The Place Qualities we appreciate rely on planning and design outcomes at a whole continuum of scale from the building, street and the neighbourhood all the way through to the city and region. We call these ‘Place Typologies’.More information available at http://www.placefocus.com/Place-Typology/place-typology.html You can buy a copy of our manual or enrol in an on-line course at http://placefocus.com/Shop/placefocus-shop.html

1. Laneway off William St, Northbridge, Perth, WA, AUS
PROGRAM – SESSION 5
1 Urban Design + Placemaking 101
2 Civic Principles
3 Place Qualities
8 Outcomes
4 Place Typology (P50)
5 Place process
6 Place roles
7 Toolkit - placemaking ideas
9/10 Links+ conclusions
What+Why
How+Who

2. 4. URBAN DESIGN AT DIFFERENT SCALES
▸ The region: metropolis, city and town
▸ The neighbourhood, the district, and the corridor
▸ The block, the street, and the building
▸ http://www.cnu.org/charter
▸ “without design, planning is all talk; without planning, design is
arrogance.” Jarvis (1992)
Urban design at different scales (Deicke Richards)

3. 4.1 THE REGION
▸ Finite boundaries and identifiable centre
and edges
▸ Infill development
▸ A broad spectrum of public and private
uses to support a regional economy that
benefits people of all incomes
▸ A framework of transportation
alternatives
SEQ Regional Plan – Queensland
http://www.dip.qld.gov.au

4. Site selection4.1 THE REGION – MALLS INTO CENTRES

5. Site selection4.1 THE REGION – MALLS INTO CENTRES

6. Site selection4.1 THE REGION – MALLS INTO CENTRES

7. Site selection
Winter Park, Orlando, Florida
Winter Park Mall - Orlando Ave, Winter Park, Fl
4.1 THE REGION – MALLS INTO CENTRES

8. 4.1 THE REGION

9. 4.1 THE REGION
▸ Planning for places: delivering good
design through core strategies
▸ understanding of how a place
works, what makes it special and
the opportunities it offers is
critical to developing a core
strategy.
▸ Drawing on workshops, it helps
planners place good design at
the heart of their core strategies.
▸ Urban design principles must be
at the highest strategic level and
to translate throughout.
▸ Clearly state UD expectations as
part of an overall vision for a city.
▸ Judicial language vs wider
understanding

10. 4.2 NEIGHBOURHOODS, DISTRICTS, CORRIDORS
▸ Identifiable areas -
maintenance and evolution.
▸ Neighbourhoods - compact,
pedestrian friendly and mixed use.
▸ Districts emphasise a particular day
and night use.
▸ Corridors are regional connectors
of neighbourhoods and districts; they
range from boulevards and rail lines
to rivers and parkways.
▸ Interconnected networks of
streets should be designed
to encourage walking.
Inner Brisbane (Deicke Richards)

11. 4.2 NEIGHBOURHOODS, DISTRICTS, CORRIDORS
▸ Transit corridors, organize
metropolitan structure and
revitalise urban centres
▸ Appropriate building densities and
land uses should be within walking
distance of transit stops
▸ Public, institutional, and
commercial activity should be
embedded in neighbourhoods and
districts
▸ Graphic urban design codes -
predictable guides for change
Inner NE Busway - Brisbane, QLD (BVN Architecture,
Department of Transport and Main Roads and Christopher Frederick Jones)

12. 4.2 SUBURBS– NEIL SAVERY

13. 4.2 NEIGHBOURHOODS, DISTRICTS, CORRIDORS
▸ A network of open space and recreation
areas with planned functions
Comberton Loop, Butler, Perth, WA, AUS

14. 4.3 THE BLOCK, STREET + BUILDING
▸ A primary task of architecture and
landscape design is the physical
definition of streets and public
spaces
▸ The revitalisation of urban places
depends on safety and security
▸ Accommodate automobiles but
respect the pedestrian and the
form of public space
▸ Streets and squares should be
safe, comfortable, and interesting
to the pedestrian
▸ Built form should grow from local
climate, topography, history, and
building practice
Punkalla - Tilba Rd, Central Tilba, NSW, AUS

15. 4.3 THE BLOCK, STREET + BUILDING
▸ Civic buildings and public
gathering places require
important sites.
▸ All buildings should
provide their inhabitants
with a clear sense of
location, weather and time
▸ Preservation and renewal
of historic buildings,
districts, and landscapes
affirm the continuity and
evolution of urban society
▸ Urban design relies on
sound planning and design
at all scales to create (and
manage) the best cities
and towns possible
Murray St, Perth WA

16. 4.4 URBAN DESIGN AT DIFFERENT SCALES
▸ Opportunities to deliver urban
design at different scales and
planning tool
▸ Next Generation Planning –
QLD Government
▸ Affordable living
▸ Smart Growth (model
code)
▸ Form based code
▸ SEQ Place model
▸ Planning Scheme tools
▸ National Framework

17. 4.4 URBAN DESIGN AT DIFFERENT SCALES
▸ SEQ Place Model (transect)
and guidelines

18. 4.4 URBAN DESIGN AT DIFFERENT SCALES
▸ Form based codes

19. 4.5 STREETS
“People have always
lived on streets. They
have been the places
where children first
learned about the
world, where
neighbours met, the
social centres of towns
and cities, the rallying
points for revolts, the
scenes of repression...
The street has always
been the scene of this
conflict, between living
and access, between
resident and traveller,
between street life and
the threat of death.”
Appleyard, 1981
Roma St, Bne, QLD, AUS

20. Musk Ave - Kelvin Grove Urban Village, Brisbane QLD
4.5 WHAT MAKES A GOOD STREET?
1. Connectivity in the surrounding
network
2. Fine grain street system
3. Streets with low traffic speed
(but not necessarily low
volume)
4. A street that has an equal
interest, activity and buildings
on both sides (some
exceptions)
5. A proportion of street width to
building height of 1: 1?
6. Width of footpath (as well as
the quality of the surface) is
relevant (width vs critical mass)
▸ Streets as movement
corridors or outdoor
rooms?

21. 4.5 WHAT MAKES A GOOD STREET?
7. Points of entry and transparency
to buildings and other spaces
8. Detailing of shop fronts
9. Provide active uses at street
level
10.Informal spaces including entries
11.Shop fronts that open to the
street
12.Small parks, green patches or
landscaped courtyards
13.Water
14.Seats
James St, Brisbane, QLD, AUS

22. 4.5 WHAT MAKES A GOOD STREET?
15. Trees and planting
16. Protect the pedestrian with awnings
17. Variety of uses and activities
18. Encourage day and night time
activities to extend its active life
19. Make sure to cater for children as
well as the elderly
20. Is there variety and interest in
building form
21. Coordinated and integrated signage
22. Underground powerlines
Orion Town Centre – Springfield, QLD, AUS
▸ “Traffic is a civil problem
not a design problem”
David Engwicht

23. North Lakes State College, Northlakes, QLD, AUS
4.5 WHAT MAKES A GOOD STREET?
22. “Rooms within rooms”
23. “Make the experience cross the road”
24. Engwicht Secret 5 - slow people flow
– linger nodes
25. Engwicht Secret 6 – cultivate the
anchoring presence
26. Engwicht Secret 7 – expand the
experience envelope
▸ Micro level diversity
▸ Blurred boundaries
▸ Senses
▸ Everchanging places
▸ Street of characters
▸ Welcome mat

24. 4.5 CREATING STREETS
Frances Mall, Palmerston, NT, AUS

25. Government as builders of urban environments4.5 CREATING STREETS
GWL – Terrein – Amsterdam, Netherlands

26. Government as builders of urban environments
GWL-Terrein, Amsterdam
GWL – Terrein – Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.5 CREATING STREETS

27. Government as builders of urban environments
Amstelveld St - Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.5 CREATING STREETS

28. Hughes Sinuex – York & King St, Sydney, NSW, AUS
4.5 GREAT STREETS

29. 4.0 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
▸ (P 66) Policy
▸ Protocols, charters, agendas
▸ Streets
▸ http://www.rudi.net/node/219
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30. 4.0 A VERSATILE STREET?

31. 4.0 STREETS – NEW YORK, NY

32. 4.0 STREETS

33. 4. REFLECTION
▸ Individual – group: short
answer test p157
4.9 In your job at what scale can you
influence quality of place?
a. region: metropolis, city, town
b. neighbourhood, district, corridor
c. block, street and the building
4.10 What could you do differently?
▸ Aussie tour of our bonza
places
George St, Brisbane, QLD, AUS