1. Moscow Urban Forum, 7 July 2017, Moscow Russia
Patricia O'Donnell, FASLA, AICP, Principal, UNESCO HUL & Mainstreaming Contributor
Preservation Landscape Architect & Planner, Heritage Landscapes LLC
Member of ICOMOS Cultural Tourism, ICOMOS CIVVIH, ICOMOS-IFLA ISC Cultural Landscapes
▪ 2011 UNESCO soft law HUL broadens the framework for our global commonwealth of urban heritage
▪ HUL recognizes the diverse tangible and intangible heritage values of residents, tourists, politicians,
employers, municipal governments, developers, and all stakeholders
▪ HUL approach integrates urban heritage assets as a foundation to achieve a culture-based sustainable
development of economy, environment and society
2. UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL), 2011 addresses dynamic
living cities and integrated change management. Underpinned by effective governance, seeking
equity, and widely sharing best practices, HUL employs four tools:
1. Civic Engagement –Community Inclusion, Leadership to Identify Heritage Assets
2. Knowledge & Planning – Advisory Plans, Guidelines, Strategies, Integrating Heritage
3. Regulatory Systems– Legal Codes, Traditional Frameworks, Guiding Heritage
4. Financial Tools – Investments, Partnerships, Social Justice Supporting Heritage
3. http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0024/002459/245999e.pdf
▪ Culture- key to what makes cities attractive,
creative, and sustainable.
▪ Heritage- driver and enabler of development
▪ HUL- guidance to integrate culture and
development
▪ HUL/Heritage/Culture- address UN SDGs and
Habitat iii New Urban Agenda
4.
5. Historic city planning/action
cycle:
1 build team
2 engage community values,
identify heritage assets
3 shape city plan
4 define target projects
5 measure performance,
engage to plan next project
6.
7. Historic Core of Manila,
Interdisciplinary team, 4
integrated directions:
▪ Intramuros Identity and
Urban Design Guidelines
▪ PP Partnerships
Agreements for
Development
▪ Informal Dwellers Survey
and Housing Planning
▪ Mobility Planning and
Projects
8. Intramuros identity and character - Land Use District 1- Fortification Walls, Open Spaces, Street
Promenade, Open Space and Tourist Uses with Limited Small Scale Development
Guidelines address all aspects of Intramuros open
space and built form to renew and uplift walled
historic core and open spaces
10. ▪ Parks system foundational for Sustainable
Culture-Environment-Economy-Society
▪ Envisions 1800 acres, historic Regional
Parks as Cornerstones of a vibrant
sustainable city
▪ Integrates green-blue-gray networks
permeate Pittsburgh
▪ Extends connections from parks, along
streets, trails, rivers, neighborhoods
11. Inclusive Public Spaces are accessible to
all, well used, enjoyed and effectively
stewarded and managed through good
governance and community engagement.
Social justice engages community through
access to public space planning, decision-
making, implementation and management
for harmony and peace.
12. ▪ Heritage-Based Development Integrated
▪ Restore 1955 Modernist Masterpiece
▪ Revitalize Pittsburgh Urban Core
▪ Improve quality of public space
▪ Increase downtown vitality
▪ Historic city urban uplift through heritage square
▪ Create Positive Economic Impact
▪ Project $7 million construction
▪ Management endowment $4 million
▪ $300+ million in adjacent investments
13. ▪ The Historic Urban Landscape: Managing Heritage in an Urban Century
▪ Reconnecting the City the Historic Urban Landscape Approach and the Future of
Urban Heritage
▪ HUL Guidebook Managing Heritage In Dynamic Constantly Changing
Environment With Global Case Studies
▪ UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape
http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/638
