Place Qualities: Section 3 of Introduction to Placemaking
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Place Qualities: Section 3 of Introduction to Placemaking
- 1. PROGRAM – SESSION 3 1 Urban Design + Placemaking 101 2 Place Values 3 Place Qualities 8 Outcomes 4 Place Typology 5 Place process 6 Place roles 7 Toolkit - placemaking ideas 9/10 Links+ conclusions Aussie tour of our bonza places Portside Markets, Hercules Street, Brisbane, Queensland, AUS
- 2. Anster St – Adelaide, SA, AUS PLACEMARK: SITE VISIT Prosperity Excite Our legacy People Livability Exercise Public realm Legibility WAlkable Context Environment Safety Management Art of Placemaking Kindle Innovation N desig(n) G enablin(g)
- 3. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES ▸ Character: sense of place and history ▸ All sites have intrinsic environmental qualities, community use and site characteristics. ▸ We create authenticity by enriching these unique qualities. ▸ This is a key ingredient for successful places. ▸ “Do designers destroy the story” D Engwicht The Front Walk – Rottnest Island, WA
- 4. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES ▸ But cities change... and so do people ▸ We have also inherited aspirations for a better future, and a tradition of cultural vitality ▸ Good urban design: ▸ is attentive to the past ▸ adopts a critical stance toward the status quo ▸ explores possible destinies ▸ and imagines and fulfils visions The Esplanade, St Kilda, Melbourne, AUS
- 5. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES ▸ An example of character guidance ▸ Recognise sub-regions ▸ Respect topography ▸ Diversify the built environment ▸ Consider local character and design ▸ Integrate with nature ▸ Acknowledge informality ▸ Use vegetation ▸ Ensure open space diversity ▸ Incorporate access to open space ▸ Design for water ▸ Develop outdoor centres ▸ Develop outdoor meeting places
- 6. DIVERSITY Affordable Housing, Hartopp Lane, KGUV – Brisbane ▸ Choice ▸ Adaptability ▸ Drivers of diversity ▸ public buildings ▸ density ▸ small street blocks ▸ small lots ▸ day and night time activity ▸ building diversity ▸ affordable housing
- 7. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES
- 8. ACCESSIBILITY ▸ Connectivity and permeability ▸ D Engwicht Secret 4 – focus on exchanges not mobility ▸ Walk Score Ormeau Town Centre Concept Plan (Deicke Richards)
- 9. ANIMATORS ▸ Active ▸ Safe ▸ Comfort ▸ Interesting ▸ Management ▸ Anchoring presence ▸ Lingering nodes Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
- 10. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
- 11. Hay St, Port Macquarie, NSW, AUS FIT AND FUNCTION ▸ Power of 10 (PPS) ▸ Create the potential ▸ Public realm is a means to an end not the end itself ▸ “infinite possibilities not future destination” D Engwicht
- 12. Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS FIT AND FUNCTION
- 13. DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES The Strand - Townsville, QLD, AUS
- 14. Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France CONTINUITY AND ENCLOSURE ▸ streets and open spaces overlooked by buildings ▸ relationship between public and private space ▸ avoiding gaps ▸ enclosing with buildings and trees ▸ no leftover spaces unused and uncared for
- 15. Main Street, Rouse Hill Town Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUS CONTINUITY AND ENCLOSURE
- 16. Hitchcock Ave - Barwon Heads, VIC, AUS CONSISTENCY + VARIETY ▸ Order and diversity ▸ Avoid confusion and stimulate the senses ▸ One condition benefits from the other ▸ “Great places celebrate inherent contradictions” D Engwicht
- 17. LEGIBILITY Dean St, Albury, NSW, AUS ▸ Landmarks ▸ Focal points ▸ Views ▸ Clear routes ▸ Gateways ▸ Lighting ▸ Works of art and craft ▸ Signage and waymarkers
- 18. LEGIBILITY Brunswick St, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS ▸ Landmarks ▸ Focal points ▸ Views ▸ Clear routes ▸ Gateways ▸ Lighting ▸ Works of art and craft ▸ Signage and waymarkers
- 19. PLACE DRIVER Given Tce, Paddington, Bne, QLD, AUS
- 20. Bendigo, VIC, AUS STRUCTURE ▸ Centres ▸ Routes of movement ▸ Street patterns ▸ Network of public spaces ▸ Shapes of land parcels ▸ A city is more than the sum of these parts ▸ Connections make a coherent, functioning whole
- 21. FEATURES The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, AUS ▸ Encourage play (Engwicht Secret 10) ▸ 8-80
- 22. Russell St, South Bank, QLD, AUS SOCIAL FABRIC ▸ Events, activities and cultural infrastructure ▸ The quality of the public realm is a means to an end not the end itself ▸ The places we like are not only created, designed and delivered - they also need to be maintained
- 23. Fringe Festival, Adelaide City, SA, AUS SOCIAL FABRIC ▸ Events, activities and cultural infrastructure ▸ The quality of the public realm is a means to an end not the end itself ▸ The places we like are not only created, designed and delivered - they also need to be maintained
- 24. Allen St, South, Townsville, QLD, AUS SUSTAINABILITY ▸ Environmentally, socially and economically ▸ Celebrate the environment in cities
- 25. QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES 1. Character 2. Diversity 3. Accessibility 4. Fit + function 5. Animators 6. Continuity + enclosure 7. Consistency + variety 8. Legibility 9. Structure 10. Features 11. Social Fabric 12. Sustainability PlaceDrivers 13. Quality of the public realm 14. Safety 15. Creativity 16. Sensory pleasure PlacePreferenceNZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design Charter Councillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003). Lochiel Park – Adelaide, SA, AUS
- 26. Tutanekai St, Rotorua, New Zealand ▸ Well-used and well-loved ▸ Generally safe, comfortable, varied and attractive ▸ Distinctive ▸ Variety, choice and fun ▸ Meet the needs and aspirations of users ▸ Engwicht Secret 1 – Make people feel at home ▸ “You can create a house with money but not a home” QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC REALM
- 27. Whickham Tce, Fortitude Valley, QLD, AUS SAFETY ▸ Help us understand risk to support safe behaviour ▸ Support human abilities of perception ▸ see potential threats ▸ judge risks ▸ escape if a threat is perceived ▸ seek assistance ▸ give aid if needed.
- 28. Ballarat Street, Yarraville, VIC, AUS QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES 1. Character 2. Diversity 3. Accessibility 4. Fit + function 5. Animators 6. Continuity + enclosure 7. Consistency + variety 8. Legibility 9. Structure 10. Features 11. Social Fabric 12. Sustainability PlaceDrivers 13. Quality of the public realm 14. Safety 15. Creativity 16. Sensory pleasure PlacePreference NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design Charter Councillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).
- 29. HOW TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE CITY
- 30. Peel St, Tamworth, NSW, AUS HOW TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE CITY 1. Not too chaotic, not too ordered 2. Visible life 3. Compact 4. Orientation and mystery 5. Scale 6. Make it local
- 31. Rundle St Mall – Adelaide, SA, AUS QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES ▸ Engwicht Secret 3 – break the rules ▸ “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”― Pablo Picasso ▸ Seek the inherent contradictions ▸ Everything we design should have multiple or conflicting implications
- 32. Old Belvidere Prom - East Perth, WA, AUS QUALITIES – IMPLEMENTATION? ▸ Performance ▸ Prescription ▸ Expectations (Hamilton NZ)
- 33. Currie St, Nambour, QLD, AUS PLACEMARK AUDIT Public realm: buildings and infrastructure support the place Legibility: navigable and still interesting WAlkable: people before private vehicles Context: celebrate unique characteristics Environment: sustain and enhance Safety: help us understand risk to support safe behaviour
Editor's Notes
- Has anyone visited the Reservoir Gardens in Paddington? The conversion of an old filled in reservoir into an urban park – reminiscent of Greece? Good urban design or good park design?
- The first quality and possibly the hardest to reproduce? A unique Australian Street - the front walk on Rottnest Island. Largely unchanged over the last 150 years of continuous use. Building from local material make a significant contribution to character. Can you spot the quokka?
- A lovely dichotomy...
- There are guidelines which inform the design of our places and buildings in relation to climate and context.
- Diversity is a key driver for successful places – part of the reason we enjoy being in the inner city. This resident of affordable housing at the end of Hartop Lane in KGUV maintains the street plants. She is coordinating the construction of a community vege garden in the adjacent park. Because this Brisbane Housing Company site is on the main street it delivers retail and commercial at the front... with an awning!
- If you haven’t read this book for a while it is well worth picking up again – an easy read. Jane is an urban legend (in more ways than one). Check out her thoughts on the generators of diversity. Most people like Portland – which has a tight 80m by 80m grid. Brisbane and Sydney’s is 200 by 100m. Melbourne is whopping 200 by 200 with the ‘little’ streets making it 200 by 100m and than the lanes and places in between. This block division is a big part of Melbourne’s urban experience Placing a known city grid over a site is a good tool for giving people an idea of the scale.
- This drawing (produced in a design workshop) should deliver good permeability and connectivity. The density is high around the new train station, with a good street network and mix of uses. Walkability – safe and comfortable routes, not too far too walk and something to do when you get there!
- Good urban design introduces, maintains and intensifies human activity within the public realm. An example of an active building: retail use transparent facade interaction with the street a little whimsical?
- Good urban design introduces, maintains and intensifies human activity within the public realm. An example of an active building: retail use transparent facade interaction with the street a little whimsical?
- This quality replaces robustness in the manual because it refers to fit – including the concept of ‘loose fit’ Where new developments aspire to street level retail uses they provide higher floor to ceiling heights for ground floor apartments in the short term.
- This quality replaces robustness in the manual because it refers to fit – including the concept of ‘loose fit’ Where new developments aspire to street level retail uses they provide higher floor to ceiling heights for ground floor apartments in the short term.
- This is a seminal urban design guide – because of the diversity of the authors. A great ‘how to’ on your shelf. A resident personalising the Strand in Townsville - BYO as well! Places need to be available for people who don’t want to buy a coffee or a meal.
- The new regional centre at Rouse Hill, Sydney was facilitated by Landcom and built by GPT. It incorporates this Main St, a town square, medium density housing and commercial development. Leading edge for Australian shopping centres! The street features wide footpaths (they need to be up to 7m wide for main streets), narrow carriage way, low kerbs, parallel parking, pedestrian crossing... All designed to keep traffic speed low and favour the pedestrian. Unfortunately, I was asked to stop taking photographs. While the spaces sound (Main Street) and feel like public spaces - they are privatised. I have sent them an email to ask why? The centre is built over a huge structured carpark which may restrict redevelopment in the future?
- The new regional centre at Rouse Hill, Sydney was facilitated by Landcom and built by GPT. It incorporates this Main St, a town square, medium density housing and commercial development. Leading edge for Australian shopping centres! The street features wide footpaths (they need to be up to 7m wide for main streets), narrow carriage way, low kerbs, parallel parking, pedestrian crossing... All designed to keep traffic speed low and favour the pedestrian. Unfortunately, I was asked to stop taking photographs. While the spaces sound (Main Street) and feel like public spaces - they are privatised. I have sent them an email to ask why? The centre is built over a huge structured carpark which may restrict redevelopment in the future?
- Melbourne – a great example of the cities public realm providing the order (and a little of the interest) and the private ventures providing the interest.
- Signage is placed last on the list for a reason. I don’t know about you but I don’t feel comfortable in a new place unless I have a rough idea of orientation. Not necessarily a key quality for visitors though? Participants have talked about having the time to get lost in cities like Venice – and then marvel at finding Piazza San Marco around the last corner! This is the Rouse Hill Town Square – in which you can’t take any photos.
- Signage is placed last on the list for a reason. I don’t know about you but I don’t feel comfortable in a new place unless I have a rough idea of orientation. Not necessarily a key quality for visitors though? Participants have talked about having the time to get lost in cities like Venice – and then marvel at finding Piazza San Marco around the last corner! This is the Rouse Hill Town Square – in which you can’t take any photos.
- Remember Lynch’s seminal book on legibility from our university studies? Developed through his mind map research – which you will do later. Castle Hill provides a strong landmark in Townsville. If you look closely you can see the saint graffiti on the side. Some street trees along this footpath would help, and maybe some public art on the wall? The bollards might be overkill?
- The structure of a place can play a large role in its success. Inner city New Farm in Brisbane benefits from central centres, alternative routes of movement, density, and a well located park.
- Really good urban places benefit from features like the Southbank pool, Sydney Opera House, Guggenheim Museum, Eifel Tower or London Eye. While these features do not necessarily represent ‘good’ urban design they make a significant contribution to attracting people. The quality of the place might bring them back?
- We talked about sense of place in the introduction. No doubt Birdsville delivers good built form outcomes. However, people probably travel long distances for the event and the associated festival (and the thrill of getting there!).
- We talked about sense of place in the introduction. No doubt Birdsville delivers good built form outcomes. However, people probably travel long distances for the event and the associated festival (and the thrill of getting there!).
- The new Council building in Melbourne not only has high environmental credentials (e.g. the facade responds to the sun) it also reinforces a small, but quality, urban place. Apparently the additional costs in the ‘healthy’ building were justified by the reduction costs due to sick leave.
- Based on the discussions during the last six months I have modified the qualities. The first 12 are drivers of good urban design/placemaking. The “optimisers” (not sure if this is the best word yet?) are variable based on personal preference. For example you and a teenager might have a different tolerance for safety (‘grittiness’)? This is still a work in progress so tell me what you think?
- I facilitated the stakeholder workshop for this street improvement on the Capricorn Coast. We ended up with the majority of the town there with plenty of great ideas and comments! They would remind me about their issue/idea every time I went back! We ere able to underground the powerlines, widen footpaths and provide pedestrian amenities. Unfortunately, they really wanted palms (which don’t provide a lot of shade).
- The new residential development at Mawson Lakes is impressive given it’s distance from the city. These footpaths are well overlooked by the buildings. Some people like gritty and grungy places which some of us may describe as being unsafe?
- Based on the discussions during the last six months I have modified the qualities. The first 12 are drivers of good urban design/placemaking. The “optimisers” (not sure if this is the best word yet?) are variable based on personal preference. For example you and a teenager might have a different tolerance for safety (‘grittiness’)? This is still a work in progress so tell me what you think?
- Have a look at the ‘Built to Last” movie on the internet site and tell me what you think? There are a couple of other movies on this site you might like to view as well. http://www.youtube.com/user/1standMain#p/u/2/VGJt_YXIoJI What do you understand about New Urbanism?
- 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!
- We acknowledge the need to engage with stakeholders- although we could be more effective? Participatory design (design workshop, EbD, etc) is one example.