“WHAT MAKES A GREAT PLACE?” a project for public spaces diagram
poliana vasconcelos
ABOUT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES “Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.�
1975
William (Holly) Whyte The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Staff areas: environmental design, architecture, urban planning, urban geography, environmental psychology, landscape architecture, arts administration, and information management.
3000 communities
43
countries
50
u.s. states
900 members
ABOUT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES William H. Whyte
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Jane Jacobs
social and cultural importance of lively neighborhoods and inviting public spaces
PLACEMAKING
a collaborative process by which we can promote better urban design
local community’s assets, identity, inspiration, and potential
quality public spaces that contribute to people’s health, happiness, and well being.
WHAT MAKES A GREAT PLACE? Held celebrations, social and economic exchanges, friendily meetings, cultures mix. Are the “front porches” of public institutions, where we interact with each other and government. When theses spaces work well, they serve as the stage for our public lives.
Four general qualities for successful public spaces:
SOCIABILITY ACCESSIBILITY
ACTIVITIES COMFORT
HOW THE DIAGRAM WORKS
PLACE
PLACE
PLACE
KEY ATTRIBUTES
INTANGIBLES
MEASUREMENTS
ACCESS AND LINKAGES INTANGIBLES
MEASUREMENTS
KEY ATTRIBUTES
PLACE
POINTS TO CONSIDER
visibility of the space connections with the surroundings connections between the buildings distances by walk presence of sidewalks functions for special needs paths inside the place transportation options
COMFORT AND IMAGE PLACE
POINTS TO CONSIDER
good first impressions women - men balance places to sit clean spaces safety and security photo opportunities vehicles x pedestrian spaces
KEY ATTRIBUTES
MEASUREMENTS
INTANGIBLES
USES AND ACTIVITIES
POINTS TO CONSIDER
amount of activities women - men balance people with different ages all-day use groups x single people socializing management PLACE
KEY ATTRIBUTES
MEASUREMENTS
INTANGIBLES
SOCIABILITY
POINTS TO CONSIDER
friends meetings groups of people talks and conversations pride of the place smiles and contact regularity of use mix of ages and ethnic groups community feeling INTANGIBLES
MEASUREMENTS
KEY ATTRIBUTES
PLACE
PLACE
REFERENCES http://www.realtor.org/articles/overview-what-makes-a-great-place http://www.realtor.org/articles/overview-what-makes-a-great-place http://www.seda.sk.ca/images/image/events-content/p_LLEP_ PS.pdf http://www.placemakingchicago.com/about/qualities.asp http://www.pps.org/reference/grplacefeat/ http://spacestoplaces.blogs.realtor.org/2014/08/18/what-makes-a-place-great/