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Diarmaid LawlorHead of Urbanism, A+DS
Architecture+DesignScotlandPlacemaking and design in rural Scotland
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• Place-making and the rural setting: what’s it all about?• The challenge of better place-making and sustainable economic growth• The role of A+DS• The changing rural landscape and contexts for place-making in Scotland• Practical sustainability as a way forward
Format of Presentation
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The biggest challenge we have in front of us…….
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…….is to do ordinary things better. We need to create a new ordinary.
The biggest challenge we have in front of us…….
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+
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[physical setting]
[story of a people]
[contexts]
place =
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What makes a thriving community, a good place?
• has aspirations• has a low ecological
footprint• has diversity• is culturally rich• has identity and is
‘lively’• people want to be
there and live there• is confident• is convivial• is a learning
community
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What is the role of buildings in a Thriving Community?
• affordable• well built• flexible – suit changing life styles• adaptable through new technologies• secure• of low eco footprint• exciting and modest • fit within the context of ‘thriving places’.
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First Annual Report of the Scottish Council of Economic Advisors, December 2008
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First Annual Report of the Scottish Council of Economic Advisors, December 2008
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HouseSite
We need to be pragmatic for the individual and….
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HouseSite
Landscape
Island/Region
Country
…ensure that all places need to make a contribution
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Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) are the national design champion for place-making and quality in the built environment.
Who are A+DS?
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Our role
•To advocate the benefits of good design and place-making•To advise on design quality•To inform and support the delivery of good design
Supporting delivery of 5 key Government objectives
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Our focus• Advocacy and championing• Managing programmes• Shared projects and partnerships
A+DS: How we deliver
CoreOur clients‘Assist those who fund, manage and deliver the built environment in Scotland’
Our processes• Framework Agreements• Design Review• Expert advice
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Urbanism + placemaking
Design Review
Health
Urban Regeneration
Schools
Core
A+DS: How we deliver
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Urbanism + place-making
Design Review
Health
Urban Regeneration
Schools
Core
A+DS: Partnerships and shared projects
Shared
projects
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In 1967, 98.5% of Scotland was classified as countryside82% of people in Scotland today live in settlements of 3000 or more About 30% of settlements have a population between 3-10,000
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the rural environment:
POETRY & PRAGMATISM
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Lived in landscapes
Romantic landscapes
Working landscapes
‘There is no natural landscape, only the landscape of people and their lives. There is no single landscape; there are landscapes, layers upon layers of them’ [Skehan, 2008]
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Landscape function and
quality of place
Sustainable Communitie
s
Full life opportunitie
s
Sustainability and
climate change
Changing contexts for place-making in the rural setting
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Full life Opportunities: quality, flexibility, ease of construction
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Sustainability and climate change
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Pragmatic Sustainability
Quality of Life
Better budgeting
Contribution
Sustainability and community
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From
The H
era
ld 2
7 F
ebru
ary
20
07
What’s more sustainable?
…this?
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….or this?
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Climate change leading to increased
• temperature and moisture fluctuations
• flooding
• ground subsidence
• biological colonisation
Impact on buildings
• accelerated decay of materials
• increased decay
• increased instability
• insect attack
Impact of Climate Change
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Impact of Climate Change
Climate change leading to increased
• temperature and moisture fluctuations
• flooding
• ground subsidence
• biological colonisation
Impact on buildings
• accelerated decay of materials
• increased decay
• increased instability
• insect attack = increased
maintenance
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Full life Opportunities: Quality, choice and affordability
Individual building
Cluster eg croft, clachan
Larger grouped housing eg estates, urban extensions
•Siting•Form•Materials
‘LOCAL’Landscape integration
‘MAJOR’Urban and landscape integration
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Conclusions
• ‘Green’ alone does not necessarily mean sustainability
• Thriving communities are sustainable and they need green buildings
• Design of place, design of building is important
• Quality is vital in the rural setting