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Designing our Cities for Play
Jodi Mansbach
Urban Design Matters
Park Pride
March 21, 2016
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3P a g e
Play
Beyond the Playground
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5P a g e
Get out of the car!
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Design principle 1
Embrace density
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Design principle 2
Pay attention to scale
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Design principle 3
Focus on the public realm
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MIXSON
North Charleston
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Corral the car
Shared common space
Active commons
Rooms of public space
- Ross Chapin
Pocket Neighborhoods
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FLATS at Mixson
Smaller footprint – more common
areas
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Common spaces
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INDUSTRY CITY
Brooklyn
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INDUSTRY CITY
Brooklyn
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Streets turn into courtyards
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PONCE CITY MARKET
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New York
1926
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The Midway
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Miniature Golf
The Sign
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Slide
21P a g e
Heege
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Food
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24P a g e
CHATTAHOOCHEE NOW
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discover your city
has a riverfront
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Los Angeles River
Pop Up Parks
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Imagine the public realm
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the surfaces, streets, walls,
sidewalks, plazas, corridors,
transit stations, public plazas
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  • 31. 31P a g e
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