wk 2 imagine planning and design

▸ 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


http://www.placefocus.com/Training/assessment-for-qintro-to-ud-placemakingq.html

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1555512374700740/?fref=ts

▸ 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

PLANNING + URBAN DESIGN + PLACEMAKING

Elizabeth St, Brisbane City, QLD, AUS

YOUR FAVOURITE BNE PLACE

▸ What did Planning contribute?

▸ Urban Design?

▸ Placemaking?

▸ Mind Map

▸ On an A3 or A4 page draw a plan of Lamington Drive from your memory (Lynch)


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

http://www.placefocus.com/

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


▸ 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


▸ 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?


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

▸ The Place - L How can the place be made adaptable to change in the future?


3.3 ACCESSIBILITY

▸ Connectivity and permeability

▸ D Engwicht Secret 4 – focus on exchanges not mobility

▸ Walk Score

Ormeau Town Centre Concept Plan (Deicke Richards)

http://www.walkscore.com/

Me

Stinky

▸ PlaceCheck

▸ Page 16 The Place

▸ N What should be done to make the most of public transport?

▸ O How can routes be better connected?


3.5 ANIMATORS

▸ Active

▸ Safe

▸ Comfort

▸ Interesting

▸ Management

▸ Anchoring presence

▸ Lingering nodes

Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC


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


The Strand - Townsville, QLD, AUS

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?


3.8 LEGIBILITY

Dean St, Albury, NSW, AUS

▸ Landmarks

▸ Focal points

▸ Views

▸ Clear routes

▸ Gateways

▸ Lighting

▸ Works of art and craft

▸ Signage and waymarkers

3.8 PLACE DRIVER

Given Tce, Paddington, Bne, QLD, AUS

▸ PlaceCheck

▸ Page 14 The Place – K How can we make the place more welcoming and easier for people to find their way around?


3.10 FEATURES

The Esplanade, Cairns, QLD, AUS

▸ Encourage play (Engwicht Secret 10)

▸ 8-80

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

3.15 CREATIVITY & INNOVATION

Mark Lane, Toowoomba, QLD, AUS

▸ PlaceCheck

▸ Page 12 The Place J How else can public spaces be improved?


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?


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

3. QUALITIES – MALCOLM SNOW

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

http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/558213-learn-the-rules-like-a-pro-so-you-can-break

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

http://www.placefocus.com/Blog/placemark-the-benchmark-for-places-prototype.html

▸ A3 Base Plan

▸ Yellow Trace

NEXT WEEK

▸ Walking tour
