URBAN SPACES

Matthew Carmona The Bartlett School of Planning

A renaissance …

… or not

THE MULTIPLE COMPLEX PUBLIC SPACES OF A GLOBAL CITY

MATTHEW CARMONA AND FIL IPA WUNDERLICH

PLANNING FOR PUBLIC SPACES

1. Evolving public space (formal and informal)

1. Evolving public space (formal and informal)

2. Diverse public space (avoiding one-size-

fits-all)

2. Diverse public space (avoiding one-size-

fits-all)

3. Free public space (securing rights and

responsibilities)

3. Free public space (securing rights and

responsibilities)

A Charter for public space,

rights and responsibilities

DESIGNING PUBLIC SPACES

1. Delineated (clearly public, or clearly private)

1. Delineated (clearly public, or clearly private)

2. Engaging (designing in active uses)

2. Engaging (designing in active uses)

3. Meaningful (incorporating amenities and features)

3. Meaningful (incorporating amenities and features)

4. Social (encouraging social engagement)

4. Social (encouraging social engagement)

4. Social (encouraging social engagement)

5. Balanced (between traffic and pedestrians)

5. Balanced (between traffic and pedestrians)

6. Comfortable (safe and relaxing)

6. Comfortable (safe and relaxing)

7. Robust (adaptable and distinct)

7. Robust (adaptable and distinct)

7. Robust (adaptable and distinct)

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Thank you Free articles:

Re-theorising contemporary

public space: a new narrative and a new

normative Journal of Urbanism

The Place-shaping

Continuum: A Theory of Urban Design Process

Journal of Urban Design