OH NO, NOT ANOTHER PING PONG TABLE AND OVERSIZED CHESS SET! How do we create distinctive and authentic local places?
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Interest in place making
Connected communities social-fabric.com.au
The Ping Pong Phenomenon social-fabric.com.au
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I like ping pong
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Why do I feel disappointed?
Could having ping pong tables everywhere be a bad thing?
What is it about the ping pong phenomenon that isn’t sitting right with me? social-fabric.com.au
emerging challenges
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1/ Lack of distinctiveness “I experienced a lurching feeling of dullness… this is the geography of blandness” Charles Landry, The Art of City Making social-fabric.com.au
2/ Lack of authenticity Place Making Formula:
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How do we create distinctive and authentic local places?
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Place making is‌ A co-creation process ä˜&#x; Not a formula
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Place Co-Creation Process EMPATHISE & EXAMINE Understand needs and aspirations of place users and stakeholders. Understand place strengths and challenges.
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Synthesise and analyse findings. Define project focus and desired outcomes. Build place vision.
Generate ideas to deliver on vision. Select ideas for development / trialling.
EXPERIMENT & IMPLEMENT Trial and collect feedback on place making strategies. Refine and implement successful strategies in full.
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• Build a good understanding of the needs and aspirations of place users • Build a good understanding of the strengths and challenges of the place • Build an understanding of the local culture of the surrounding neighbourhood • Place users and other community stakeholders are the ‘experts’ when it comes to their own needs • Place users and other community stakeholders are wellpositioned to be able to identify place strengths and challenges ! social-fabric.com.au
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• Build a shared place vision • Clarify desired place outcomes • Finalise the place making ‘brief’
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Wetland Stage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Perth Cultural Centre
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Makersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop (Burnie, Tasmania)
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Makersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop (Burnie, Tasmania)
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Makersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop (Burnie, Tasmania)
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Makersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Workshop (Burnie, Tasmania)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The High Line (New York City)
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The â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;sweet spotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Draw inspiration from others, but use the place co-creation process to ensure best fit solutions for your place
Cutting and pasting PM solutions from other communities
Being completely original / not drawing inspiration from others
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Anne Goodall
Managing Director, Social Fabric E
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