University of Dundee

26th October 2012

David Thompson

Place Frameworks:

Learning From Charrettes

Hang on…

…..why do anything different?

Is there an opportunity?

“Speed of decisions is the central factor but it

also includes other issues such as quality

of development, customer service and

level of resource”

Planning 5th Oct 2012

Planning

Derek MackayMinister for Local

Government & Planning

“The real trick is to be faster, better, cheaper and more convenient

than any of your competitors”

James Caan

Business

Faster

Better

Cheaper

Convenient

Speed

Quality

Resources

Customer service

Planning Measures

Business Start up

Successful operation of the planning systemwill only be achieved if those involved: planning authorities, agencies and consultees, applicants, communities, representative organisations, publicbodies, the Government and the general public, commit themselves to engaging as constructively as possible in the process.

PAN 3/2010 Community Engagement

Successful operation of the planning systemwill only be achieved if those involved: planning authorities, agencies and consultees, applicants, communities, representative organisations, publicbodies, the Government and the general public, commit themselves to engaging as constructively as possible in the process.

PAN 3/2010 Community Engagement

So how do we do it faster, better, cheaper and more convenient ?

Are design-led approaches the answer?

Understanding requirements & plan

Has to happen

Has to matter

3 areas to focus on?

Collaboration

Delivery

Outcomes

A charrette is an interactive design workshop, in which the public, local, professionals and stakeholders work directly with a specialised design team to generate a specific community masterplan.

Charrette Series Report, Scottish Government

A charrette is an interactive design workshop, in which the public, local, professionals and stakeholders work directly with a specialised design team to generate a specific community masterplan.

Charrette Series Report, Scottish Government

Understanding requirements & plan

...engaging in planning?

SP=EED, Planning Aid Scotland

Level 4 – Co Production?Harry Burns

Dialogue by Design

...what about the design process?

Design Snapshot, Scottish Government

Distinctive

Safe

Movement

Welcoming

Adaptable Efficient

...what about the design process? Its a Process

Design Snapshot, Scottish Government

A design-led team to create and test a ‘place brief’ ….

…through a tailored programme of stakeholder engagement…

…to create a place specific, consenus driven masterplan?

Emerging Charrette definition?

“..to encourage the creation of places, designed and built to last, where a high quality of life can be achieved”

68 Submissions

11 Exemplars

3 Charrettes

“The SSCI Charrette Series will provide a unique and innovative opportunity for Scotland to develop new approaches to sustainable planning while enabling a new level of public engagement in the place-making process”

The Aim

LOCATION + FORM + PEOPLE

Public Design

Studio

Public Presentations

Workshop venue

Awareness Raising: The Local Community

Councillors Residents Community GroupsSchools

Community Council

Community Newsletter

Awareness Raising: The Local Community

Councillors

Project meetings

Committees

Residents Community Groups

Pre-Charrette Paper

Schools postcar

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Schools

Briefings

Existing

2026

2060

“Each growth period does not relate to the future”

Place-based vision

5 Min

Walk

Connect

Blockages?

“The Charrettes are a truly innovative and exciting approach to empowering communities that the Scottish Government is pioneering on a national scale. They allow people to positively shape the decision-making process in their communities in a dynamic and effective way, improving the quality, attractiveness and success of places across Scotland”

Stewart Stevenson, Transport & Infrastructure Minister (01/09/2010)

Are Charrette techniques scaleable and replicable?

...what specialist skills are required to engage?

Mediation……through design

Communicate ….…through design

Inspire ……through design

...Scalable?:

Development Planning Test

Design Studio

Prepare: Understand the place

Propose: Intense collaborative design

Reflect: review proposals individually

Refine: re-engage and agree

Process

Workshop Outputs

Final Spatial Diagram

Faster?

Better?

Cheaper?

Convenient?

Yes: 3 weeks

Yes: Quality driven

Yes: £2000

Yes: Time saving

...Scalable:

Development Management Test

4 x 2 hour workshops: design led

Reflect: exchange between discussions

Process

Fronts & Backs

Movement

B-Plan

Final submission

Faster?

Better?

Cheaper?

Convenient?

Yes: approved not refused

Yes: Quality driven

Yes: £0 Council Facilitation

Yes: Focused effort

create a place-specific delivery model for Lochgelly

Delivery

Delivery

OutcomesEducation

Health

Employment

A focus on services

A focus on assets

A focus on place

Faster: Design-led, form based approaches enable collaborative processes

Better: Enables deeper & simultaneous exploration of complex issues

Cheaper: More accurate planning creates more certainty and more value from sparse resource (public and private)

Convenient: More certainty creates realistic and SHARED expectations on delivery

Finally

Thank you