place qualities: section 3 of introduction to placemaking
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PROGRAM – SESSION 3
1 Urban Design +
Placemaking 101
2 Place Values
3 Place Qualities8 Outcomes
4 Place Typology
5 Place process
6 Place roles
7 Toolkit - placemaking ideas
9/10 Links+ conclusions
Aussie tour of our bonza places
Portside Markets, Hercules Street, Brisbane, Queensland, AUS
Anster St – Adelaide, SA, AUS
PLACEMARK: SITE VISIT
Prosperity
Excite
Our legacy
People
Livability
Exercise
Public realm
Legibility
WAlkable
Context
Environment
Safety
Management
Art of Placemaking
Kindle
Innovation
N desig(n)
G enablin(g)
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
▸ Character: sense of place and history
▸ All sites have intrinsic environmental qualities, community use and site characteristics.
▸ We create authenticity by enriching these unique qualities.
▸ This is a key ingredient for successful places.
▸ “Do designers destroy the story” D Engwicht
The Front Walk – Rottnest Island, WA
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
▸ But cities change... and so do people
▸ We have also inherited aspirations for a better future, and a tradition of cultural vitality
▸ Good urban design:
▸ is attentive to the past▸ adopts a critical stance
toward the status quo▸ explores possible destinies▸ and imagines and fulfils
visions
The Esplanade, St Kilda, Melbourne, AUS
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES ▸ An example of character guidance
▸ Recognise sub-regions▸ Respect topography▸ Diversify the built environment▸ Consider local character and design ▸ Integrate with nature ▸ Acknowledge informality
▸ Use vegetation▸ Ensure open space diversity▸ Incorporate access to open space▸ Design for water ▸ Develop outdoor centres
▸ Develop outdoor meeting places
DIVERSITY
Affordable Housing, Hartopp Lane, KGUV – Brisbane
▸ Choice
▸ Adaptability
▸ Drivers of diversity
▸ public buildings▸ density▸ small street blocks▸ small lots▸ day and night time activity▸ building diversity▸ affordable housing
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
ACCESSIBILITY
▸ Connectivity and permeability
▸ D Engwicht Secret 4 – focus on exchanges not mobility
▸ Walk Score
Ormeau Town Centre Concept Plan (Deicke Richards)
ANIMATORS
▸ Active
▸ Safe
▸ Comfort
▸ Interesting
▸ Management
▸ Anchoring presence
▸ Lingering nodes
Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Hay St, Port Macquarie, NSW, AUS
FIT AND FUNCTION
▸ Power of 10 (PPS)
▸ Create the potential
▸ Public realm is a means to an end not the end itself
▸ “infinite possibilities not future destination” D Engwicht
Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS
FIT AND FUNCTION
DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
The Strand - Townsville, QLD, AUS
Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France
CONTINUITY AND ENCLOSURE
▸ streets and open spaces overlooked by buildings
▸ relationship between public and private space
▸ avoiding gaps
▸ enclosing with buildings and trees
▸ no leftover spaces unused and uncared for
Main Street, Rouse Hill Town Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUS
CONTINUITY AND ENCLOSURE
Hitchcock Ave - Barwon Heads, VIC, AUS
CONSISTENCY + VARIETY
▸ Order and diversity
▸ Avoid confusion and stimulate the senses
▸ One condition benefits from the other
▸ “Great places celebrate inherent contradictions” D Engwicht
LEGIBILITY
Dean St, Albury, NSW, AUS
▸ Landmarks
▸ Focal points
▸ Views
▸ Clear routes
▸ Gateways
▸ Lighting
▸ Works of art and craft
▸ Signage and waymarkers
LEGIBILITY
Brunswick St, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS
▸ Landmarks
▸ Focal points
▸ Views
▸ Clear routes
▸ Gateways
▸ Lighting
▸ Works of art and craft
▸ Signage and waymarkers
PLACE DRIVER
Given Tce, Paddington, Bne, QLD, AUS
Bendigo, VIC, AUS
STRUCTURE
▸ Centres
▸ Routes of movement
▸ Street patterns
▸ Network of public spaces
▸ Shapes of land parcels
▸ A city is more than the sum of these parts
▸ Connections make a coherent, functioning whole
FEATURES
The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, AUS
▸ Encourage play (Engwicht Secret 10)
▸ 8-80
Russell St, South Bank, QLD, AUS
SOCIAL FABRIC
▸ Events, activities and cultural infrastructure
▸ The quality of the public realm is a means to an end not the end itself
▸ The places we like are not only created, designed and delivered - they also need to be maintained
Fringe Festival, Adelaide City, SA, AUS
SOCIAL FABRIC
▸ Events, activities and cultural infrastructure
▸ The quality of the public realm is a means to an end not the end itself
▸ The places we like are not only created, designed and delivered - they also need to be maintained
Allen St, South, Townsville, QLD, AUS
SUSTAINABILITY
▸ Environmentally, socially and economically
▸ Celebrate the environment in cities
QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES 1. Character
2. Diversity
3. Accessibility
4. Fit + function
5. Animators
6. Continuity + enclosure
7. Consistency + variety
8. Legibility
9. Structure
10. Features
11. Social Fabric
12. Sustainability
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15. Creativity
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NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).
Lochiel Park – Adelaide, SA, AUS
Tutanekai St, Rotorua, New Zealand
▸ Well-used and well-loved
▸ Generally safe, comfortable, varied and attractive
▸ Distinctive
▸ Variety, choice and fun
▸ Meet the needs and aspirations of users
▸ Engwicht Secret 1 – Make people feel at home
▸ “You can create a house with money but not a home”
QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC REALM
Whickham Tce, Fortitude Valley, QLD, AUS
SAFETY
▸ Help us understand risk to support safe behaviour
▸ Support human abilities of perception
▸ see potential threats▸ judge risks▸ escape if a threat is perceived▸ seek assistance ▸ give aid if needed.
Ballarat Street, Yarraville, VIC, AUS
QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES 1. Character
2. Diversity
3. Accessibility
4. Fit + function
5. Animators
6. Continuity + enclosure
7. Consistency + variety
8. Legibility
9. Structure
10. Features
11. Social Fabric
12. Sustainability
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14. Safety
15. Creativity
16. Sensory pleasurePlac
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NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).
HOW TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
Peel St, Tamworth, NSW, AUS
HOW TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
1. Not too chaotic, not too ordered
2. Visible life
3. Compact
4. Orientation and mystery
5. Scale
6. Make it local
Rundle St Mall – Adelaide, SA, AUS
QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES
▸ Engwicht Secret 3 – break the rules
▸ “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”― Pablo Picasso
▸ Seek the inherent contradictions
▸ Everything we design should have multiple or conflicting implications
Old Belvidere Prom - East Perth, WA, AUS
QUALITIES – IMPLEMENTATION?
▸ Performance
▸ Prescription
▸ Expectations (Hamilton NZ)
Currie St, Nambour, QLD, AUS
PLACEMARK AUDIT
Public realm: buildings and infrastructure support the place
Legibility: navigable and still interesting
WAlkable: people before private vehicles
Context: celebrate unique characteristics
Environment: sustain and enhance
Safety: help us understand risk to support safe behaviour