Great local places, an urban design initiative for local governments by Michael McKeown
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Summarising an excellent urban design programme I've been working on with Toowoomba Regional Council, and also some research into urban design skills and policy in South East Queensland
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Great local places, an urban design initiative for local governments by Michael McKeown
- 1. Michael McKeown Urban planner and designer Peter Richards Deicke Richards
- 2. “Urban design is about making better, locally distinctive places. This is something we all want, and all our plans and policies aspire to achieve.” Great local places
- 9. Urban design in SEQ local governments, a survey Great local places
- 10. 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 or greater don't know No. SEQ local government No.urbandesigners 1. How many staff employed by your local government have the words „urban design‟ in their job title? 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 or greater don't know 2. How many staff employed by your local government have skills in urban design and practice urban design in their role - but do not have the words 'urban design' in their job title?
- 11. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Postgraduate urban design qualification or degree Undergraduate urban design degree Degree in related discipline with subjects in urban design short courses in house training don't know Combined responses SEQ local governments 3. What level of formal training do urban designers in your local government have? 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Strategic planning Development assessment Parks Engineering Transport Major projects Combined responses SEQ local governments 4. In which area do the urban designers work?
- 12. Summaryof urban design skills in SEQ councils • A majority of SEQ councils have urban designers in-house • Many skilled urban designers work in other or broader roles • Only four postgraduate qualified urban designers (the main route to urban design skills) were identified. • Most staff with urban design skills have them as part of a broader education • Most urban designers work in strategic planning, D.A. or parks
- 13. 5 4 5. Does your local government have a general urban design policy (excluding the planning scheme)? yes no 5 4 6. Does your local government have any policies (excluding the planning scheme) about specific aspects of urban design (e.g. well designed streets)? yes no Great local places
- 14. 0 1 2 3 4 5 Urban design advisory panel or similar Urban design awards (whether stand alone or part of a broader awards programme) Senior councillor or officer who acts as a „champion‟ for urban design Training programme for staff Regular events or training to raise awareness and understanding of urban design with staff and councillors Regular events or training to raise awareness and understanding of urban design with consultants, developers or community groups No urban design promotion activities 7. Does your local government employ any of the following to promote urban design?
- 15. Summary of urban design skills and training and implementation • Half of SEQ councils have urban design policies • Nearly all councils promote urban design in some way • Awards, and advisory panels, are the most popular techniques • Few councils surveyed offer training in urban design to staff • Only two run events or training targeting consultants, developers or community
- 17. Michael McKeown Urban planner and designer Peter Richards Deicke Richards
Hinweis der Redaktion
- This talk is about implementing good design in our cities, towns and neighbourhoods.It’s about Great local places, and how local governments can help make them happen.The inspiration for this talk is a programme I have been working on since 2012 called the Toowoomba Region Urban Design Initiative.I have also undertaken a quick survey of SEQ councils to understand the level of urban design skills, policy and activity in the region today, and I’ll talk about that too.
- TRUDI exists to:Make better places. Make our lives better.Help do this through increased awareness and understanding of urban design amongst council planners and engineers, councillors, local consultants, developers and communityTRUDI came about in 2012 because:Local council wanted to focus on urban design and qualityNeed to improve design of residential areas and centresNeeded a policy but more importantly skills and encouragementCritically, the council just finished a new planning scheme – full of aspirational planning policy details – but knew they had to do more to MAKE IT HAPPEN
- Toowoomba’s approachWe worked with TRC to: Develop an urban design policy > Provide training and capacity building across policy, planning and assessment staff > Implement urban design outcomes and placemaking through a broad programme of activities.These three elements formed the project’s starting point and the basis for a series of tailored services. These included workshops with planning and other technical staff.Training and workshops> Urban design 101: providing a background on the principles and practice of urban design> Design thinking and drawing: a hands on workshop giving staff a basic understanding and appreciation of drawing techniques> Urban design at a regional scale: looking at how regions ␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣␣> Urban design at a local scale: looking at neighbourhoods, centres and streets> Urban design and development: designing a residential project and undertaking commercial assessmentsSpeed urban design: applying urban design principles to everyday development applications.Also mentoring, DA advice and best practice tours
- Hypothetical design workshops were used to develop urban design skills in council staff.Regional, local and site-scale urban design was used.A fun way to learn!
- BYO urban design problem for speed urban design.
- Further objectives for 2013 have recently been set.
- The first seminar of the 2013 Toowoomba winter urban design seminar series.
- In May 2013 I undertook a short survey of SEQ local governments to understand the extent of urban design activities in our councils.
- AnalysisQ1.5 of 9 SEQ councils surveyed employ ‘urban designers’. About half.But 3 of 9 surveyed have 4, 5 or more than 5 ‘urban designers’ on staffQ2.7 of 9 councils have staff with urban design skills but don’t have the words ‘urban design’ in their job titleTwo councils surveyed have more than 5 skilled urban designers working in ‘other roles’5 of 9 have 1 or 2 people with urban design skills working in ‘other roles’
- AnalysisQ3Four postgraduate qualified urban designers were identified in the survey.Four undergraduate qualified urban designers were identified in the survey (although undergraduate degrees in urban design are rare. This figure might be questionable.)Seven persons did a degree that included some urban design subjectsFour persons have undertaken short courses.Q4.Strategic planning is where most urban designers work (8 identified in the survey across SEQ councils)Followed by development assessment and park (5 each)One lonely urban designer in an engineering department was also identified.
- AnalysisQ5About half of SEQ local governments have an urban design policy. Q6And about half have policies about specific urban design issues.
- AnalysisQ7.7 of 9 SEQ councils surveyed undertake some kind of urban design promotion activities.Awards, and advisory panels, are the most common technique used (4 councils each)Only 2 of 9 councils surveyed offer training for staff in urban designAnd only 2 of 9 run events or training targeting consultants, developers or community
- This book by former councillor Tony Hall describes how the English town he lived in developed an urban design approach to its planning and development.
- I believe achieving good design in our cities, towns and suburbs requires a broad and proactive approach, sustained over time. This starts with raising awareness and understanding of urban design, and then building up a culture of good design.Local governments have a critical role to play, and skills, policy and practice in SEQ councils is emerging.Making great local places is not easy but it is what we all want and it can be achieved.
- Find regular urban design commentary on my blog.www.mckeownplandesign.com.au