george weeks - learning from international exemplars
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George Weeks Princes Foundation Graduate Fellow Urban Designer at Transport for London Published in January 2011 1. Why was the research necessary? 2. How did we answer the question? 3. What were the salient points? Intended national outcome from Scottish Governments National Performance Framework identifies We live in well-designed, sustainable places where we are able to access the amenities and services we need.TRANSCRIPT
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Placemaking in Practice – Learning from International Exemplars
George Weeks
Prince’s Foundation Graduate Fellow Urban Designer at Transport for London
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Published in January 2011
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Structure of Presentation
1. Why was the research necessary?
2. How did we answer the question?
3. What were the salient points?
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Why was it necessary?
“We live in well-designed, sustainable places where we are able to access the
amenities and services we need.”
Intended national outcome from Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework identifies
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But! “Too much development in Scotland is a missed opportunity and of mediocre or indifferent quality. There are a few examples of new or regenerated places which are well thought out, some fine new buildings and smaller projects that are to be welcomed but they are the exception rather than the rule. The ultimate test of an effective planning system is the maintenance and creation of places where people want to be. We need to rise to that challenge”
Scottish Government’s Council of Economic
Advisers, First Annual Report, 2008
“Too much development in Scotland is a missed opportunity and of mediocre or indifferent quality. There are a few examples of new or regenerated places which are well thought out, some fine new buildings and smaller projects that are to be welcomed but they are the exception rather than the rule. The ultimate test of an effective planning system is the maintenance and creation of places where people want to be. We need to rise to that challenge”
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The Question
What really matters in the delivery of high quality
places?
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Some numbers
• 68 SSCI nominees analysed (11 of which exemplars) • 35 case studies shortlisted
• 8 case studies identified (4 English, 4 European)
• 4 months research (plus write-up)
• 3 research staff
• 2 client representatives (A+DS & RICS)
• 1 expert panel (client reps plus 6 professionals)
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Four Case Studies in England Castlefield (Britannia Basin), Manchester
Upton, Northamptonshire
Allerton Bywater, Leeds
Newhall, Harlow, Essex
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Castlefield (Britannia Basin), Manchester
500 homes, retail and office space close to Manchester City Centre.
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Upton, Northamptonshire
1,350 homes on 43 ha new neighbourhood, with primary school and shops, forming part of south-west extension of Northampton
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Allerton Bywater, nr. Leeds, Yorkshire
520 homes, plus 25,000 m² of commercial space, on a 23 hectare former colliery site near Leeds
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Newhall, Harlow, Essex
550 new homes on 100 ha site, east of Harlow, Essex, forming first phase of much larger development comprising 2,500 homes, including primary school, shops, facilities and employment space
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Four Case Studies Overseas Adamstown, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
IJburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hammarby Sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden
Vauban, Freiburg, Germany
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Adamstown, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
New town of around 10,000 homes, west of Dublin, with schools and other social infrastructure and 125,000 m² of
commercial space on a 224 hectare site
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IJburg, Amsterdam Netherlands
Complete neighbourhood of 20,000 homes, with everything library, parks, activities, sports activities/centres, schools
etc, built on artificial islands on eastern edge of Amsterdam
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Hammarby-Sjöstad, Sweden
Mixed use 200 hectare waterside development of 10,800 apartments for 20-25,000 people at Stockholm, 200,000m²
of commercial space, plus schools, libraries, ski slopes, parks and open space and tram lines.
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Vauban, Germany
Mixed use neighbourhood of 1,800 homes (plus 600 student units) providing some 600 jobs. Facilities include primary school, kindergartens,
shops, supermarkets, community centre, market square, child play spaces, sports field, various local services, plus cafes and restaurants.
Neighbourhood served by tram running along main avenue
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How? Research Process • Pro-forma used to structure
information gathering on case studies
• Background reading
• Travel to place • Interviews undertaken (2 – 3 per
project) • Projects evaluated according to
Building for Life criteria
• Three meetings held with Expert Panel over course of research, plus intervening correspondence
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Answering the Question
The ultimate test of an effective planning system is the maintenance and creation of places where people want to be. We need to rise to that challenge”
Scottish Government’s Council of Economic
Advisers, First Annual Report, 2008
What really matters in the delivery of
high quality places?
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Report findings
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The Answers Summary of key lessons
n Ensure Good leadership n Co-ordinate delivery n Control the spatial development
framework n Achieve fast and co-ordinated
regulatory approvals n Exercise ownership power n Attract funding for advance
infrastructure provision n Secure design quality through
procurement strategies n Thereafter: continue to invest and
provide stewardship over time
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Key Lesson 1 – Land Ownership
ALL had land in single ownership or as a very few large holdings (public or private)
• Economics
• Long termism
• Quality
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Key Lesson 2 – Collaboration
• Inherently multi party
• Structure in place to collaborate
• Openness, honesty, clarity, stability
• REGULAR COMMUNICATION
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Key Lesson 3 – Leadership • Place Promoters needed
• Inspire a vision – inspire people
• Prevent a relapse into “standard” product
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Next Steps Scottish Government
Learning Note Employers in Voluntary
Housing Design Skills Symposium European Urban
Knowledge Network
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How? Summary of key lessons
“If Scotland wishes to create better places more often than before, politicians & those charged with delivery need to engage with market essentials by re-thinking public-sector commitment and investment to place quality”
£ Quality Places + + =
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Thank you!