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▸ Senior Planner in the Facilities Branch of QUT
▸ Urban Design Brief for Lamington Dve
▸ Problem before solution - Audit
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
▸ Placecheck
▸ Facebook – Lamington Dve
▸ Bring a hard copy of this checklist next week
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
▸ Memory Map of the Drive (1 A3 Panel)
▸ Site Plan (1 A3 Panel at Scale)
▸ Site Characteristics (1 or 2 A3 panels)
▸ Site Ideas (1 or 2 A3 panels)
▸ Conclusions (1 A3 panel)
▸ Recommendations (1 A3 panel).
UNEARTHING LAMINGTON DVE
▸ Mind Map
▸ On an A3 or A4 page draw a plan of Lamington Drive from your memory (Lynch)
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
The Garage, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
Urban Design + Placemaking 101
Place Values
3 Place Qualities
More Information
Outcomes
Place Typology
Place process
Place roles
Toolkit - placemaking ideas
Links+ conclusions
OUR FOCUS
What +
Why
How + Who
Anster St – Adelaide, SA, AUS
3. 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
Pla
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13. Quality of the public realm
14. Safety
15. Creativity
16. Sensory pleasurePla
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NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).
3.1 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
3.1 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
3.1 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
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 8 The Place – G. What other methods might we use to develop our ideas about how to improve the place?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
3.2 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
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 15 The Place - L How can the place be made adaptable to change in the future?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
3.3 ACCESSIBILITY
▸ Connectivity and permeability
▸ D Engwicht Secret 4 – focus on exchanges not mobility
▸ Walk Score
Ormeau Town Centre Concept Plan (Deicke Richards)
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 16 The Place
▸ N What should be done to make the most of public transport?
▸ O How can routes be better connected?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
3.5 ANIMATORS
▸ Active
▸ Safe
▸ Comfort
▸ Interesting
▸ Management
▸ Anchoring presence
▸ Lingering nodes
Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC
Main Street, Rouse Hill Town Centre, Sydney, NSW, AUS
3.6 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
Hitchcock Ave - Barwon Heads, VIC, AUS
3.7 CONSISTENCY + VARIETY
▸ Order and diversity
▸ Avoid confusion and stimulate the senses
▸ One condition benefits from the other
▸ “Great places celebrate inherent contradictions” D Engwicht
Hay St, Port Macquarie, NSW, AUS
3.4 FIT AND FUNCTION
▸ Create the potential
▸ Public realm is a means to an end not the end itself
▸ Power of 10 (PPS)
▸ “infinite possibilities not future destination” D Engwicht
Whickham Tce, Fortitude Valley, QLD, AUS
3.14 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.
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 10 The Place I – How can the streets and other public spaces be made safer and more pleasant for people on foot?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
3.8 LEGIBILITY
Dean St, Albury, NSW, AUS
▸ Landmarks
▸ Focal points
▸ Views
▸ Clear routes
▸ Gateways
▸ Lighting
▸ Works of art and craft
▸ Signage and waymarkers
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 14 The Place – K How can we make the place more welcoming and easier for people to find their way around?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
3.11 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
St Patricks Day – George St, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
▸ 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”
South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, AUS
3.13 QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC REALM
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3. SENSORY PLEASURE
▸ Feed the senses (Engwicht Secret 10)
▸ Delight the mind
People
CharacterEnclosure
Legible
wAlkable
Sustainability
3.15 CREATIVITY & INNOVATION
Mark Lane, Toowoomba, QLD, AUS
▸ Experiment and rewrite rules
▸ Be yourself - skilfully
▸ Harness new technology
▸ Visualise new futures
▸ Innovation
Allen St, South, Townsville, QLD, AUS
3.12 SUSTAINABILITY
▸ Environmentally, socially and economically
▸ Celebrate the environment in cities
▸ PlaceCheck
▸ Page 9 – H. How can we make this a greener place
▸ Page 15 - M How can better use be made of resources?
MY PLACE: LAMINGTON DVE
Ballarat Street, Yarraville, VIC, AUS
3. 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
Pla
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rivers 13. Quality of the public realm
14. Safety
15. Creativity
16. Sensory pleasurePla
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Pre
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nce
NZ Urban Design Protocol VIC Urban Design CharterCouncillor’s Guide to Urban Design (Urban Initiatives, 2003).
Rundle St Mall – Adelaide, SA, AUS
3 QUALITIES OF GOOD PLACES
▸ Engwicht Secret 3 – break the rules
▸ Understand the rules but don’t be bound by them
▸ “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
Currie St, Nambour, QLD, AUS
PLACEMARK
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