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Sense of Place – Planning, Design, Development
Jeffrey Soule, FAICP
American Planning Association
Outline• International Cultural
Engagement• What is the sense of
place?
• Understanding the role of design
• Examples• Observations
What is sense of place and why do we care?• Challenges of
Urbanization (190,000)• Cultural Identity vs.
globalization• Scarce resources• Impact on quality of life• Civic view vs. Ego• A philosophy as much
as technique
Ideological Battle• Many architects
promote a “no context” design philosophy
• Koolhaas “Tabla Rasa”
• Much of the world views architecture and engineering as planning
• Planning takes a humanistic approach
Goals for Urban Planning:• improve quality of life for the
most people. • Fairly distribute positive and
negative aspects of development.
• Cultural and historic preservation
• Provide a predictable process for decision making informed by community goals.
• Environmental conservation• Involve a variety of people
Human Impacts of Development• Destruction of
traditional settlements• Opportunity costs:
Beijing example• CCTV building=
$800,000,000• Opera House=
$300,000,000• Misunderstanding
modernity
Sense of place at the regional scale
• Planning Principles
• Global challenge: Going beyond objects to places
• Benefits of this approach
• US Heritage Area Efforts
Heritage area concept• Natural, historic, and
cultural resources • Managed as an whole• Reflects an entire narrative• Provide opportunities to
conserve natural, cultural, historic, and scenic features;
• Provide recreational, economic and educational opportunities.
Elements and application• Corridors, features that
span a region• Containing a variety of
resources, tangible, intangible, natural and cultural
• Appalachian trail example
Strategic Economic value of planning and design
• Analysis and positioning
• Celebrate cultural character
• Engage institutions and individual
• Develop a strategy
Interpretation engages people• Develop a narrative• Highlight the linkages• Scenic• Cultural• Historic• Natural• Oral and musical• Arts
City Design Process
• Reading the city• Reflect cultural layers• Human perspective• Citizen participation • Urban design is
between city plan and architecture
• Manage at different levels
Elements of Reading Places• Customs• History• Climate• Visual elements• Scale• Architecture• Landscape
Design Guidelines• Strengthen the city’s
character• Helps implement the
civic vision and plan• Encourage new
development that adds value to the city
• Establishes a process and criteria for review
• Essential for success
Washington DC
Case Examples
Nanjing Men Xi Combining preservation with development
•Inventory•Establish form characteristics•Locate Key new development in cleared industrial area•Tie into overall tourism strategy•Pilot efforts in engagement
Zhenjiang
• New Town Design• Based on historic
urban landscape• Incorporates modern
design within a local framework
• Responds to both human and environmental needs
Beijing Qianmen • Historic preservation,
tourism and redevelopment
• High visibility• Ethical conflict
Heritage Area and scenic corridorChangXing Example
节点 3
Observations
• Essentially missing from global debates
• Link cultural heritage conversations to issues of sustainability
• Establish a community-based planning process
• Base dialogues on defining local cultural values
• Link to community development
• Quality of life is the entry point
• Planning and design is about good governance and tools for managing change
• Provide incentives for residents and businesses
• Examine the lessons from heritage areas
• Engage political leaders more effectively