Presentation by Diarmaid Lawlor at Start Small, Think Big: Localising change conference, Newcastle, April 17th, 2013

2. Architecture+DesignScotland
Start Small, Newcastle
Diarmaid Lawlor
Head of Urbanism

3. Why this, why now?
Delivering Better Places
• Adamstown, Dublin, Ireland
• Allerton Bywater, Leeds, England
• Castlefield (Britannia Basin),
Manchester, England
• Hammarby-Sjöstad, Stockholm,
Sweden
• Ijburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Newhall, Harlow, England
• Upton, Northampton, England
• Vauban, Freiburg, Germany

4. Lives and places
Imagine a place where people wanted to be…..
be
…..what is it you would want the housing to do there?

5. The Matter

6. Whole place thinking: services
Providers: how
• Together
• Shared
• Connected
Users: what

7. Whole place thinking: services and assets
Providers: how
• Together
• Shared
• Connected
Users: what
School = neighbourhood
Housing is in between

8. Whole place thinking: services, assets and regeneration
School = neighbourhood
Housing is in between

9. Imagine a place where people wanted to be…..
be
…..what is it you would want the housing to do?
… and how do you achieve it?

10. Today: “people, places, pounds”
Local land, local finance,
local participation
How: collaborative
implementation
What works elsewhere and
why?
Stress test: small towns and
neighbourhoods
Learning points and action
areas