PROGRAM – SESSION 3

1 Urban Design +

Placemaking 101

2 Place Values

3 Place Qualities8 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

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)

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

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

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

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

DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES

ACCESSIBILITY

▸ Connectivity and permeability

▸ D Engwicht Secret 4 – focus on exchanges not mobility

▸ Walk Score

Ormeau Town Centre Concept Plan (Deicke Richards)

ANIMATORS

▸ Active

▸ Safe

▸ Comfort

▸ Interesting

▸ Management

▸ Anchoring presence

▸ Lingering nodes

Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC

DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES

Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC

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

Edinburgh Gardens, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS

FIT AND FUNCTION

DRIVERS OF GOOD PLACES

The Strand - Townsville, QLD, AUS

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

Main Street, Rouse Hill Town Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUS

CONTINUITY AND ENCLOSURE

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

LEGIBILITY

Dean St, Albury, NSW, AUS

▸ Landmarks

▸ Focal points

▸ Views

▸ Clear routes

▸ Gateways

▸ Lighting

▸ Works of art and craft

▸ Signage and waymarkers

LEGIBILITY

Brunswick St, Fitzroy North, VIC, AUS

▸ Landmarks

▸ Focal points

▸ Views

▸ Clear routes

▸ Gateways

▸ Lighting

▸ Works of art and craft

▸ Signage and waymarkers

PLACE DRIVER

Given Tce, Paddington, Bne, QLD, AUS

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

FEATURES

The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, AUS

▸ Encourage play (Engwicht Secret 10)

▸ 8-80

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

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

Allen St, South, Townsville, QLD, AUS

SUSTAINABILITY

▸ Environmentally, socially and economically

▸ Celebrate the environment in cities

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

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NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).

Lochiel Park – Adelaide, SA, AUS

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

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.

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

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NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).

HOW TO MAKE AN ATTRACTIVE CITY

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

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

Old Belvidere Prom - East Perth, WA, AUS

QUALITIES – IMPLEMENTATION?

▸ Performance

▸ Prescription

▸ Expectations (Hamilton NZ)

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