MEASURING & ASSESSING PLACES
THE GOOD HIGH STREET Angela Koch of
28 September 2011, Masterclass, Academy of Urbanism
STREETS AS STUDY OBJECT + Like a connected system of blood vessels...from aorta to capillaries + We don’t get to make new streets that often ...we have to make do ... + We can optimise ...
HIGH STREET AS STUDY OBJECT + It’s the heart of the local urban system with often the highest economic,social-cultural and environmental activity + We rarely get to make new high streets...we really have to make do... + We can optimise ...
...High streets are incredible! resourceful & versatile
 
Paved with gold The real value of good street design
Emphasis on design quality as experienced by the pedestrian and possible links between that experience and property prices
Design better streets
Paved with gold The real value of good street design
We collected, counted, mapped, observed measured, clustered and concluded: High street flat price in £ = £129k +0.28*terraced house price in surroundings + £ 13,600 *street design quality score
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Zone A rent of shops in £/m2 = (-£4600x%Vacant) +0.26*total weekly local expenditure +£5000x core catchment market potential + £25* street design quality score
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For One North East
Emphasis on design quality as experienced by the pedestrian and possible links between that experience and a wide range of economic performance measures. Change in economic performance of place over time >>> local, town, regional, national reach of investment
CLARITY ON 3 SIMPLE QUESTIONS: + What do we want/need to measure? + Why are we doing it? + How are we doing it?
WHAT...? ecological performance
The Goodness of a high street from a user’s point of view
socio-cultural performance
economic performance
Pragmatic: + learning how to facilitate a more viable, functional and desirable high street + ...
WHY?...
Political: + rational for funding allocations + more accountability
Tactical: + accessing funding for (high)street performance improvements + Smarter investment ‘more for less’ + Feeding the competitive drive between areas
A great high street is functional,viable and desirable! USER E XPERIE NCE
Public Realm
Private Realm Natural resources
Social-cultural resources
HOW?... Economic resources
A good high street has a lot of different things to offer! (...the three legged table as picture of dependencies...)
USER E XPERIE NCE
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Natural resources
Social-cultural resources
Economic resources
“What you measure affects what you do. If we have the wrong metrics, we will strive for the wrong things.� Joseph Stiglitz
A good high street has a lot of different things to offer!
USER E XPERIE NCE
Temporary & regular experiences: Mingling of people Meeting Historic reference Learning Library Street market Arts & Dance & Making Musical events Food/drink +Playing
partly + Pedes trian E for dif nvironment Re view Sy ferent + state stem p u b lic pla d prefe ces rence d ata + user numbers /values + time spent
Social-cultural resources
Water Waste Noise Air
Energy use Biodiversity
Rents Property price Retail offer/mix Service offer Vacant units No jobs/type Income people Spend Turn-over
Natural resources Economic resources
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Paved with gold The real value of good street design
Capturing the Impacts of Quality of Place Investments Baseline Report
April 2008
For One North East
Design better streets
Measured (only) parts of the factors that constitute user experiences ... albeit important parts we think.
USER E XPERIE NCE partly
USER E XPERIE NCE partly
Fin din g dat tha a t c oun t!
Paved with gold The real value of good street design
Demonstration project results suggested that: Design better streets
High street flat price in £ = £129k +0.28*terraced house price in surroundings + £ 13,600 *street design quality score
Zone A rent of shops in £/m2 = (-£4600x%Vacant) +0.26*total weekly local expenditure +£5000x core catchment market potential + £25* street design quality score
5% increase in property prices per PERS score
A great high street can adapt to changing conditions (‘internal’ and ‘external’)!
USER E XPERIE NCE partly
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+ Pe dest ri for an Envi ro d + St ifferen nment Revi t pu ated ew b l P + us refere ic pla System ce nc e + ti r numbe e data s r me s pent s
Temporary & regular experiences: Mingling of people Meeting Historic reference Learning Library Street market Arts & Musical events Food/drink +Playing
Water Waste Noise Air
Social-cultural resources
Energy use Biodiversity
Natural resources
Economic resources
Rents Property prices Retail offer/mix Service offer Vacant units No jobs/type People income Spend Turn-over
CC ImaginePlaces 2011
A good high street makes the best of its available resources! A good high street can adapt to changing conditions (‘internal’ and ‘external’)! Optimised by people & design changes
Social-cultural resources
Natural resources
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Understanding what shape and dynamic the ‘people-factor‘ may bear for the good high street
High Street Governance processes (shape, quality, dynamic, results)
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Engaging the users in designing the service: http://
www.edenproject.com/whats-it-allabout/places-and-regeneration/ queens-park-neighbourhoodplanning.php
Working together more creatively:
Working together more creatively:
Engaging the traders in creation of new / better offer ...
Engaging the user in creation of new shops and services...
Listening and creating with children...
Measuring ‘Tactical Urbanism’ Activities
Measuring & Assessing on the spot (real life experiments)
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
San Francisco:Pavements to Parks Programme - Urban Parklets
See Warren Karlenzig’s blog: Urban Parklets: The New Front Stoop
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
Ability to create pop-up experiences & self-organised initiatives Photo credit: BBC
Build a better Block: Dallas,Tx Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
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Build a better Block: Fort Worth, Tx
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
Chair bombing
Pavement to Plaza
Photo credit: Next Generation of new Urbanists (NextGen)
Pop-up cafe
Park(ing) Day
Diversifying Use & Space Productivity & Sharing Learnings
Space Productivity & Sharing the learnings About Bromley Caldari Architects partnered with Acumen Capital Partners & Brooklyn Grange LLC to create a 40,000 square foot for-profit urban farm & green roof at 37-18 Northern Blvd. The manufacturing facility formerly operated by Standard Motor Products was the perfect infrastructure to house the largest rooftop farm in the United States.
Tactical Urbanism Activities + + + + + + +
locally negotiated Temporary at first (pop-up) Explorative Inexpensive (great Cost:Benefit ratios) High Impact & Learnings People-centred Co-created
EMERGING ASSESSMENT CONCEPT: THE GOOD HIGH STREET - MEASURING ‘RESILIENCE’ ...p eop le a deg nd ree net of wo fle rks xib sha fee ility i n t ping t der he he s.. s .? prin g
CC ImaginePlaces 2011
EMERGING ASSESSMENT CONCEPT: THE GOOD HIGH STREET - MEASURING ‘RESILIENCE’ USER E XPERIE NCE partly
+ Pe dest ri for an Envi ro d + st ifferen nment Revi t pu ated ew b l + us prefere ic pla System ce nc e + ti r numbe e data s r me s pent s
Temporary & regular experiences: Mingling of people Meeting Historic reference Learning Library Street market Arts & Musical events Food/drink +Playing
Water Waste Noise Air
Social-cultural resources High Street Governance
Energy use Biodiversity
Natural resources
Economic resources
Tactical Urbanism Activities
Rents Property prices Retail offer/mix Service offer Vacant units No jobs/type People income Spend Turn-over
Over to you!