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4. DOESN'T NEED TO COST MORE
Section 8 Bar, Tatersalls Lane, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
▸ “Improving social
connection is not
necessarily hard
or costly. In many
cases, big returns
can come from
small outlays.”
(Grattan Institute
2012)
5. REDUCE COSTS – POPUP PLACEMAKING
Yarraville, Melbourne, VIC, AUS,
▸ Open Streets
▸ Play Streets
▸ Build a Better Block
▸ Park(Ing) Day
▸ Guerilla Gardening
▸ Pop-Up Retail
▸ Pavement To Plazas
▸ Pavement To Parks
▸ Pop-Up Cafes
▸ Depave
▸ Chair Bombing
▸ Food Carts/Trucks
▸ Site Pre-Vitalization
▸ Pop-Up Town Hall
▸ Informal Bike Parking
▸ Intersection Repair
▸ Ad-Busting
▸ Reclaimed Setbacks
▸ Park Mobile
▸ Weed Bombing
▸ Mobile Vendors
▸ Micro-Mixing
▸ Park-Making
▸ Camps
9. REDUCE COSTS – DISASTER RESILIENCE
The Strand, Townsville, QLD, AUS
▸ Through our social connections we
share information, resources and skills.
This makes communities more
dynamic and more resilient” (Grattan
Institute 2012)
11. PLACE = AFFORDABLE LIVING
Palmerston Lane, Fitzgibbon Chase, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
▸ AusHomes Villa House
▸ 320 m² (two community titles – Villa + loft)
▸ 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms (121 m²)
▸ $299,900 in 2011
▸ Fitzgibbon Chase Snapshot
▸ Housing Innovations
Kuranda Park Way, Fitzgibbon Chase, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
12. ▸ AusHomes Villa House
▸ 320 m² (two community titles – Villa + loft)
▸ $299,900 in 2011
▸ Aiming to achieve 50 dwellings/ha in next
stage on freehold title.
▸ Housing Innovations
▸ Fitzgibbon Chase Snapshot
PLACE = AFFORDABLE LIVING
Palmerston Lane, Fitzgibbon Chase, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
▸ AusHomes Loft Home
▸ 320 m² (two community titles – Villa + loft)
▸ 1 Bedroom + 1 bathroom (97m²)
▸ $199,900 in 2011
▸ Aiming to achieve 50 dwellings/ha in next
stage on freehold title.
▸ Housing Innovations
13. AFFORDABLE LIVING
▸ Next Generation Planning
▸ The average US family
works from January 1 to
April 13 just to pay for its
cars. For many living
in sprawl, it can be half the
year.
(https://twitter.com/urbanda
ta)
Source:
http://versatile1.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/
14. PLACE = HEALTHY + FIT
Webb Bridge, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
▸ If one in ten Massachusetts adults started a
regular walking program, the state would save
$121 million in heart disease expenditures
annually. [MA Dept. of Public Health, 2008]
▸ Combining vigorous exercise and walking each
week produced a 50% reduced mortality. [Arch
Internal Medicine, 2007]
▸ 1 in 3 children born in USA in 2000 will develop
diabetes
▸ Car accidents are the leading cause of deaths
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▸ Exercise affects learning, memory and
cognition. College students showed improved
performance on recognition memory tasks
after exercise. [NYU current research]
15. Clarkson, Perth, WA, AUS
PLACE = HEALTHY + FIT
Costs to society of obesity are increasing:
▸ USA obesity costs 9% of total health budget
▸ Australia 2%
▸ France <1%
16. PLACE = TRANSPORT SAVINGS
Caroline Springs, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
▸ “In Melbourne, almost 8% of areas with the greatest need for public transport
have no access at all.“(Grattan Institute 2012)
17. Sparta Place - Brunswick, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
PLACE = MORE TIME, LESS CONGESTION
▸ Living car-free in walkable areas fits younger lifestyles. Fewer young
people want cars. In 1995 people age 21 to 30 drove 21 percent of
all miles driven in the U.S.; in 2009 it was 14 percent, despite
consistent growth of the age group. [Advertising Age, 2010]
18. Lane off Winn St, The Valley, Brisbane. QLD, AUS
THE BENEFITS – ENHANCE VALUES
▸ A one-point increase in Walk
Score is associated with
between a $700 and $3,000
increase in home
values. [CEOs for Cities,
2009]
▸ NY Times
▸ 1990s, high-end outer
suburbs contained most of
the expensive housing in the
USA.
▸ Today, it’s in the high-
density, pedestrian-friendly
neighbourhoods of the centre
city and inner suburbs
19. Le Dinner en Blanc, South Banc, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
PLACE = FUTURE PROOFING
▸ Ellen Dunham Jones
▸ 85% of households in 2025 will not have kids
▸ 77% of Millenniums/Gen Y want to live in urban
core
▸ 75% of retiring baby boomers say they want mixed
use and mixed age
▸ Combined they represent ½ of the popn in the USA
▸ “A quarter of Australian households now consist of
people living by themselves and this is the fastest
growing household type” (Grattan Institute 2012)
22. THE BENEFITS – UNDERPERFORMING ASSETS
Waterworks Rd, Ashgrove, QLD, AUS
23. RETROFITTING SUBURBIA?
Mizner Park - Boca Raton USA
▸ New York Times -
February 5, 2012
▸ Near-record vacancy rates
(11%) at malls of all kinds.
▸ There are about 108,000
shopping centres in
America.
▸ A new enclosed mall has
not opened in the United
States since 2006.
26. ▸ The Australian May 05,
2012 12:00AM
▸ “A pall over the mall”
▸ “Shopping malls may be booming
across China and parts of the Middle
East but in the US, the birthplace of
the mall, they're dying and in
Australia they're haemorrhaging”
AUSTRALIA?
27. The Monk Pub, South Terrace, Fremantle, WA, AUS
▸ The Australian June 15, 2011 12:00AM
▸ "The retailers that are most at risk are in the shopping
strips that aren't somewhere like Toorak Road or Bridge
Road in Melbourne, where there's upmarket coffee
shops and lifestyle options to attract people to the area."
A SLOW DEATH HERE?
28. THE BENEFITS – BRANDING + PROMOTION
Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
29. Kwong Sang walk, Toowoomba, QLD, AUS
THE BENEFITS – LOCAL BUSINESS
▸ “UK research suggests that improving the
pedestrian environment on ten high
streets (totalling 24 km) would result in
annual public benefits of up to £4.3 million
a year“(Grattan Institute 2012)
30. REDUCE ADVERSE EFFECTS
“The modern America of obesity, inactivity, depression,
and loss of community has not ‘happened’ to us; rather we
legislated, subsidized, and planned it.”
http://www.placemakers.com/2012/11/12/urban-happiness-index-revisited/
Latrobe, Tce, Paddington, QLD, AUS
31. Juniper Bank Way, Subiaco, Perth, WA, AUS
THE BENEFITS – INTERACTION
▸ “Loneliness can have
serious health
consequences, with a
similar impact to high
blood pressure, lack of
exercise, obesity, or
smoking.”
▸ “Improving social
connection is not
necessarily hard or costly.
In many cases, big returns
can come from small
outlays.” (Grattan Institute
2012)
32. Rabbit + Cocoon, 23 Hillcrest Parade, Miami, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
CLIMATE CHANGE: REDUCTION + ADAPTION
▸ Average urban dweller in the USA has 1/3
carbon footprint of suburban dweller.
▸ ClimateSmart:
▸ compact, self-contained regional
development
▸ active and public transport-based
community
▸ maintaining ecologically diverse and
viable natural habitats.
33. SUSTAINABILITY
Christie Walk Eco-Village, Sturt St – Adelaide, SA, AUS
▸ Any sound principles for a good
urban place must be sustainable
▸ social equity
▸ economic vitality
▸ environmental responsibility
▸ Cities can make a significant
contribution
Good urban design is a powerful tool for achieving a higher
quality of life, greater economic vitality and a more efficient use of
resources. It is key to making places where talented people will
want to live, and which will nurture economic success.”
Urban Initiatives, 2003, p. 3
35. Eat Street Markets, Hamilton, QLD, AUS
OUTCOMES OF PLACE MANAGEMENT
▸ generating momentum
▸ integrating approaches
▸ streamlining processes
▸ a one-stop shop for action
▸ additional funds and resources
▸ building partnerships
▸ reducing duplication
▸ using resources effectively
▸ facilitating development
▸ resolving issues
36. The Esplanade, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS
ISN’T THIS WHAT WE WANT?
Prosperity: business and people thrive
Excite: ignite relationships, confidence, ideas and esteem
Our legacy: respond to change and evolve over time
People: focus on the user
Liveability: attract people
Exercise + Health: activity and social interaction
▸ A Car-free Street Grows in Queens
An impressive six green star office building in Melbourne.
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
Michael’s guide to housing affordability could easily be titled Andrew’s guide to urban design in the suburbs?
Michael’s guide to housing affordability could easily be titled Andrew’s guide to urban design in the suburbs?
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
Another movie you will eventually be able to see on www.placefocus.com
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
I have a confession to make.
I’m a volunteer place manager.
But being a volunteer Place manager is a pretty lonely job. While Brisbane is one of the largest Council’s in the world. There’s no office of Placemaking... Not even a coordinator.
I couldn’t volunteer to anyone... No one else was doing it. And State Government wasn't very interested either. Even the traders think I’m a little odd.
The two Councillors certainly couldn’t get their head around it. Was I stirring up trouble? What’s my motive? In this meeting I suggested a part-time Place coordinator. Someone who could help us through the quagmire of Council Not a big deal a half day a week?. Not so. Cr Matic thought this would need the Lord Mayors approval!
I reckon I’ll give it another six months. I should probably be volunteering in a place that might appreciate the help.
In the meantime I’d like to share my experience in moving from Story telling to Story doing on the Terrace
The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!