1. Advocating for intentional, efficient and inclusive design of our public spaces Advocating for more serendipitous connections www.MyWheelsareTurning.com
3. Embracing Strangers Workshop Parameters No hugging required Discussion orientated Goal To walk away thinking more intentionally about the impact consequential strangers have in our lives and the role place plays in nurturing them Take a Moment Choose someone in the room you don’t know & introduce yourself
4. “The most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me” - @duncanpaisley, via twitter Describe the most meaningful interaction you’ve had with a stranger recently?
5. “The most influential people in my life are probably not even aware of the things they’ve taught me” - @duncanpaisley, via twitter Describe the most meaningful interaction you’ve had with a stranger recently?
6. Describe the most meaningful interaction you’ve had with a stranger recently?
7. This workshop started with a walk… …then a Tweet then a book with an intriguing title…
11. Power of Place “Some of the joys & blessings of being alive ought to be as easily achieved as a stroll down to the place on the corner—but there does have to be a place on the corner.” ~ Ray Oldenburg, The Great Good Place Graphic borrowed from Third Place Books
12. What are these Third Places? What are their elements? social interaction sense of belonging & anonymity mixed uses http://bit.ly/Jacobs-corners
13. Paley Park What makes this a great place? Photos via Fast Company Design & Project for Public Spaces
14. Getting to Third Place… …to the corners …the intersections …the serendipitous encounters
15. We need to design places that are “neat” enough to provide safe and comfortable access and “messy” enough to provide for adventure and dragon habitat.
16. "One study exploring the benefit of dangerous animals in public spaces suggests that spaces where dragons & other creatures were perceived to have aided in the ability to connect with strangers by 97.4% of the study subjects. The remaining 2.6% of the study subjects were left unable to comment." ~ From Amy’s Journal of Significant Findings
