sustainable mixed communitiesthe importance of placemaking

Mike Galloway

Director of City Development

Dundee City Council

• not just about visual aesthetics

• but the art of making real places

• deals in four dimensions

• physical, social & economic

• applied masterplanning

placemaking is….

masterplanning is….

• more important than architecture

• more effective than planning

• increasingly misunderstood

• concerned with the ‘big picture’

• about facilitating placemaking

typology of masterplanning

• blueprints

• design code

• masterplans

• design guides

• design briefs

• design frameworks

forms of implementation

• consultant to private client

• local planning authority

• regeneration partnership

• developer

• landowner

key techniques

• achieve essential urban design qualities• permeability• vitality• variety• legibility• robustness

• establish clear development framework• streets• blocks• spaces• activities• building relationships

key techniques

• form a robust delivery mechanism• vision • partnership• governance• resources• proportionality

• engage with stakeholders• community• government• investors• developers• users

some examples

crown street

ardler

dundee waterfront

conclusions

• aspire to real four dimensional places

• nb. physical, social & economic

• importance of masterplanning• design qualities

• clear framework

• robust delivery

• stakeholder engagement

• match typology to form of implementation