south lakeland, perfectly placed: alan simpson, ibi group
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IBI GROUPNovember 2015
SOUTH LAKELANDPERFECTLY PLACED
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South Lakeland displays many of the characteristics of leading
international Innovation Districts within the City Regions.
AMID SheffieldPowerhouse pitchbook
Candlestick Ca Calgary Low E Liverpool Knowledge Q
INNOVATION DISTRICTS
“Access to talented and creative people is to modern business what access to coal and iron ore was to steel-making.”
- Richard Florida
INNOVATION DISTRICTS
“Innovation Districts are geographic areas where leading-edge anchor institutions and companies cluster and connect with start-ups, business incubators, and accelerators.”
BRUCE KATZ & JULIE WAGNERThe brookings institution
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Common ingredients of a successful Innovation District:
Trigger People
PlacesPromotion
knowledge
education
built / natural environment
development
purpose
ManufacturingTourism
publicity
creative industry
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People: STEM Engineering Centre
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Places: Public Realm Design Guide
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The importance of ‘Third Places’:Support of the innovation and knowledge industries, while contributing to placemaking and neighbourliness
Cafes Public spaces
Libraries & bookstoresCo-working / co-creation spaces
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Publicity: quality places for quality business
people character knowledge skills business opportunity
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The Innovation District mixWorking across the spectrum of the physical components that make up Innovation Districts, understanding how the pieces fit together into a coherent whole.
Manufacturing
Housing / Mixed Use
Technology / Systems
Transportation /Connectivity
Higher Education
Science Landscape / Urban Design
Workplaces / Interiors
Arts & Culture
Master Planning