MFS Guide to Creating Livable Streets
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The document outlines an agenda for a training event on the Manual for Streets. It includes sessions on the principles of the Manual for Streets and their application to residential development and wider contexts. There will be exercises and a site visit to apply the principles. The event aims to teach participants how to design streets and places that improve quality of life through principles like permeability, legibility and diversity.
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MFS Guide to Creating Livable Streets
- 1. Manual for Streets 18th April 2011
- 2. Manual for Streets 9.45 Places and streets – David Tittle 10.15 Manual for Streets 1 – residential development – Phil Jones 11.15 Break 11.30 Manual for Streets 1 - exercise 12.30 Lunch 1.15 Manual for Streets 2 – wider application of the principles – Phil Jones 2.00 Site visit 3.30 Manual for Streets 2 – exercise 4.15 Questions and discussion 4.30 Close
- 3. quality of place matters
- 4. the value of good design Health Children Environment Community Climate Homes Change Business Inclusion Mitigation Crime Economy Road Safety Sustainability Prevention urban design london
- 5. “people who can choose better places to live”
- 6. “people who can choose better places to work”
- 7. “people who can choose better places to visit”
- 8. “people who can choose better places to invest”
- 9. the qualities of successful places ‘By Design’ (2000) quality of the ease of public realm movement legibility adaptability diversity character
- 10. Building for Life 20 questions, four categories: Environment and community Character Streets, parking and pedestrianisation Design and construction www.buildingforlife.org
- 11. Building for Life 1 Community facilities 11 Building layout takes priority over roads and parking 2 Accommodation mix 12 Car parking well integrated 3 Tenure mix 13 Streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly 4 Access to public transport 14 Integration with existing roads and paths 5 Environmental impact 15 Public spaces overlooked 6 Design specific to scheme 16 Public space well designed 7 Exploits existing buildings, 17 Architectural quality landscape, topography 8 Distinctive character 18 internal spaces adaptable 9 Easy to find your way around 19 Advanced construction technology 10 Streets well defined 20 Outperforms statutory minima
- 12. Building for Life 1 Community facilities 11 Building layout takes priority over roads and parking 2 Accommodation mix 12 Car parking well integrated 3 Tenure mix 13 Streets pedestrian, cycle and vehicle friendly 4 Access to public transport 14 Integration with existing roads and paths 5 Environmental impact 15 Public spaces overlooked 6 Design specific to scheme 16 Public space well designed 7 Exploits existing buildings, 17 Architectural quality landscape, topography 8 Distinctive character 18 internal spaces adaptable 9 Easy to find your way around 19 Advanced construction technology 10 Streets well defined 20 Outperforms statutory minima
- 13. streets
- 22. overlooking
- 23. squares paths and parks
- 24. perimeter blocks
- 30. 30
- 31. so what goes wrong?
- 32. town village city A city B
- 33. the highway • Regulated • Impersonal • Linear • Single Purpose • Consistent • Predictable • Systematic • State controlled • Signs and markings
- 34. town village city A city B
- 35. town village city A city B
- 36. the highway the street • Regulated • Culturally specific • Impersonal • Personal • Linear • Spatial • Single Purpose • Multi-purpose • Consistent • Constantly changing • Predictable • Unpredictable • Systematic • Contextual • State controlled • Cultural / social rules • Signs and markings • Eye contact
- 52. streets are for sharing • drive • discuss • cycle • enter • ride (a horse) • exit • walk • shop • browse • run • kiss • move by wheelchair • cuddle • play • watch • sell • sit • eat • sing • drink • protest • perform • have a party • push buggy
- 53. discuss discuss enter enter exit exit shop shop browse browse kiss kiss cuddle cuddle DRIVE watch watch sit sit sing sing protest protest have a party have a party walk walk run run wheelchair wheelchair play play sell sell eat eat drink drink perform perform push buggy push buggy read read
- 63. Shrewsbury
- 71. Manual for Streets Phil Jones