Placegame Praรงa Francisco Alves
city at eye level plinths
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hybrid zone
hybrid zone
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USE Activities, pedestrian flows Quality shops, cafes, culture Experience
DESIGN Buildings Square Design Hybrid Zones
MANAGEMENT Community Coalition Place management
William H. (Holly) Whyte The Organization Man,1956 The Exploding Metropolis, 1958 The Last Landscape, 1968 Plan for the City of New York, 1969 The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, 1980 § City: Rediscovering the Center, 1988 § § § § §
“It is hard to create a space that will not attract people, what is remarkable, is how often that has accomplished.�
“If you design a community around cars… you get more cars.”
“If you design your community around people… you get more people.”
“One of the best things about water is the look and feel of it…It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.”
“If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
“Benches are artifacts, the purpose of which is to punctuate architectural photographs. They are not so good for sitting.”
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Placemaking strategies: from short-term to Place Management 1. CROWD-SOURCE IDEAS community, placegame, digital placemaking 2. MAKE THINGS HAPPEN NOW short term = 1-4 months, long term = 2 years 3. CREATIVE ENERGETIC ANCHORS OF ACTIVITY op sleutelplekken, power of 10 4. MAKE IT A “MOVEABLE FEAST” through meet-ups and mobile management teams 5. GET LIFE TO THE STREETS to make public spaces safe and attractive, and encourage walking 6. BRING THE INSIDE OUT with transparent, visually exciting ground floors (plinths) and corners that pop-out 7. PLACEMANAGEMENT the ‘management’, programming, keep inviting new uses
Bryant Park
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Zealous Nuts are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them‌ They make the impossible happen. - Dr. Robert Jarvik
Toronto Dufferin Grove Park
Harvard Campus Last 400 years
Harvard Campus Now
Success-factors of Squares / Plazas 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Identity: events, icon building, art Destinations: combinations of use, “triangulation”; the edges are most important Amenities: comfort for users: benches, light, sidewalks, eat, sit Inner & Outer Square: open and active ground floors all around, intimacy (40-50 m ideal) Octopus: tentacles to the surroundings Seasons: uses that change with the seasons Stakeholders: mental ownership of a diverse community Place Management: good management, physical AND activate uses, places and activities Plural Investments: sponsorships, partnerships, markets, membership, BID, ….
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How To Evaluate A Place Sociability
Comfort & Image
Place
Access & Linkages
Uses & Activities
Access & Linkages § Convenient § Walkable § Continuity § Proximity § Connected § Enticing
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Uses & Activities • Fun/Vital • Active • Indigenous • Sustainable • Affordable • Challenging
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Comfort & Image • Attractive • Unique • Usable • Maintained • Historic • “Green” • Safe • Friendly
PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES
Sociability • Welcoming • Interactive • Neighborliness • Pride • Diversity • Stewardship
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"Place Game" Evaluation Process 1.
Smaller teams
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Go to your designated site where you fill out the Place Game form individually
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Convene with your teammates and choose a “recorder” to summarize team’s findings on one form
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Return to room and finish summarizing findings and ideas on flipchart
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Pick a present and report out
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STREET FROM UNIVERSITY TO PRAÇA, FIRST PART (CROSSING, BARS) 2. STREET FROM UNIVERSITY TO PRAÇA, SECOND PART (INCLUDING CHURCH AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE PRAÇA) 3. CORNER OF RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION / CAR GARAGE AND STREET BEHIND 4. SIDE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONNECTIONS TO THE PRAÇA 5. SIDE OF SMALL KIDS DAYCARE 6. SIDE OF EVENT CENTER 7. SIDE OF HOUSES + HAIR DRESSER 8. THE PRAÇA HOUSE ON THE SQUARE AND ITS OUTSIDE 9. BUS STOP AND DIRECT SURROUNDINGS 10. "BOCHA" + TREES 11. PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS ON THE PRAÇA 12. SQUARE STAIRS AND FOOTBALL COURT
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