Taking into consideration the last post about elements of great place and PPS, I was interested to see if anything had been written by PPS on Australian public spaces and placemaking aspirations. I came across an article that documented a key placemaker at PPS, Ethan Kent, and his trip across Australia. His observations are ones [...]
Placemaking Frameworks…
“Project for Public Spaces” (www.pps.org) has produced this diagram to be used in the placemaking process. There are many attributes to this diagram that can help create a great place. It’s a well proven diagram, but does it include everything that is needed to create a great place in an Australian context? Alternatively, does it [...]
Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs was one of the pioneers of placemaking. Her ideas and ways of creating inclusive places form the foundations of how we understand placemaking today. One of her greatest and simplest values was ensuring diversity and vitality was a key component in the creation and renewal of place. How though can placemakers incorporate such [...]
The qualities of place, not just space…
Separating our understanding of place and placemaking can be difficult and often hard to do during development. For placemaking to be successful, it is sometimes necessary to define both (place and placemaking) in order to create a place that is inclusive of all people. Gustafson (2001) argues that ‘place’ has: distinction: the ‘place’ is identifiable [...]
Public Transport for Social Inclusion
From what has been said about place making, one of the underlying principles is social inclusion. However, when it comes to public transport there are some socio demographics that are often forgotten. On such group are the disabled. A two and half year inquiry into Accessible Public Land Transport has been undertaken by the Human [...]
Victoria – The Pedal Happy State
An interesting article (‘Victoria Proves Australia’s Riding State) was published in The Age recently. It stated that Victoria had the highest bike use in Australia. The National Cycling Participation Survey, a poll of 10,000 Australians taken between February and April, showed that more than 4 million people across the country ride a bike each week. [...]
Great place based economic development strategy!
Its good to see how communities around the world are beginning to recognise the value of ‘their’ place, as against trying to become some ‘other’ place! Click Here for Buffalo Rising
Urban Creativity
Urban Creativity in Melbourne and Rome With Dr Lachlan MacDowall, Centre for Cultural Partnerships. This presentation examines a range of creative practices in urban spaces in Melbourne and Rome, particularly in relation to evolving categories of graffiti, street art, public art and notions of the creative city. Click Here When: Tuesday 30 August, 4.00pm – [...]
Extract From Governing For Sustainable Urban Development
While researching place making principles, I came across this passage by Yvonne Rydin that I believe is worth sharing- ‘Designing a development to encourage walking and cycling through pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly measures is now considered part of good design, with car-led designs being viewed as poor and modernist design. However, this approach can be extended [...]
Healthy Places
Healthy Places Everyone is aware of the benefits of walking for our health and well-being, but how exactly can place making help in achieving this? A study carried out by Owen et al. (2007) highlighted some interesting findings in what motivates Australian adults to walk. It was predicted that neighbourhood walkability would be more strongly [...]
