placemaking presentation amsterdam museumplein june 2014 fred kent pps.org
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The presentation that Fred Kent and Kathy Madden of Project for Public Spaces (www.pps.org) gave for the Placegame Museumplein. On placemaking, the backgrounds, many international best practices. The place game was an initiative of PPS.org, Placemaking Plus, Stipo, Posterscope, the City of Amsterdam and supported by the Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Feel free to use and share the presentation, but please use the PPS.org logo and reference.TRANSCRIPT
How Placemaking Can Transform Cities,
Projects and Communities
June 20th, 2014
What is Placemaking?
n Thoreau said “there is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” In this light, Placemaking is a dynamic human function: it is an act of liberation, of staking claim, and of beautification; it is true human empowerment.
Creating a Placemaking Vision for Zaandam Historic Core
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Place Performance Evaluation Exercise
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
7 Current situation!
n 44 Countries n Over 250 Major Cities n 50 U.S. States, 7 Canadian Provinces n 3500 Communities n 2 Million visitors to our web sites (2013) n 36,000 newsletter n 32,500 Twitter n 36,000 Facebook
39 Years of Placemaking
William H. (Holly) Whyte n The Organization Man,1956 n The Exploding Metropolis, 1958 n The Last Landscape, 1968 n Plan for the City of New York, 1969 n The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces,
1980 n City: Rediscovering the Center, 1988
“It’s hard to create a space that will not attract people, what is remarkable, is how often this has been
accomplished.”
“One of the best things about water is the look and feel of it…It’s not right to put water before people and then
keep them away from it.”
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
“If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
“Benches are artifacts, the purpose of which is to punctuate architectural photographs. They are not so
good for sitting.”
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Theatres/ Museums
Malls
Hospitals
Strip Centers
Libraries Schools
Parks Community Centers
City Hall
Churches Office Parks
Communities Today
Parking Lots and Big Roads Unsustainable
Why don’t we have better Public Spaces today?
• Fear • Narrow Development
Goals • Siloed Disciplines • Project-driven vs. Place-
driven Planning • Design Led vs Place Led • Government Structure &
Regulations
Placemaking is the most important strategy that Governments, Developers and Non Profits can adopt to build community capacity and shared outcomes
Top Down
Government/ Discipline
Citizen & Community
Capacity
Place Leadership Low High
Transforma)onal Change -‐ ‘Place Led’ approaches
PLACE LED
PROJECT LED
DISCIPLINE LED
PLACE SENSITIVE
Government Announces & Defends
Community Leads & Government Facilitates/Implements
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Get from Inadequate
to Extraordinary
We Have to Turn Everything Upside Down - To Get it
Right Side Up To
City Hall Community Centers
Theatres/ Museums
Transit Hospitals
Coffee Shops
Libraries
Schools
Civic Squares Community Gathering
Spaces/Markets
Churches
Offices
Sustainable Communities of the Future
Phases of Government Evolution by Peter Smith, CEO Adelaide Council, Australia
Phase 1: “Big Government”: Siloed, Solution/ politically-Driven, metrics by programs
Phase 4 “Facilitative Government”: Value measured in community capacity and competency at a holistic level.
What is Placemaking It is a Sacred Community Process It is a Natural, Organic Process It Localizes It is Economic Development It is Scaled to each Community It Creates Social and Place Capital
Health and Sustainability
When you focus on a place, you do everything differently.
PLACEMAKING FOR DOWNTOWN DETROIT
Architecture of Place - Past
Detroit: Campus Martius / Cadillac Square
Campus Martius / Cadillac Square
Architecture - Today
Architecture of Place – Future?
n People and Products as Primary Focus n Power of Ten 10X10X10 =1000 “Small Spaces” n __________________________________________ n Comfort and Amenities…Welcoming/Friendly n Triangulate n Streets as Places…To not Thru n Localize thru Markets, Local Business, Talent n Architecture of Place n Public Multi-use Destinations
Big Ideas = Big Outcomes
Detroit Strategies
• MAKE THINGS HAPPEN NOW • Short term = 1-4 months. Long term = 2 years. • CREATE ENERGETIC ANCHORS OF ACTIVITY in
key locations. Power of 10 • CROWD-SOURCE IDEAS (Digital Placemaking). • MAKE IT A “MOVABLE FEAST” through meet-ups and
mobile management teams. • GET LIFE ON THE STREETS to make public spaces
safe and attractive, and encourage walking. • BRING THE INSIDE OUT with transparent, visually
exciting ground floors and corners that pop-out.
2009
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
1. Gateway between the Plaza and Harvard Yard 2. The South Fence and connection to Harvard Yard 3. NW Plaza Entrance 4. The “Great Lawn” 5. Science Center Outdoor Terrace 6. The “Piazza”
7. Entrance to the Science Center 8. Tanner Fountain 9. Library Arcade 10. NE Plaza Entrance 11. Loker Bar and Beer Garden 12. Memorial Walk 13. Main Walkway 14. Overlooks
Power of Ten
Benchmark Plan for Daily Activities - Spring/Summer
Amenities Plan that support Uses & Activities
Central Meeting Place Bean Bags & Café Seating
Central Meeting Place Food Trucks & Seating
Tent Area Events & Recreational Activities
Hang Out Spot Fun Seating
Lawn Games Area – Tetherball & Bag Toss
North Grove – Pet Therapy Zoo
Central Meeting Place Giant Chess
Process and Tools How to Look at a Place
Place Performance Evaluation Game Power of 10
Digital Placemaking
Placemaking Tools/Process to Transform Communities
n Power of 10 n Place Performance Evaluation Game n Placemaking Vision/Plan n Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper as a Development
Startegy n Placemaking Concept/Design n Campaign, Community Organizing and Social
Media
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The Power of Ten
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6. Sit and relax
1. Read the paper
8. Take a break from a bike ride
3. Learn about upcoming events
2. Window shopping for books
4. Go inside!
10. Have a conversation
7. Read someone else’s book
5. Walk
9. Pet a dog
Power of 10
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Singapore - 10 Sites
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
NYC Destinations 1980
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
10 Destinations Today
New York City Transformed: Rockefeller Center Times Square
Bryant Park Union Square
Rockefeller Center
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Times Square
Before
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Proposed Festival with 46th Street Crossover Times Square
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Bryant Park
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Union Square
Place Led Perth Cultural Centre, Perth vs. Design Led Lincoln Center, NYC Sherbourne Commons, Toronto
Perth Cultural Centre
2009 Placemaking Activation Plan
Before
After
Before 1
2
1 2
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
After
1
2
Before
After
Before
After
After
After
n We want to turn ourselves “inside out” and be “of” the Centre not just “in” the Centre” Western Australian Museum
n Porous, sticky and a “wonder” Art Gallery of Western Australia
n Our ground floor is a public space that could be the “town hall” - State Library
Stakeholder Aspirations
Lincoln Center New York City
n Loca;on: Upper West Side of ManhaBan, NYC n Size: 16.3 acre campus n Date Opened: Most buildings and performance halls opened in the
1960s n Management En;ty: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA)
Design Led Sherbourne Common, Toronto
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Museumplein Discussion/Game
From Formal/Tourist Focused
Big Events Toward
Diverse/Dynamic/Exciting Community Driven
127 Current situation!
Bryant Park, NYC
Museumplein, Amsterdam
530 V
N
Paris - Luxembourg Gardens
Triangulation
Bryant Park, NYC
Museumplein, Amsterdam
530 V
N
Bryant Park
BRYANT PARK
BRYANT PARK
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Southwest Porch
Entrance
Carousel/Games
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Kunstragarten, Stockholm, Sweden
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper n Comfort, Amenities & Public Art n Activation Events n Interim Public Spaces n Light Development
Brooklyn - Dumbo
Case Study: Paris Plage
Paris Plage 2013
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Paris - les Berges 2013
How To Evaluate A Place
Place
Sociability Comfort & Image
Access & Linkages Uses & Activities
§ Convenient § Walkable § Continuity § Proximity § Connected § Enticing
Access & Linkages
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
• Fun/Vital • Active • Indigenous • Sustainable • Affordable • Challenging
Uses & Activities
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
• Attractive • Unique • Usable • Maintained • Historic • “Green” • Safe • Friendly
Comfort & Image
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
• Welcoming • Interactive • Neighborliness • Pride • Diversity • Stewardship
Sociability
How to Look at a Place?
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
sociability uses & activities
access & linkages comfort & image
Welcoming
evening use volunteerism
street life
transit usage
parking usage patterns pedestrian activity
Walkable Convenient Accessible
Charm Clean Attractive
Historic
Safe
building conditions environmental data
sanitation rating crime stats
Cooperative Neighborly
property values land-use patterns
retail sales
business ownership
Special Real
Fun Active Vital
Connected
Key Attributes Intangibles Measurements
PLACE
"Place Game" Evaluation Process 1. Break up into teams 2. Go to your designated site
where you fill out the Place Game form individually
3. Convene with your teammates
and choose a “recorder” to summarize team’s findings on one form
4. Return to room and finish
summarizing findings and ideas on flipchart
5. Pick a present and report out
Questions to Think About n Should Museumplein be a place for big events or be broken up into
multiple places or smaller spaces? Restrictions of being an area for demonstrations (no obstacles allowed)
n Who are you trying to attract? How do we get a better balance between local and international visitors
n Make the place nice for families with children? n What kind audiences? Cultural festivals? n Should it become an 18 hour destination? n What about a winter place? n What level of commercial activity should there be? Markets?
Expositions? Food clusters? n What about sports expositions? A month long event like Paris
Plage? A more flexible, year around space like les Berges? n Arms of the octopus to the Pijp, Vondelpark and PC Hooft shopping
area n Involvement of Spiegelkwartier antique shops
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Characteristics of Great Public Spaces • Good places breed healthy activity.
• People attract people attract people.
• When you focus on place, you do everything differently.
• It takes many disciplines and skills to create a place.
• It takes a community to create a place.
• Amenities that make a place comfortable are critical.
• You can’t know what you are going to end up with.
• Each place has its own identity.
• You can’t have anything less than excellence.
• You have to have zealous nuts.
• It has to be a…
Campaign/Movement Community Organizing
Develop a vision
Become great
communicators
Search for
impediments
Organize a strong team
Attack
Complacency
Produce short term
wins
Take on bigger
challenges
Connect change to the culture
of the community
People Who Make Dramatic Change By John Kotter
Place Global Warming
Civil Society/ Democracy Building
Public Health and the Built Environment
Community Development
Smart Growth
Convergence of Movements/Agendas
Sustainable Agriculture
Streets as Places
City Revitalization
Historic Preservation
Get from Inadequate
to Extraordinary
We Have to Turn Everything Upside Down - To Get it
Right Side Up To
Zealous Nuts Return of Common Sense
Natural, Organic, Intuitive, Time Honored
Leaders (Zealous Nuts) are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the
odds against them… They make the impossible happen
- Dr. Robert Jarvik
UPCOMING CONFERENCES!
Future of Places Conference: Streets as Public Spaces & Drivers of Urban Prosperity
September 1-3, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2nd Annual Placemaking Leadership Council Meeting September 8-9, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA
Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place 2014
September 8-11, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA
9th International Public Markets Conference March 26-28, 2015, Barcelona, Spain
Stay in Touch
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@PPS_Placemaking ProjectforPublicSpaces