Placemaking presentation Amsterdam Museumplein june 2014 Fred Kent PPS.org

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How Placemaking Can Transform Cities, Projects and Communities Â

June 20th, 2014



What is Placemaking? n

Thoreau said “there is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” In this light, Placemaking is a dynamic human function: it is an act of liberation, of staking claim, and of beautification; it is true human empowerment.


Creating a Placemaking Vision for Zaandam Historic Core

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Place Performance Evaluation Exercise


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


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Current situation!



39 Years of Placemaking n  n  n  n  n  n  n  n

44 Countries Over 250 Major Cities 50 U.S. States, 7 Canadian Provinces 3500 Communities 2 Million visitors to our web sites (2013) 36,000 newsletter 32,500 Twitter 36,000 Facebook


William H. (Holly) Whyte n  n  n  n  n

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The Organization Man,1956 The Exploding Metropolis, 1958 The Last Landscape, 1968 Plan for the City of New York, 1969 The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, 1980 City: Rediscovering the Center, 1988


“It’s hard to create a space that will not attract people, what is remarkable, is how often this has been accomplished.”


“One of the best things about water is the look and feel of it…It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.”

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


“If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES




“Benches are artifacts, the purpose of which is to punctuate architectural photographs. They are not so good for sitting.”

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


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Communities Today Office Parks Strip Centers Schools

Churches Hospitals

Parks

Libraries

Community Centers

Theatres/ Museums Malls

City Hall

Parking Lots and Big Roads Unsustainable


Why don’t we have better Public Spaces today? •  Fear •  Narrow Development Goals •  Siloed Disciplines •  Project-driven vs. Placedriven Planning •  Design Led vs Place Led •  Government Structure & Regulations


Transforma)onal Change -­‐ ‘Place Led’ approaches Placemaking is the most important strategy that Governments, Developers and Non Profits can adopt to build community capacity and shared outcomes PROJECT LED

Government Announces & Defends

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Top Down Government/ Discipline

DISCIPLINE LED PLACE SENSITIVE

Citizen & Community Capacity

Low

PLACE LED Community Leads & Government Facilitates/Implements

Place Leadership

High


We Have to Turn Everything Upside Down - To Get it Right Side Up To Get from Inadequate to Extraordinary


Sustainable Communities of the Future City Hall

Churches Schools Community Centers

Civic Squares Community Gathering Theatres/ Museums Coffee Spaces/Markets

Libraries

Shops

Offices Hospitals

Transit


Phases of Government Evolution by Peter Smith, CEO Adelaide Council, Australia Phase 1: “Big Government”: Siloed, Solution/ politicallyDriven, metrics by programs

Phase 4 “Facilitative Government”: Value measured in community capacity and competency at a holistic level.


What is Placemaking It is a Sacred Community Process It is a Natural, Organic Process It Localizes It is Economic Development It is Scaled to each Community It Creates Social and Place Capital Health and Sustainability


When you focus on a place, you do everything differently.


PLACEMAKING FOR DOWNTOWN DETROIT



Architecture of Place - Past



Detroit: Campus Martius / Cadillac Square




Campus Martius / Cadillac Square


Architecture - Today


Architecture of Place – Future?




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People and Products as Primary Focus Power of Ten 10X10X10 =1000 “Small Spaces” __________________________________________ Comfort and Amenities…Welcoming/Friendly Triangulate Streets as Places…To not Thru Localize thru Markets, Local Business, Talent Architecture of Place Public Multi-use Destinations


Detroit Strategies •  MAKE THINGS HAPPEN NOW •  Short term = 1-4 months. Long term = 2 years. •  CREATE ENERGETIC ANCHORS OF ACTIVITY in key locations. Power of 10 •  CROWD-SOURCE IDEAS (Digital Placemaking). •  MAKE IT A “MOVABLE FEAST” through meet-ups and mobile management teams. •  GET LIFE ON THE STREETS to make public spaces safe and attractive, and encourage walking. •  BRING THE INSIDE OUT with transparent, visually exciting ground floors and corners that pop-out.



2009




PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Power of Ten

1. Gateway between the Plaza and Harvard Yard 2. The South Fence and connection to Harvard Yard 3. NW Plaza Entrance 4. The “Great Lawn” 5. Science Center Outdoor Terrace 6. The “Piazza”

7. Entrance to the Science Center 8. Tanner Fountain 9. Library Arcade 10. NE Plaza Entrance 11. Loker Bar and Beer Garden 12. Memorial Walk 13. Main Walkway 14. Overlooks






Benchmark Plan for Daily Activities - Spring/Summer


Amenities Plan that support Uses & Activities



Central Meeting Place Bean Bags & CafĂŠ Seating


Central Meeting Place Food Trucks & Seating


Tent Area Events & Recreational Activities


Hang Out Spot Fun Seating


Lawn Games Area – Tetherball & Bag Toss


North Grove – Pet Therapy Zoo


Central Meeting Place Giant Chess


Process and Tools How to Look at a Place Place Performance Evaluation Game Power of 10 Digital Placemaking


Placemaking Tools/Process to Transform Communities n  Power

of 10

Place Performance Evaluation Game n  Placemaking Vision/Plan n  Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper as a Development Startegy n  Placemaking Concept/Design n  Campaign, Community Organizing and Social Media n


The Power of Ten

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Power of 10

1. Read the paper

2. Window shopping for books

3. Learn about upcoming events

5. Walk

4. Go inside!

10. Have a conversation 6. Sit and relax 7. Read someone else’s book

8. Take a break from a bike ride

9. Pet a dog


Singapore - 10 Sites

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


NYC Destinations 1980

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


10 Destinations Today

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


New York City Transformed: Rockefeller Center Times Square Bryant Park Union Square



Rockefeller Center


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES



PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES



Times Square

Before


Proposed Festival with 46th Street Crossover Times Square

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES




Bryant Park

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES




Union Square

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES




Place Led Perth Cultural Centre, Perth vs.

Design Led Lincoln Center, NYC Sherbourne Commons, Toronto


Perth Cultural Centre



2009 Placemaking Activation Plan


Before


After


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2

Before


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


After



Before


After


Before


After


After


After



Stakeholder Aspirations We want to turn ourselves “inside out” and be “of” the Centre not just “in” the Centre” Western Australian Museum n  Porous, sticky and a “wonder” Art Gallery of Western Australia n  Our ground floor is a public space that could be the “town hall” - State Library n



Lincoln Center New York City

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Loca;on: Upper West Side of ManhaBan, NYC Size: 16.3 acre campus Date Opened: Most buildings and performance halls opened in the 1960s Management En;ty: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA)





Design Led Sherbourne Common, Toronto

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Museumplein Discussion/Game From Formal/Tourist Focused Big Events Toward Diverse/Dynamic/Exciting Community Driven


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Current situation!



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Bryant Park, NYC

Museumplein, Amsterdam




Paris - Luxembourg Gardens














Triangulation















N 530 V

Bryant Park, NYC

Museumplein, Amsterdam



Bryant Park



BRYANT PARK



BRYANT PARK


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES





Southwest Porch




Entrance



Carousel/Games








PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Kunstragarten, Stockholm, Sweden


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES







Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper n  n  n  n

Comfort, Amenities & Public Art Activation Events Interim Public Spaces Light Development


Brooklyn - Dumbo



Case Study: Paris Plage


Paris Plage 2013


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Paris - les Berges 2013




















How To Evaluate A Place Sociability

Comfort & Image

Place

Access & Linkages

Uses & Activities


Access & Linkages § Convenient § Walkable § Continuity § Proximity § Connected § Enticing






PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES




Uses & Activities • Fun/Vital • Active • Indigenous • Sustainable • Affordable • Challenging


PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES



PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES



PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES



PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES





Comfort & Image • Attractive • Unique • Usable • Maintained • Historic • “Green” • Safe • Friendly



PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES





Sociability • Welcoming • Interactive • Neighborliness • Pride • Diversity • Stewardship









How to Look at a Place?

Key Attributes Intangibles Measurements

street life evening use volunteerism Welcoming Cooperative Neighborly

business ownership property values land-use patterns retail sales Fun Active Vital Special Real

uses & activities

sociability PLACE access & linkages Connected Walkable Convenient Accessible transit usage pedestrian activity parking usage patterns

comfort & image Safe Charm Clean Attractive Historic crime stats sanitation rating building conditions PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES environmental data


"Place Game" Evaluation Process 1.

Break up into teams

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Go to your designated site where you fill out the Place Game form individually

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Convene with your teammates and choose a “recorder” to summarize team’s findings on one form

4.

Return to room and finish summarizing findings and ideas on flipchart

5.

Pick a present and report out




Questions to Think About n

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Should Museumplein be a place for big events or be broken up into multiple places or smaller spaces? Restrictions of being an area for demonstrations (no obstacles allowed) Who are you trying to attract? How do we get a better balance between local and international visitors Make the place nice for families with children? What kind audiences? Cultural festivals? Should it become an 18 hour destination? What about a winter place? What level of commercial activity should there be? Markets? Expositions? Food clusters? What about sports expositions? A month long event like Paris Plage? A more flexible, year around space like les Berges? Arms of the octopus to the Pijp, Vondelpark and PC Hooft shopping area Involvement of Spiegelkwartier antique shops PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES


Characteristics of Great Public Spaces •  Good places breed healthy activity. •  People attract people attract people. •  When you focus on place, you do everything differently. •  It takes many disciplines and skills to create a place. •  It takes a community to create a place. •  Amenities that make a place comfortable are critical. •  You can’t know what you are going to end up with. •  Each place has its own identity. •  You can’t have anything less than excellence. •  You have to have zealous nuts. •  It has to be a…


Campaign/Movement Community Organizing Develop a vision

Become great communicators

Attack Complacency

Organize a strong team

Search for impediments

Produce short term wins

Take on bigger challenges

Connect change to the culture of the community

People Who Make Dramatic Change By John Kotter


Convergence of Movements/Agendas Community Development

Smart Growth

Civil Society/ Democracy Building

Public Health and the Built Environment

Place

Sustainable Agriculture

City Revitalization Historic Preservation

Global Warming

Streets as Places


We Have to Turn Everything Upside Down - To Get it Right Side Up To Get from Inadequate to Extraordinary


Zealous Nuts Return of Common Sense Natural, Organic, Intuitive, Time Honored


Leaders (Zealous Nuts) are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them‌ They make the impossible happen - Dr. Robert Jarvik


UPCOMING CONFERENCES! Future of Places Conference: Streets as Public Spaces & Drivers of Urban Prosperity September 1-3, 2014, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2nd Annual Placemaking Leadership Council Meeting September 8-9, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA Pro Walk/Pro Bike/Pro Place 2014 September 8-11, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA 9th International Public Markets Conference March 26-28, 2015, Barcelona, Spain


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