, life-cycle costs, micro-climate, mixed-use, natural lighting/ventilation

• processAre the client and design team committed to delivering good design?

• Have they got the right Design Team on board.• What consultation has been undertaken and how

have the needs and views of local people been taken into account?

• How will the plans be translated into quality development on the ground?

LANDSCAPELANDSCAPEthe foundation of the foundation of

placeplace• The whole scene, including buildingsThe whole scene, including buildings

• Exists before and is Exists before and is changedchanged by by

developmentdevelopment

• Most important ingredient is SPACEMost important ingredient is SPACE

• Space changes its meaning and character Space changes its meaning and character

when people occupy and move through itwhen people occupy and move through it