The document summarizes presentations from Day 2 of the Design Skills Symposium 2011 in Stirling, Scotland. It discusses topics like delivering better public spaces, street design examples from various cities, redesigning streets to be more people-focused rather than car-focused, examples of successful community-led housing and co-housing projects in the UK and abroad, and debates around design control and co-production of neighborhoods.

1. Design Skills Symposium 2011WelcomeDay 2 Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, Stirling

2. Fiona HyslopCabinet Secretary, Scottish Government Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, Stirling“Delivering Better Places”

3. Delivering Better Placesreminder.. Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, StirlingAnticipation

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7. StewardshipBen Hamilton BaillieBen Hamilton Baillie Associates Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, Stirling“Delivering Better Places”

8. Design Skills Symposium ScotlandStreets, networks & public spaceBen Hamilton-Baillie www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk

9. Exhibition Road, London

22. O’Connell Street, Dublin

57. Siena, Italy

61. Traffic in Towns. The Buchanan Report 1963

63. Eugène Hénard Proposals for traffic circulation Paris 1905

64. “Traffic segregation should be the keynote of modern road design”Ministry of Transport (1966)“Roads in Urban Areas”

67. Published Nov 2010

70. CABE Better Streets StudiesLiverpoolBristolDevizesManchesterBidefordDublinNewcastleNottinghamKensingtonHarlow

74. Birmingham New Street

77. No childrenNo swingsbarriersRubberized matting“The swings are packed away at night because kids might climb the fence and use them unsupervised and hurt themselves.”

79. Kensington High Street - before

81. 0PedestrianCyclistsMotorcyclesAll-10-14-18-20-18-22-25-26-26-30London%RBKC-35-35-40KHS-43-44-50-60-64-70Kensington High Street Casualty ReviewDrop in casualties from 1999 to 2004Before: average annual rate between March 98 and February 2001After: average annual rate between September 2003 and March 2005

82. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERSDispelling myths and misunderstandings amongst highway engineersStresses professional judgement over convention and simple application of guidanceReviews the realities of legal liability and corporate risk

83. The HighwayRegulated

84. Impersonal

85. Linear

86. Single Purpose

87. Consistent

88. Predictable

89. Systematic

90. State controlled

91. Signs and markingsThe Public RealmCulturally defined

92. Personal

93. Spatial

94. Multi-purpose

95. Constantly changing

96. Unpredictable

97. Contextual

98. Cultural / social rules

99. Eye contact

100. Context timeSystem time

102. Hans Monderman1946-2008

103. Makkinga, Friesland

108. Noordlaren, Groningen

115. Petersfield, Hampshire

116. Shrewsbury High Street

117. St. Armel, Brittany

118. Drachten, Friesland

122. De Kaden, Drachten

127. Poynton, Cheshire

128. Aachen, Germany

130. Norrkøpping, Sweden

131. Skvallertorget beforeafter

137. Portishead, BristolTraffic light switch-off

138. New Road, Brighton

145. Ashford Ring Road, Kent

157. Lost O

158. St. Gallen “Stadtlounge” Switzerland

169. Seven Dials, Covent Garden

177. Stephen HillC20 Futureplanners Design Skills Symposium 2011, Tollbooth, Stirling“Delivering Better Places”

178. How to live more sustainably?Aligning Personal and Professional ValuesStephen Hill, C2O futureplannersDare to be in – subordinate !

179. Shelley McNamara, Grafton ArchitectsWhat would be your dream commission?Something like Ilôt 13 in Geneva, which developed organically with a mixture of squatters, students, cooperatives and private sector housing, new and old. The way a project is commissioned determines the outcome.Design is only one component

180. Les Grottes“Unhealthy and unsuitable for the imperatives of modernity of a growing city”

181. “…doomed to integral destruction”1977 Referendum halts city councilplans…“the inhabitants havingdemocratically invited themselves to the decision-makers table.”

182. “Instead of blocking inadequate projects, the inhabitants become genuine actors…”Europan 1991Ilôt 13Atelier 89

183. “More participative, and ecologicalapproaches…suppress the car parking…new housing… workspace… cultural centre”“…half the cost of classic retrofits.”

184. Exhibition Road, London

185. DIY Solar Panels…catalyst for the country"When we invested in a place… it becomes alive”

186. Scottish Government Official:“One of the main conditions for grant funding is that the activities of grant applicants should help meet Government policy objectives. I have put together the following list of Government policies and initiatives to which Community Self Build is relevant:Social inclusion…Community regeneration…Community responsibility… Increasing the confidence of individuals…Reducing unemployment… Vocational Qualifications…Improving employability…Increasing housing choice…Reducing homelessness…Tenure diversification…Affordable low cost housing…Helping people on low income…Environmentalsustainability… Equal opportunities…Technical innovation…Best practice in construction…Ability to attract ESF money…That’s probably more than any other grant programme I can think of.”

187. The Big Society“Too much has been imposed from above, when experience shows that success depends on communities themselves having the power and taking the responsibility. It’s no good officials in Whitehall or even the Town Hall telling people what is needed in their street.”BUT…it wasn’t him, it was……. everyone has a stake based on equal rights and where they pay their dues by exercising responsibility in return, and where local communities shape their own futures.

188. Neighbourhood planning and Community Right to Build“I want to spark a… !!!A bottom up revolution …. from the top…with support from the highest levels of government…

189. Do something unprecedented… We are too used to accepting the boundaries we ourselves have created... Greatest task will be convincing people they exist at all… Change the culture… The Bill is not enough…

190. What makes a good sustainable neighbourhood?

191. “Awonderfulplace togrow up”Colin Ward

192. Design Paradox:Ye Olde Placemakynge and Spatial Plannyng…“The exceptional urban and environmental qualities we esteem in many of our older cities were achieved with a very modest input of resources, and by a careful and evolving response to the needs of their inhabitants.”Ralph Erskine, Architect

193. Design Conundrum:Do it like I say…“Specifying in a planthat developmentmust be sustainable isno more useful asguidance to a developerthan describing a pieceof music as beautifultells us anything aboutwhat it sounds like”Rob Cowan - The Dictionary of Urbanism

194. Design Solution:Do it likewe do…“We must learnto see that everyproblem thatconcerns us…always leads tothe question ofhow we live”Wendell Berry"Solving for pattern – finding solutionsthat solve multiple problems”

195. “We haven’t done enough on thedesign…that’s a major area for improvement” (John Prescott)CONTROL !Why are we so pre-occupied with“design”?

196. Landowner Control “Vision for Britain”

197. Poundbury DesignGuideStretcher bond…not permittedSoldier arches…not allowedShiplap boards...not permittedParking of caravans, boats or trailers…not allowedThere shall be noflat roofsPermission will not be given to demolish chimneysWindows with asymmetric subdivision…not permittedBathroom windows should not be obscured or patterned glassWoven panels of wooden fencing…not allowed“Judicious mixing (of chimney pots) will give a feeling of the collective roofscapes having evolved”“Windows and doors shall be built entirely of timber”

198. Public InterestControl DesignCode143 pages

199. You can have any house you like…providing it’s…BLUE !

200. “It’s like Beirut…”Germaine Greer in the Guardian, September 2009“…uniformly depressing”Another developer

204. Freiburg:Co-producingDesignand valuesfor living

205. Karlsruhe Nordstadt“Thank goodness, it’s not Vauban”Smiley WestLocal Authority arms length enabling companyRecruit and support 10 ‘building groups’ Masterplan and design code Construction management7.5 acre/3 hectare site190 homes – 65+ dwellings/hectare

206. Managed co-production

207. A grown up politics of design… ‘Secure by Living Together’Family Passivhaus group

208. Barrier free group

209. Lower cost family group

210. High value detached and semi-detached villas

211. Mid-market family group“Managing our co-existence in shared space” Prof.Patsy Healey – Definition of Spatial Planning

212. Coop Mika Smiley BarracksKarlsruhe

213. Self-refurbishment: Flats for family and single people

214. Mixed uses and community facilities

215. Diversity and maturity in mainstream politics and housing markets - GermanyTübingen SüdstadtKarlsruhe, Hamburg, Leipzig….Project Vauban, Freiberg

216. The Tübingen way…Co-production of shared space

219. The English way…space as commodity

220. Trust…in the design code…This is allthere is …andco-production through dialogueHow many pages does yourDesign Code have?

221. Alternative public practicePelham Grove Coop N17The Game>>Planning for RealBrief: “not look like a council house”

222. 40 years on-Sanford Coop, Railway Cuttings,Lewisham…60% cut in CO2

223. Resident controlled market housingThe Ralph Erskine Test of time, and skills and ideas we have lostThe Hall and Hallgate, Blackheath 1957The trouble with planners is…The Architect in Society, Keith Godwin

226. SPAN Housing at Corner Green……50 years on

227. “My particular interest was the formation of the courtyard which I thought was a dead space. [It] is not a dead space. It is actually circulation”Eric Lyons“Resident-controlled management companies may sound dully utilitarian, but have been crucial to their success.”Tony Aldous, former resident and architectural writer

228. Wesley Square Co-ownership, North Kensington

229. Community and PrivateSelf-buildDETR Housing Design Award citation:“ a microcosm of what could be achieved on other sites all over the country by harnessing the imagination and skills of ordinary people.” “that indefinable quality which marks out the outstanding from the excellent The Diggers, Brighton 1998Sussex Road, London N19 1999

230. Ashley Vale BfL Gold Award 201037 homes with affordable business space…started in 2002. Built on a former scaffold yard.Grew from local opposition to original redevelopment proposalsUrban sites with “a rural feel” with a nature reserve.Site layout “creates pleasant, friendly public spaces”“Relatively high levels of parking are balanced by a home zone approach…to create attractive streets that feel safe for pedestrians.”

231. Old people look after themselves…HAPPIer andcheaper than the councilTenant Management Coop 355 Queensbridge Rd

232. Springhill Co-housingStroud

233. “Not my weeds…you mean our weeds!”

240. “Weirdy…they are not normal.”Ward Councillor (from the Big Society Party) at Planning CommitteeDefinitely not normal…

241. Threshold Centre, DorsetFirst HCA grant funded mixed tenure co-housing with Synergy HousingShared facilities include:The stone farmhouse for visiting guests, and shared meals 1 acre community market gardenLaundryCar poolCommitments for all residents: 4 hours per week of unpaid time to help look after the shared facilities, and do cooking1 car and 1 pet per householdPaying share of the running costs of shared facilitiesBefore taking up residence, spending up to 4 nights here, for the new resident and community to get to know each other.

242. Joint VentureSelf DevelopmentHearthstone Co-housingN. Denver, Colorado33 leasehold houses and flats with a 4,800 sq. ft. common house on a 1.6 acre site. The community was the JV first phase of a ‘new urbanist’ redevelopment in the historic North Denver neighbourhood.

243. The model for Community Right to BuildCornwall CLT Programme 2007 17 villages – 120+ homesDefinitely not normal…Unique partnerships…enabling district councils, theircommunities, Carnegie UK Trust,and an RSLBlisland CLT on Bodmin Moor

244. St. Minver CLT Average house price £650,000Market value £350,000Cost including land £120,00012 houses 12 monthsOn time – On budgetDefinitely not normal…A social movement ?Voluntary taxation?Or just compliance with policy for affordability ‘in perpetuity’ ?

246. Spatial Planning & PlacemakingOutcomesCommunity membership and ownershipAll incomes and tenuresMedium and high densityValue for moneyLong term stewardshipLife in the space between the buildingsSocial Capital for the care of the place and peopleResident satisfaction and wellbeing Sustainable living and resilience through social organisation Material Considerations?Definitely not normal…

247. Life in the space between the buildings

248. Social Housing Provider of the YearDecidedly normal…

249. A response to the other kind of ‘life’ between the buildings