cocreation

1. Place
making,
Comfort and
Health
By: M.Tariq
Architect & Urban Ecologist
Assistant Professor
Erasmus Mundus Scholar UK, Finland & Spain 2021-2023

2. What is
Placemaking?
Placemaking means
creating places and focuses
on transforming public
spaces to strengthen the
connections between people
and these places.

3. What is
Placemaking?
A process where people work
together to reimagine and
reshape their community
in order to strengthen
feelings of connection.

4. Liveable
cities
“If you invite more cars, you get
more cars. If you make more streets
better for cars you get more traffic. If
you make more bicycle
infrastructure you get more bicycles.
If you invite people to walk more and
use public spaces more, you get
more life in the city”. Jan Gehl

5. How to tranform spaces into places
Power of
10+
Master Plan should have atleast 10
destinations. A square need café, children
area, place to read, place to sit, to meet.
Triangulate
Linking strangers, arrangement of different
elements. For example a children's reading
room next to a children's playground in a
park and a food kiosk
Remember
we’re not
designing,
we’re
placemaking
Frame the activities & create infrastructure
for it not just concrete masses.

8. Access & Linkages
A successful public space is
easy to get to and get through;
it is visible both from a
distance and up close.
Can you see the space from
a distance? Is its interior
visible from the outside?
Is there a good connection
between the space and the
adjacent buildings, or is it
surrounded by blank walls?
Project for Public Spaces designed the park with a basketball court and swings to allow kids
and teens a place to hangout

9. Comfort & Image
Whether a space is
comfortable and presents
itself well - has a good image
- is key to its success.
Does the place make a good
first impression?
Kids, women, old,
transgender are safe?
https://www.reliance-foundry.com/blog/placemaking

10. Uses & Activities
Activities are the basic building blocks
of great places: They are the reasons
why people visit in the first place, and
why they continue to return.
Are people using the space
or is it empty?
Is it used by people of
different ages?
How many different types of
activities are occurring -
people walking, eating,
playing baseball, chess,
relaxing, reading?

11. Sociability
When people see friends, meet and greet
their neighbors, and feel comfortable
interacting with strangers, they tend to feel
a stronger sense of place or attachment to
their community
Is this a place where you
would choose to meet your
friends?
Are people smiling? Do
people make eye contact
with each other?
London has recently installed some fascinating portable bench parklets

12. Events
Community
Improvements
Tactical
Urbanism
A public market that
celebrates local
cuisine. outdoor
performance,
featuring artists
amenities such as
showers,
washrooms and
hand washing
stations, nursing
pods
low-cost, temporary
interventions that
aim to improve the
functionality and
livability of urban
spaces
TYPES OF
PLACEMAKING PROJECTS

13. Heath & Comfort Benifits
Physical Activity
Promotion:
Placemaking
encourages the
design of walkable
spaces
Stress
Reduction:
Well-designed public
spaces with greenery
and comfortable
seating areas
contribute to stress
reduction.
Air Quality
Improvement
Incorporating green
spaces and trees in
placemaking
initiatives helps
improve air quality.
Aesthetic Appeal:
Well-designed public
spaces with aesthetically
pleasing features
contribute to visual
comfort.

14. Step 1
Placemaking projects usually start with
identifying a change you want to see —
a challenge that you are trying to solve.
Step 2
Who are the stakeholders that would
know. Community, University, Business,
Government
Step 3
What are the elements that
need to be selected to
implement the project?
Process

15. Jury indicators

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THANKS!
Do you have any questions?
mtariq@cecos.edu.pk
+34 655056573
Facebook/ecokoor
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17. RESOURCES
● Project for Public space
● Urban Policy Unit Peshawar
● Complex aerial view of city
● Placemaking Europe toolbox
● A Pattern Language book by
Christopher Alexander
● The Death and Life of Great American
Cities Book by Jane Jacobs
● Jan Gehl