Community gardens are popping up all over the world, creating blocks of paradise within urban environments. While they are growing in popularity across the globe, a local story this week caught our attention. Not so long ago, Docklands was an urban wasteland. Now Docklands is a bustling community of residents, workers and visitors; and a [...]
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Docklands
Melbourne’s Docklands has always been criticised for its planning decisions – it seemed developers couldn’t do anything right in the eyes of the media and public, however Docklands is currently home to over 6,000 residents and 19,000 employees – people who have good things to say about Docklands as a destination, and as a place. [...]
The Zone
Michael Short interviews Gilbert Rochecouste who discusses the Melbourne Place Making Series, full transcript via The Age MICHAEL SHORT: Gilbert, welcome to The Zone. Thank you for your time. You’re credited with the internationally renowned revival of Melbourne’s laneways, among other things. You now reckon that there might be a tipping point happening internationally along [...]
Pop Up Places
The trend for pop up stores and events over the past years has increased massively thanks to strong support and successful implementation. Pop ups have the unique ability to create temporary places, which can lead to more permanent ones, by attracting people to an event or space. They are a clever way to test a [...]
Beware the ‘place wash’
Place making isn’t about making better developments as one colleague tried to explain to me recently, it’s about making places. Places aren’t just ‘good spaces’. Places hold the identity of the community, reflect community values and evolve to meet changing aspirations. Places reflect local distinctiveness whether that be social, economic, environmental or cultural – and [...]
Mythologies of Placemaking
Guest Post: Design Observer Essay: B. Wortham-Galvin We accept the reality of the world with which we are presented. — Christoff (played by Ed Harris), The Truman Show Designers and planners frequently herald the concept of “sense of place.” However, this ill-defined buzzword most often serves to rally support for redevelopment projects that ignore deep [...]
Placemaking Complexities
I recently visited a major Melbourne shopping centre on weekday during business hours and was surprised by the number of women with prams walking around the centre alone. After making note of this to a few people, it became clear than these Mums come to the centre because of a lack of other places [...]
Parks and Place
Article Reference: Herald Sun, 11 September 2010, ‘Window to the World’ Melbourne has its fair share of tall buildings – each good places in their own right – but it is the grounds of our city that Property Developer Daniel Grollo feels needs work. Daniel has been an integral part of the Melbourne Place Making [...]
Mainstreet Australia – Awards Night
Mainstreet Awards The Mainstreet Awards are the most imprtant event relating to main streets in Australia and New Zealand. It celebrates the efforts of all the centre managers, business owners and council officers that contribute to the success of our main streets. The 2010 Mainstreet Awards builds on and expands the very successful inaugural awards [...]
Project for Public Spaces
What exactly makes a successful place? Everyone will have a different answer to this question, and there is no right or wrong response. A successful place for me might be a café, with trees, grass and water features, quiet and serene – a successful place for you might need to be buzzing with people all [...]
