the art and science of placemaking
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What is placemaking? What we do at Village Well, and some principles and tips.TRANSCRIPT
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“Sorry, you do what?”
So, what is Placemaking?
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Placemaking is not new
It’s as old as our towns and main streets
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Now making places is the work of professionals
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It turns out We can be really crap at it
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“The 20th Century was
about getting around. The 21st Century will be about staying in a place worth staying in.”
James Howard Kunstler, 2004
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WHERE WOULD YOU SIT?
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“It is difficult to design a space
that will not attract people.
What is remarkable is how often this
has been accomplished.”
William H Whyte
The problem is in the way we go about making places.
Its our process
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Three Pieces of Placemaking Advice
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01Make places that are loved and owned by people (not cars, not marketing strategies, not engineers)
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Local knowledge and ideas & solutions!
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Ownership co-design
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Partners who is the egg and who is the bacon?
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Plan with communities not on behalf of communities:
Paynesville Community blitz
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LoveableNot loveable
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LoveableNot loveable
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LoveableNot loveable
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02 Make places that are active and feel safe
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Plan for communities not
just homes
Less gates, lower fences, no CCTV or body corporate security guards
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William H. Whyte
“What attracts people most, it would appear, is other people.”
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ActiveNot active
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ActiveNot active
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ActiveNot active
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03 Make places that feel connected
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The tools we use can cause problems
Plans, drawings, ACAD - not good at getting scale right
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but disconnected from the city gridA beautiful object
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ConnectedDisconnected
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ConnectedDisconnected
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Connected Disconnected
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In conclusion:
- Make places that are loved and owned by people
- Make places that are active and feel safe
- Make places that are connected
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"Cities have the capability of
providing something for everybody, only because, and only
when, they are created by
everybody." Jane Jacobs
-The Death and Life of Great American cities
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Thank you