"What Makes a Great Place?" Diagram

“WHAT MAKES A GREAT PLACE?” a project for public spaces diagram

poliana vasconcelos

ABOUT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES “Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit planning, design and educational organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build stronger communities.�

1975

William (Holly) Whyte The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces

Staff areas: environmental design, architecture, urban planning, urban geography, environmental psychology, landscape architecture, arts administration, and information management.

3000 communities

43

countries

50

u.s. states

900 members

ABOUT PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES William H. Whyte

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Jane Jacobs

social and cultural importance of lively neighborhoods and inviting public spaces

PLACEMAKING

a collaborative process by which we can promote better urban design

local community’s assets, identity, inspiration, and potential

quality public spaces that contribute to people’s health, happiness, and well being.

WHAT MAKES A GREAT PLACE? Held celebrations, social and economic exchanges, friendily meetings, cultures mix.

Are the “front porches” of public institutions, where we interact with each other and government.

When theses spaces work well, they serve as the stage for our public lives.

Four general qualities for successful public spaces:

SOCIABILITY ACCESSIBILITY

ACTIVITIES COMFORT

HOW THE DIAGRAM WORKS

PLACE

PLACE

PLACE

KEY ATTRIBUTES

INTANGIBLES

MEASUREMENTS

ACCESS AND LINKAGES INTANGIBLES

MEASUREMENTS

KEY ATTRIBUTES

PLACE

POINTS TO CONSIDER

visibility of the space connections with the surroundings connections between the buildings distances by walk presence of sidewalks functions for special needs paths inside the place transportation options

COMFORT AND IMAGE PLACE

POINTS TO CONSIDER

good first impressions women - men balance places to sit clean spaces safety and security photo opportunities vehicles x pedestrian spaces

KEY ATTRIBUTES

MEASUREMENTS

INTANGIBLES

USES AND ACTIVITIES

POINTS TO CONSIDER

amount of activities women - men balance people with different ages all-day use groups x single people socializing management PLACE

KEY ATTRIBUTES

MEASUREMENTS

INTANGIBLES

SOCIABILITY

POINTS TO CONSIDER

friends meetings groups of people talks and conversations pride of the place smiles and contact regularity of use mix of ages and ethnic groups community feeling INTANGIBLES

MEASUREMENTS

KEY ATTRIBUTES

PLACE

PLACE

REFERENCES http://www.realtor.org/articles/overview-what-makes-a-great-place http://www.realtor.org/articles/overview-what-makes-a-great-place http://www.seda.sk.ca/images/image/events-content/p_LLEP_ PS.pdf http://www.placemakingchicago.com/about/qualities.asp http://www.pps.org/reference/grplacefeat/ http://spacestoplaces.blogs.realtor.org/2014/08/18/what-makes-a-place-great/