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URBAN DESIGNScunthorpe Town Team – 30th November 2010
Graeme Moore BA (hons), Dip TP, MA (Urban Design)
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URBAN DESIGN
What is it? Many ways of interpreting it – my personal
favourite being:
The art of making successful places for people
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URBAN DESIGN
What is good design?FirmnessWill it last?
DelightDoes it look good?
FunctionalityDoes it work?
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URBAN DESIGNIs this good design?
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URBAN DESIGN
Creating a “sense of place”
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URBAN DESIGN
Who’s involved? Architects Landscape Architects Planners Surveyors… THE PEOPLE
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URBAN DESIGN – Creative Engagement
Creatively engage with the public
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URBAN DESIGN – Creative Engagement
We’ve done it before:
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URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
Importance of scale
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URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
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URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
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URBAN DESIGN
Understanding the urban ‘grain’
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URBAN DESIGN – URBAN GRAIN
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URBAN DESIGN
Making the connections
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URBAN DESIGN - CONNECTIVITY
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URBAN DESIGN - CONNECTIVITY
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URBAN DESIGN
Connectivity - Walkability
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URBAN DESIGN - WALKABILITY
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URBAN DESIGN - WALKABILITY
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URBAN DESIGN
Designing for play
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URBAN DESIGN - DESIGNING FOR PLAY
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URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR PLAY
The local example:
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URBAN DESIGN - DESIGNING FOR PLAY
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URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR PLAY
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URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR PLAY
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URBAN DESIGN
Taming the car
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URBAN DESIGN – TAMING THE CAR Ashford, Kent
Ring Road redevelopment
Existing 40mph dual carriageway removed
Shared surface implemented;
Accidents reduced by 20%
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URBAN DESIGN – TAMING THE CAR
Homezones
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URBAN DESIGN – LIBERATING THE STREETS
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URBAN DESIGN
Fighting the Philistines…
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URBAN DESIGN
Creative Lighting
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URBAN DESIGN – Public Art
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BENEFITS OF GOOD DESIGN Civic pride More sustainable Reduce crime Generate wealth Prevent the costs of bad
design Its in the public interest
to promote and value good design
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GOOD DESIGN IN A CHANGING WORLD
Worst recession since 1930’s
Empowering communities
Changes to the planning system
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BIG RISK’S, BUT BIGGER REWARDS
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A CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY