Clarkson Train Station Precinct Activation
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Introduction
TU is a low coast intervention that initiates domestic solution for urban problems and planning challenges on a local level. Those intervention provides short-term actions that are associated with long-term changes (Elraham 2015). This vernacular movement is run by locals who aspire to help their city through taking a community-oriented initiative toward a better quality of living. Those urban champions operate without government involvement and the projects are usually funded by locals and donations (Elraham 2015) The interventions consist of small-scale tactics formed to provide potential solutions for community needs. Chaiara Campotenschi is a researcher who looked into the cooperative awareness with the community. She found that tactical urbanism gives citizens the opportunity to initiate change against discontinuous planning and development processes. It also responds to community requests and meets the objectives (Elraham 2015) TU principles were evident before the 20th century. The first citing of similar principles to those of TU can be traced back to Les Bouquinistes in Paris in the 1500s. Another movement of such concept and principles was seen in the 16th century in Paris with the pop-up book vendors along the Seine River. Fast forward in San Francisco in 1995 in parking Day. However, in 1995 the first title of tactical urbanism was granted to Play Streets of New York and London in the 20th century (Marshall, Duvall and Deborah 2016). Curtin University 2021
The notion of TU provides an opportunity for the emergence of new urban ideas. Those urban interventions provide a range of benefits for the community. This is because they focus on social, cultural, and environmental matters (Marshall, Duvall and Deborah 2016). . Actions toward those matters are taken through strategies and tactics. Those interventions begin with consulting with the local councils and fund raisers to provide the best design aspect that can fulfill the community needs (Marshall, Duvall and Deborah 2016). Through community involvement, citizens can initiate the change towards shaping their urban space without the need to rely on planning and government policies. TU provides a field to assess and facilitate an urban idea. From which knowledge and lessons can be gained (Brenner 2015) As a result, TU gives citizens a chance to test the success of an urban concept before laying the foundation for permanent interventions (Brenner, 2015). McFarlane describes a book written by Callon et on the impact of tactical urbanism that it is not about urbanism at the end, instead, it is about the benefits and lessons applied along the process (Brenner 2015). Whereas Anaclaudia Rossbach, the director of Brazilian foundation, comments on the topic of poverty and the importance of TU; he says, “Talking is important, but I guess seeing it on the ground, you see that it has credibility” (Brenner 2015) 4
