The document discusses creating quality communities through improving the built environment, such as public spaces, streets, and buildings. It provides examples of tactical urbanism projects that test interim designs for streets and public spaces. These projects involve citizens, artists, and students working together on temporary installations to reinvent underused areas and gather feedback on improving communities. The goal is to support creativity and civic engagement by starting with small-scale "tent city" projects that can help envision larger changes to the built environment.

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Shane Hampton
QUALITY COMMUNITIES
Support creativity through the built environment,
starting with the tent city.

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INSTITUTE FOR
QUALITY COMMUNITIES
OU College of Architecture

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A Quality Community
civic engagement
public health
social ties
economic opportunity
education
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The built environment
is so important to the
kind of future we want
to craft.”
OU President David L. Boren
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THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
public spaces
streets
infrastructure
landscapes
buildings
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Cities have the capability of
providing something for
everybody, only because, and
only when, they are created
by everybody.”
Jane Jacobs
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First life, then spaces, then
buildings. The other way
around never works.”
Jan Gehl
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It is difficult to design a space
that will not attract people.
What is remarkable is how
often this has been
accomplished.”
William H. Whyte
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Streets have been the places
where children first learned
about the world, where
neighbors met, the social
centers of towns and cities…”
Donald Appleyard
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Every time we change
Oklahoma’s built
environment, there is an
opportunity to enhance
our health, social ties,
and economy.

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AN EXAMPLE
The Street

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Main Street Right-of-Way

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Main Street Right-of-Way

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Number of Lanes

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Width of Lanes

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Parking

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Traffic

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Traffic Per Lane

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Catering to fast-moving
regional traffic degrades
the main street
experience for those who
spend their time and
money in a community.

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Is it worth it to narrow or
remove a lane of traffic to
make cars flow more
slowly along our most
treasured, unique,
interesting streets?

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District 1
25k vehicles/day
4 lanes
Fast traffic
Poor walkability
41%
22%
75%
District 2
14k vehicles/day
2 lanes
Fast traffic
Poor walkability
District 3
8k vehicles/day
2 lanes
Slower traffic
Great walkability
How often do you
visit more than
one business in a
trip to this area?

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Where do you start when
the challenge is big?
Lessons from the
Tactical Urbanists

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StART NORMAN
Artists, non-profits, and OU students reuse an abandoned lumberyard and test a new
design for Main Street.

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INTERIM DESIGN
Photo: NACTO

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What’s your ultimate goal?
What’s the “tent city” version?

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shanehampton@ou.edu
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