Architecture+DesignScotland Steve Tiesdell lecture
Diarmaid Lawlor Head of Urbanism, A+DS
How do good places come about? Responses to factors of change and process
How do good places come about? Responses to factors of change and process
Ibjurg, Netherlands Complete neighbourhood of 20,000 homes, with everything library, parks, activities, sports activities/centres, schools , built on artificial islands in east Amsterdam
An actor based view of change From ‘command and control’ to ‘bargaining and negotiation’
Vision and support coalition
PLACE PROMOTER
Placemaking Culture
Drive and delivery
An actor based view of change Cultivating leadership behaviours in a networked world
“Places need Leaders” Invitation to discuss the why and how of ‘anticipation’ and ‘stewardship’…..
Vision What kind of place do we want….and how do we get it? Spatial imagination
Leadership ability [individual personal qualities] Skill
Leadership capacity [social /institutional qualities] Power
POLICY TENSIONS
PLACE CAPITAL MARKET MAKING MOTIVATIONS
People? Place?
vision
Abilities
Capacities
Scottish Block Finance & Demand 2009/10 – 2017/18 (% real terms) 16
15
14 12
10
IFS
10 8
Demand
6
5
4 2
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17 /1 8
16 /1 7
15 /1 6
14 /1 5
13 /1 4
12 /1 3
9/ 10 10 /1 1 11 /1 2
-15
-9.5
HOPS Conference: the public sector view Rethinking the place story?
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Spatial imagination Un-evenness Levels of control: government and governance Relationships: negotiated, partnership Formal/ordered v spontaneous Risk, addressing market failure, fairness
The place dimension “NEW PARADIGM FOR THE DECADE OF SCRATCHY RECOVERY”
The power of stories………. Leadership and stewardship
DNA/Building blocks Credibility Influence Creativity Responsiveness Humility Consistency
Value based ‘ a set of behavioursa template to guide
Distributed Leaders at all levels of all relationships Step in/step back
Framework for complex decisions: “We trust you and feel trusted” Communication and feedback: stories “Space to allow the Scots pine to grow in a forest of giant redwoods”
Tackling leadership abilities………. vision
Understanding people and motivations
Early adopter
doing
mature
Influencing
Training
inexperienced
Abilities
Capacities
Tackling leadership capacities‌‌‌. Understanding governance and state-market relations
Governance eg silos, approvals, hollowing out
Powers eg finance
Culture eg risk, knowledge, innovation
Central-local govt eg regulatory power
vision
Abilities
Capacities
Use existing powers to shape the market Make plans and policies sooner and better Make plans and policies longer term, firmer, more ambitious AND secure new instruments and institutions to shape the market To provide collective goods in advance - infrastructure, public, space, transport. To obtain development site ownership - powers to obtain ownership and assemble sites To create spatial frameworks - more time and resource on upfront thinking and planning To reduce risk, increase certainty and enhance value - new institutions to balance the volatile private market
“we are not creatures of circumstance,
we are the creators of circumstance”