Love Has No Labels —— Construct on Inclusive and Loveable Gleadell Street
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Acknowledgement of Country
Our group would like to recognise that our project is being held on the lands of the Wurundjeri People and we wish to acknowledge them as Traditional Owners of the land.
We would also like to pay our respects to their Elders, past, present & emerging, and Aboriginal Elders of other communities who may be reading this.
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Executive Summary
The core meaning of placemaking is to turn a ‘Place’ into a ‘Home’, bringing a sense of belonging and dependency to the residents of the community. Placemaking is not just the fulfilment of people’s needs and visions for their lives, but also the display of local culture and history and the formation of a new ecosystem.
We have completed the regeneration of Gleadell St with the support and assistance of Place Agency and LEGS, and the active cooperation of the community. We aim to make the Gleadell St community culturally and ethnically inclusive and nature-friendly. We hope to transform Gleadell St into a culturally and biodiverse community that will attract more people to the site and explore its economic impact and cultural and artistic influence.
01 Introduction
Section 1: Introduction
1.1 What is placemaking?
1.2 Who we are?
1.3 Who are the Associations Involved?
1.1 What is placemaking?
Placemaking refers to the creation and construction of a meaningful and humanized place by re-planning and reshaping the place (Hes et al., 2020).
The community is the ‘Home’ of every resident, the belonging of residents’ feelings and culture. Placemaking is not only simple planning and beautification of public space, but by exploring the characteristics of the community and regeneration it into a place that brings a sense of belonging and dependence. The purpose of placemaking is to make the community into a high-quality, vibrant and attractive space that coincides with stakeholders’ vision. Therefore, placemaking
1.2 Who we are?
We are the placemakers involved in the Gleadell St regeneration project. All five of us are from the School of Design at the University of Melbourne. We are an interdisciplinary team with different professional backgrounds - Landscape Architecture, Construction Management, and Architecture. Through
cannot be completed by the design of the placemaker alone. It is a lengthy process that requires the participation and collaboration of multiple people. Thus, as the placemaker, the most important responsibilities of us are investigation, listening and communication, we should research the history, culture and stories of the place, understand the requirements and expectations of stakeholders, and connect and balance the communication and interaction of stakeholders.
Placemaking is a sustainable process. It encourages and allows the involvement of all stakeholders to let people have sense of belonging and responsibility to the place, so that enables the place to achieve sustainable development.
interdisciplinary cooperation, we hope to give full play to the strengths of each discipline, and identify opportunities and challenges in the community through different professional perspectives. As a team, our objective is to take advantages of each discipline to formulate an appropriate and adequate plan to build Gleadell St into a sustainable, inclusive and lovable community.
1.3 Associations Involved
In addition to placemakers, there are some other associations involved in the Gleadell Street regeneration project. They are the initiator and facilitator of this project, and also play important roles in the entire process of placemaking. They are:
Place Agency: Place Agency cooperates with the Faculty of Architecture, Building, Planning of the University of Melbourne and the LEGS Association to provide practical opportunities and platforms for students in related disciplines. At the same time, they have academic research consortium (including Dr.Iderlina Mateo-Babiano, Dr. Dominique Hes, etc.) that provide professional guidance and assistance to students (Place Agency, n.d.).
LEGS: LEGS is a non-profit formal community group formed by local residents from Gleadell Street. They are committed to developing Gleadell Street into an attractive and vibrant community that respects aboriginal culture and history. LEGS strives to meet with all stakeholders and establish effective connection with the government and the council to obtain development opportunities and attract investments. LEGS also creates occasions for placemakers to communicate with residents, and help placemakers understand the ideas and suggestions of residents. (LEGS, n.d.)
02 Context
Section 2: Context
2.1 Project Background
2.2 History
2.3 Indigenous History
2.4 Storytelling about Kingfisher
2.5 Existing Site Context
2.6 Site Opportunities,
2.6.1 Issues
2.6.2 The ‘Big’ opportunity
2.7 Stakeholders Analysis
2.1 Project Background
Our project is located in the center of the Richmond area, at Gleadell ST. This site has a rich historical heritage. More than two hundred years ago, the Wurundjeri ethnic group as aboriginals migrated to the banks of the Yarra River and is here. Develop and multiply, and gradually develop into today's multicultural area.
The site serves as a trail connecting the two main streets and carries multiple functions. There are currently stalls, schools, recreational areas, churches dog park and citizens park on the site. And the Gleadell St. is the prime parking area for the Yarra Council and their employees during the week. Although cycling paths are provide here, they are not enough space and a little bit dangerous, cause they are located between the traffic lane and the street parking. During the daily life, the fresh food market will be opened on every Saturday. And turn to the street environment part, the street greening, beautification, art and cultural design are insufficient at this stage.
2.5 Existing Site Context
Gleadell St, as the main traffic artery in the site, is the main place for community residents' daily activities. After chronological changes, Since 1870, hardworking people have started to settle here and gradually build this community. From 1887 to the present, you can witness the changes of the Gleadell st. The original market reserve area has gradually shrunk and became the current citizens park, while the market area has gradually moved to the street.
Since its development, a variety of community activities have been carried out here, including various sports and fresh fruit markets, which have brought great convenience to the residents. The specialty market that uses street space has attracted many tourists to buy. , Adds a lot of vitality to the community.
2.6 Site Opportunities
Opportunities are openings or chances for something positive to happen. Before doing that, we need to have a deep understanding of the site issues and what we need to improve for the Gleadell St.
2.6.1 Issues
In the investigation of the current situation of the site, there are actually some shortcomings, or the residents expressed dissatisfaction. One of the more obvious is that there are too many cars, resulting in the occupation of areas that were originally pedestrian and other functions. It can also be seen from the current situation of the site that both sidewalks and biking paths are relatively narrow, which is not
conducive to traffic and cannot guarantee the safety of residents. This will be a big problem that we need to face in placemaking design. How to deal with the rigid needs of surrounding residents for parking and the balance between residents' demand for walking space is a difficult point. The second is the lack of barrier-free facilities in the site. Although the site is relatively flat as a whole, roads including multiple functions such as carpaths, sidewalks, and biking paths are divided in a narrow space. It will cause problems for people with limited mobility. And there is only one crossing way in the middle of the venue that runs through the entire Gleadell St. This is not enough. It needs to be increased to ensure people's safety when crossing the road.
• Welcome to all population groups;
• More safety, comfortalbe, cycable, and disabled paths;
• Organize the parking space.
• Functions and activities create an adequate public space;
• More space for communities to use, it could be multifunctional space!
2.6.3 Challenges
• People of all ages, status, and races can have fun here.
• Sense of belonging
• Respect for all, equality to treat everthing!
• The existing green spaces can be connected with BSUD to develop a biodiversity network for the species around Gleadell St;
• Introduce more plants, trees and animals
1. Obstruction may caused by government agencies;
2. The conflict of traditional cultures and introduce new culture elements;
3. Managers are necessary to help build communities which means we need to find more agencies;
4. COVID-19 Restrictions.
• Connect to the history and the indigenous history;
• A meaningful storytelling about the tradional owners of the land.
2.7 Stakeholders Analysis
• Always pay attention to the changes, through contact and communication with stakeholders, using avtivities to get feedbakcs from them.
In placemaking, if people share common characteristics rather than common places, such as religious beliefs, sexual orientation, occupation, or ethnic origin, they will be linked together and seen as a community of interests (NurseyBray, 2020).
In our strategies for the stakeholders, we plan to start with our general background and introduce elements including Kingfisher and genderless people to enhance the overall value of our venue. Taking into account the participation of stakeholders, we distinguished between local governments, residents' groups,
artists and children in the early stage, and then formulated a table to help us make reasonable arrangements in the later stage of budget planning, cycle design and other projects. In addition, our group decided to make LGBTQA+ the specific stakeholders, they could be relevant to our core concept of creating an inclusive community.
At the same time, according to the table, we can also better formulate a transformation plan in which stakeholders can participate, and reasonably arrange different stakeholders to participate in our placemaking process in different ways.
03 Strategies
Section 3: Strategies
3.1 Big Concept
3.2 Vision
3.3 Big Strategy
3.3.1 Being Sensitive to Nature
3.3.2 Life-Cycle + Food Chain
3.3.3 Community Engagement Strategy
3.1 Big Concept
Our biggest concept is to integrate the spirit and culture of Kingfisher into the community. We wanted to create a place that wasn’t defined by labels, that wasn’t defined by traditional labels. Let people, also the special groups, find a sense of belonging. Meanwhile, we want create a walking corridor with the stroy of Kingfisher, with the story of LGBTIQA+ through our strategies and interventions.
3.2 Vision
Our vision is to improve the overall inclusiveness of the community by increasing attention and assistance to a few disadvantaged groups. By creating a loveability comunity, and spreading this spirit through lots of tangible and intangible movements, the visibilty of the community is enhanced and the venue has more development prospects.
On the other hand, by promoting the culture of loveability in the community, learning an inclusive culture for children will help build a better future community, help children’s physical and mental development, and build a better ‘family‘ idea and feelings.
3.2.1 Place Values
The following six cards are the place values that we identify and apply to our concept. Among them, we agree that “LOVEABILITY” will become the most important content, and Accessible, Aligned with nature, Distinctiveness, Inclusive and Connection to Country will be used as auxiliary to develop our futher placemaking proposals.
3.3 Big Strategy
1. Interacting with Country
2. Aligned with Nature through WSUD, BSUD and the storytelling of ‘Kingfisher‘, attract various species include Kingfisher to settle in
3. Stakeholder engagement strategy
4. Community-led placemaking/street constructed
5. To be an iconic place of LGBTIQA+ community
6. Build awareness of equality through site activities
To provide a space for people to relax and communicate, to promote people's interaction and to strengthen people‘s contact. In addition, to making Gleadell Street more comfortable and humane. The choice and design of the seating evokes a sense of belonging for the residents.
Walking Trail
Various types of seatings are installed on the lawns around the Citizen Park and Gleadell Street. According to a preliminary survey, it shows that people prefer seating which is movable. Therefore, we plan to placed movable seating with small tables to provide more possibilities for activities.
Indigenous Response
Nature Response
Intervention Who is involved? How is it happening?
Evaluation Purpose
The seating can be engraved with indigenous shapes or story illustrations for educational purposes.
Choose natural or recycled materials such as wood for the seating. The seating can be engraved with kingfishers shape or story illustration to make it distinctive.
Local residents, visitors and tourists
For one thing, the seating is purchased with the budget provided. For another, furniture DIY activities are organised in the community workshop to encourage residents to participate in the design and production of community seating. And it could arouse their sense of belonging.
Seating usage status (including seating use rate, length of seating use, degree of seating destruction)
Informal survey results (including people's ideas of the number, form, materials of seats)
There are three old peppercorn trees in the community, which can be seen as community symbols. It could be turned into a place for residents to reminisce so that increase their sense of belonging and identity. In terms of the placemaking, it is also a place where we can listen to residents' voices and collect their views and suggestions.
Dog Friendly Area
A small space is created around the three old peppercorn trees and a notice is made to explain that these are the wishing trees.
Community Workshop
Considering that the trees are outdoors, paper, pens and silk thread props should be chosen to be waterproof and non-corrosive. Be careful to clean up the wishing paper strips regularly to avoid causing great damage to the trees.
Local residents, visitors and tourists
Since the three trees already exist, this activity does not require much of a hardware installation and the focus should be on emphasising its importance. At the beginning of placemaking, hold activities around the surrounding area to emphasise its special nature. Place props such as paper, pens and silk threads next to it to facilitate the expression of people's opinions.
The number of people who come and make a wish Long-term and periodic surveys to observe the importance of wishing trees in the minds of local residents
The six-coloured zebra-crossing symbolises gender minority friendly and conveys the concept of inclusivity, representing the open, inclusive, loveable mindset of our community. At the same time, it is at a junction and attracts visitors' attention. The sidewalk separates pedestrians from vehicles and protects pedestrians from walking and cycling safely.
The intervention is the modification and beautification of facilities and infrastructures. The spatial changes are intended to lead to changes in behaviour and activity.
Local residents, visitors and tourists, LGBTQIA+, students from Richmond High School, children
The original white zebra crossings are painted in six colours; A sidewalk is designated on each side of the road and vegetation is used to separate the vehicle road from the sidewalk.
Informal survey from local residents
Frequency of sidewalk use
Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.) about six-coloured zebra-crossing
According to a survey, 40% of the residents in the community have dogs at household, and dogs are a very important member in Gleadell Street. The dog friendly area is a reflection of the community's inclusion of animals and enhances the convenience and hospitality of the community.
The dog friendly area is a fenced-off area on the lawn adjacent to the Citizen Park, with seating inside.
The flora species planted around or inThe dog friendly area should be harmless to animals.
Pet owners, pets
As part of the citizen park, it is open 24 hours. Pet owners can release their leashes and let their pets run inside freely. Meanwhile, they gather in the area to chat and interact with each other.
The number and frequency of pet owners and length of stay
Informal survey from pet owners
Maintenance of the lawn should be taken into account
Indigenous Response
Nature Response
It promotes communication, enriches the lives of the residents and acts as an educational source, helping to foster a warm and harmonious community atmosphere. Workshops on various themes, such as family workshops, promote family harmony and stability in the community. Indigenous and kingfisher themes promote an inclusive mindset among the residents. The various products of the workshops can be used in community amenity work to enhance the residents' sense of belonging and identity to the community.
An empty room in the community is used as an indoor classroom for the workshop, and the Citizen Park is used as an outdoor classroom. Initially, the workshops will be organised by the community and related stakeholders. As placemaking develops, more people from outside the community will be encouraged to participate or sponsor the workshops for mutual benefit.
Indigenousl-themed activities such as indigenous hat-making can be organised. In addition, providing knowledge, such as history and language could be provieded.
Activities on the theme of kingfisher, such as using various materials to make collages of kingfisher and explaining about kingfisher, could be carried out.
Local residents, artists, volunteers, students from Richmond High School, children
The workshops are open to the whole community for half a day a week (e.g. Saturday afternoons) and can include a variety of activities such as handicrafts or lectures. Organisers can be university volunteers or other community members. The outcomes of the workshop could potentially be sold at night market or on display in the pop-up exhibitions.
Evaluation The number of participants in community workshops, Participants' evaluation and feedback on community workshops
The light show is at the junction and attracts people's attention. The light show can also be used as a channel for historical and cultural communication to increase the popularity of the community.
The cost of this activity is not high. The intervention is to prepare projects and videos. The lights will be projected on the building as if a film were playing. It is also possible to switch the colour and rhythm of the lights with the music to create a gorgeous visual effect.
The content of the light show could be scenes of indigenous life and stories.
The content of light show could be an introduction to the habits and habitats of the kingfisher, or a secondary legend or fairy tale based on the theme of the kingfisher. Eco-friendly themes are available.
Children Playground
Who is involved?
How is it happening? Evaluation
Local residents, visitors and tourists, LGBTQIA+
This light show can be performed regularly on weekdays. During major festivals, its broadcast content can be adjusted to match the festival for better dissemination.
Informal survey from local residents and visitors
Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.)
It reflects inclusiveness for children, promotes communication between residents, enriches children's lives and enhances their physical fitness.
Intervention
Indigenous Response
Nature Response
This activity lies mainly in the reconstruction of the space, i.e. the installation of related play equipment and facilities (washbasins, seats).
Some of the play equipment is movable, giving children the freedom to build their own favourite spaces in imitation of Aboriginal life and to experience the wild.
The play equipment is made from natural and original materials such as timber. The play equipment features a kingfisher theme, with sculptures in the shape of kingfishers, and the play equipment is engraved with kingfisher patterns.
Who is involved?
How is it happening?
Evaluation Purpose
Local residents, children
As part of the citizen park, it is open 24 hours. Children can come and play at any time and it can also be used as a base for the activities of the Children's Centre.
The number and frequency of children and length of stay
Informal survey from local residents, especially children and their parents
Activity Accident Status
Maintenance of the facilities and equipments should be taken into account
Purpose To enhance the cultural atmosphere of the community, increase communication and interaction among community residents and promote community and family harmony.
Intervention
Sensitive to indigenous
Sensitive to nature
The names and running times of the movies were announced in advance through posters and social media. A temporary screen will be placed on the lawn of the Citizen Park on the day and a projector will be installed to show the film.
The content of the movie and documents could be scenes of indigenous life and stories.
The content of the movie and documents could be an introduction to the habits and habitats of the kingfisher, or a secondary legend or fairy tale based on the theme of the kingfisher. Eco-friendly themes are available.
There is a vegetable market in the Gleadell Street originally. We hope to continue the street market and make it more diverse, not only in terms of products but also in terms of activities, to attract more people to come and visit, to make the community more famous, and to promote the economic development and cultural spread of the community.
Make the original evening market more organised and disciplined, and expand its target visitors. A night market will be held with various activities such as music performance, gourmet festival.
Designate a week as Indigenous People's Week, with an Indigenous people's theme for the night market, and support facilities such as posters, flyers and logos designed to match the theme. Invite vendors to dress up as indigenous people and encourage them to sell indigenous related goods or food. Indigenous artists will be invited to perform.
Nature Response
Who is involved?
How is it happening?
Local residents, visitors and tourists, related events
The only preparation needed for the activity is a screen, projector, and playing device. Residents and visitors can gather in groups, bring snacks and drinks and watch the film in a relaxed manner. The activity can also be combined with an pop-up exhibition to show films created by high school students.
Who is involved?
How is it happening?
Designate a week as kingfisher week, with a kingfisher theme for the night market, and related facilities such as posters, flyers, logos etc. to match the theme. Vendors are also encouraged to sell kingfisher-themed merchandise such as artwork and clothing.
Local residents, visitors and tourists, local restaurants and businesses, related events, street vendors, street artists
The night market is held on a regular day each week. There is even grander themed events when festival or event is coming. The night market can be combined with light shows and pop-up exhibitions to form a one-stop series of events. The market is also open to sponsorship from businesses for additional budget.
Evaluation
Informal survey from local residents and visitors
Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.)
Evaluation
The number and frequency of visitors and length of stay
The number of businesses and artists, informal surveys
Various press reports
Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.)
To increase the interaction among the residents of the community and to improve their physical fitness. The activity takes place on the lawn of the Citizen Park, so people can get more in touch with nature.
The intervention consists of encouraging all the residents to participate in outdoor excercise. The coach team tries to develop different types of outdoor grass such as yoga, pilates etc. to meet the needs of different people.
The mural art will beautify the lanes and make them a spectacular sight to visit. The mural art will be a collaborative community effort that will give communities a sense of belonging and identity, and will greatly increase the interaction between community members and promote community unity.
A workshop is organised in the community where community members are invited to propose a theme for the mural art and vote on a decision. Street artists, children from children's centres and high school students are then invited to create their own mural art according to the theme.
Indigenous Response
The mural art can be an introduction to the habits and habitats of the kingfisher, or a secondary legend or fairy tale based on the theme of the kingfisher. Image from: https://telegra.ph/Outdoor-Yoga-02-02
With the support of surrounding sports clubs, outdoor exercises are initiated by community sports enthusiasts, first on a small scale, and continue to make an impact. When its popularity rises, it will expand and become an organised and disciplined activity. We also accept sponsorship from relevant sports businesses to achieve mutual support and win-win results.
The number of participants in outdoor exercise, Participants' evaluation and feedback on outdoor exercise Sponsorship from relevant businesses Local residents, sports club, children, LEGS, training staff
Nature Response
Who is involved?
How is it happening?
The content of mural art can be scenes of indigenous life, as well as indigenous stories and history.
Evaluation
Local residents, street artists, indigenous artists, students from Richmond High School, children
Mural art is primarily a public service creation therefore costs less. Mural arts attract visitors which could bring tourism to the community and generate more income. It can also attract more city festivals or related bussiness so that provide greater economic benefits.
The number and frequency of visitors and length of stay Informal survey from local residents Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.)
It enriches the life of the community, increases the cultural atmosphere of the community, attracts more people to come and visit, makes the community known to a wider visitors and promotes the economic development and cultural dissemination of the community.
At first, the exhibitions were held within the community and the popularity of the community would raise through social media. After that, external resources gradually will pour in.
Designate a week as Indigenous People's Week, with an Indigenous people's theme for the exhibition. The exhibition could be about indigenous life, stories, etc. Indigenous artists would be invited to perform and indigenous speakers would be invited to give a speech.
Designate a week as kingfisher week, with a kingfisher theme for the exhibition. The exhibition can be an introduction to the habits and habitats of the kingfisher, or a second creation of a legend or fairy tale based on the theme of the kingfisher.
Infrastructure - WSUD
Who is involved?
How is it happening?
Local residents, visitors and tourists, related events, artists, LEGS
The exhibition takes a variety of forms. It can be community-sponsored, with exhibits produced by community workshops. It can also be a commercial exhibition, with the community providing the space and the exhibits coming from artists outside the community. In addition to these, they can also be schoolsponsored, showcasing student work, etc.
Evaluation
The number and frequency of visitors and length of stay
The number of businesses and artists, informal surveys
Various press reports
Comments on social media (including number of location snaps, text comments, etc.)
Kingfishers depend on water for survival and have high requirements for water quality. The trampling of vegetation by livestock near the puddle will affect the population of this species. Human activities caused river floods to be devastating to kingfisher nests. Unclean water also seriously affects these birds. Richmond is not only a flood-prone area, but also faces increasingly severe urban heat island effects, global climate change and other crises. In addition, as the previous site analysis shows that there are low density and low diversity vegetation coverage within the Gleadell Street. These not only affect wild animals including kingfishers living on the Gleadell Street, but also greatly affect the well-being of human beings.
Thus, we highly recommend that all parties incorporate Water Sensitive Urban Design(WSUD) into place making strategies for the Gleadell Street and its surroundings. The following are several interventions with habitat, landscape and recreational values we have found in our research. They can be used as a reference to be implemented in the Gleadell Street.
Infrastructure - BSUD
Uber Pick-up
Purpose:
Vending machines
Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design (BSUD) is another approach we highly recommend all parties incorporate from the earliest stage. The BSUD framework first assesses the site’s local flora and fauna, key landscape features and any potential threats (see the picture above). Then planners and communities determine the site’s biodiversity goals and provide information for subsequent actions or recommendations. Next, quantify the potential impact of these actions and use the data to determine which designs best meet biodiversity and development goals. (Garrard et al. 2018).
As a inclusive and loveable Gleadell Street, it is necessary to consider and ensure that the content of the site is available to the widest audience. Therefore, in addition to the previously mentioned groups such as sexual minorities, children, the elderly, etc., we are also committed to helping people with disabilities access the Gleadell Street and adapt to the use of assistive technology or accessibility features. We recommend that all parties adheres and challenge the Accessible Site Design Guidelines. 10. Outdoor Exercise
The Master Plan focuses on identifying six key areas of the street that have potential opportunities and become an inclusive and loving community:
a. ) Vibrant Entrance
b. ) Artistic Alley
c. ) Recreation Hub
d. ) Heritage Memorial Alley
e. ) Community Hub
f. ) Exercise Hub
Through the preliminary analysis, we come to the conclusion that the predecessor of each area has its unique meaning and atmosphere, but some of its functions are missing, and even there are safety risks, cars take up too much space. Therefore, we wanted to connect these Spaces through using a variety of activities, allowing different kinds of people to come here. Their ultimate goal is to create an inclusive, cohesive community.
However, the connections between these six areas are not isolated, rather, they work as a whole, and we also use Kingfisher's story line as a clue to connect these six areas to guide people's walking and their experiences. All of these 15 intervention activities contribute to the overall layout.
Different activities can take place in different places at the same time, also in different seasons or festivals, as we will explain in detail in Section 6's timeline.
5.2 Master Plan
5.2.1 Before & After
We put these two mappings here so that the readers can clearly compare what the site looks like 'before and after.' This will be obvious to understand our placemaking interventions to readers who are not familiar with the site or to those who have not been to the site.
5.2.2 Master Plan with 15 Activities
These 15 activities can take place in 6 different areas, sometimes at the street entrance, sometimes in the middle. They are repetitive, because that’s the way we want to explain how activity generates connectivity. For example, Walking Trail is not limited to these six fixed areas, And the activity can even extend to the perimeter of the site. Furthermore, the same activity is set in different locations in consideration of seasonality and people of different ages. For example, Workshop in area C can be open to children, while Workshop in area E can be open to the elderly. This is to maintain the elasticity and variability of the street.
Overall, these events make our community vibrant and inclusive! We hope that the slogan of ’love has no labels’ will be carried forward in these campaigns. (You can refer to Section 5 for a detailed description of the activities.)
Walking Trail
Dog Friendly Area
Wishing Wall/ Wishing Tree
Light Show
Children Playground
5.3 Detail Explainations
Because this street is very long, we think it is not enough to use only one overall master plan to explain our ideas. Therefore, we split the floor plan into three pieces to give readers a more detailed explanation. You can see where each activities will be set up in these corners and illustrated in a schematic. In addition, we also draw a few renderings for reference, from the picture to feel the atmosphere of the place and imagine the appearance, yes, this will be more intuitive!
5.3.1 Detail A+B+C
5.2.3 The story connection of ‘Kingfisher’
Abundant activities will be through 6 functional areas. According to the needs of different stakeholders, we are going to organise a series of relevant activities to explore kingfishers and nature. That includes kingfisher workshop, kingfisher science, birds watching areas, education centres and design a logo with kingfisher elements for the street etc.
Meeting and Sitting areas, Outdoor Movie Nights, Washing Wall, Children
Playground, Inftastrcture, Walking Trail
5.3.3 Detail D+E+F
Dog Firendly Area, Community Workshop, Meeing under the Peppercore Trees, Unisex Moveable Toliet, Outdoor Exercise Hub, Community Garden
GLEADELL ST
5.3.2 Detail C+D 5.3.3 Detail D+E+F
COMMUNICATIVE SPACE
UNISEX MOVABLE ART TOILET
UNFIXED SEATS
GLEADELL ST
GLEADELL ST
DOG FRIENDLY AREA
SHADE TREE
ATTRACTIVE BILLBOARD
COLORED CROSSWALK
VINE PLANTS
COMMUNICATIVE AREA
SHADE ACTIVITY AREA
MURAL ART
STREET GREENING
PROJECTION PANEL
PROJECTION LIGHT SHOW
PROJECTION LIGHT SHOW NIGHT MARKET
06 Implementation
Section 6: Implementation
6.1 Timeline in Summar 2022
6.2 Budget
6.3 Long-term Timeline
6.4 Evaluation
6.5 Risk and Maintenance
6.6 Limitation
6.1 ‘Trail’ Phase in Summer 2022
6.2 Budget
Budgeting is a very important part of in the construction project. Budgeting allows placemakers to make a rational plan for the allocation of funds, so that to help relevant personnel can clarify the budget plan (Designing Buildings, 2021). Budgeting arrangement needs to consider many aspects, including deciding design plan, programming schedule, clarifying procurement lists, and estimating risks (Ramos, 2021). Although a limited budget may restrict the completion of the project, it can better control of costs, reduces the occurrence of risks and avoids delay of schedule.
For the Gleadell St regeneration project, we will get a budget of $10,000 for short-term trial. We plan to use this budget to develop a few key activities rather than completing all the designed activities. We hope that through these activities, we can demonstrate to developers, investors, government etc. the feasibility and rationality of our design, as well as the good development prospects and economic potential of the Gleadell Street, so as to attract more attention and investment to ensure the long-term and sustainable development of the community. The detailed budget allocation for each activity shows in Figure 6.1 and Figure 6.2.
Figure 6.1 Percentage of Budget Allocation
Figure 6.2 A Table of $10,000 Budget Allocation
6.4 Evaluation
Evaluation is a critical way to understand whether placemaking has the capacity to make a positive contribution to the urban environment and to be sustainable (Hes, 2020). However, the evaluation of placemaking does not have certain standards and a range of indicators, and the realisation of placemaking is a very vague concept (Bellolio, 2017). As the significance of placemaking is shown more in terms of emotions and culture such as the satisfaction of local residents, the presentation of culture, the effect of ecosystem, the attractiveness to visitors and, certainly, the impact of placemaking on the local economic situation also should be considered. Therefore, it is difficult to form a unified evaluation criteria for different placemaking projects, and it is impossible to determine whether a project meets the requirements and goal by comparing and calculating costs and benefits.
Based on the above considerations, we plan to select evaluation tools and develop evaluation methods and criteria based on the characteristics of each activity in the short-term experimental project. The specific evaluation plan will be described in detail in the Table 6.4 below.
Figure 6.3 A Table of Evaluation Plan
6.5 Risk and Maintenance
The risk is always there. For short-term test, budget constraints, human factors, environmental factors or other uncontrollable factors may lead to negative impacts on the progress or the outcome of the project. For long-term development, there may be even more issues and risks. The following will list and analysis in detail the potential risks affecting the short-term activities and long-term development of the Gleadell St regeneration project, and meanwhile propose corresponding countermeasures.
6.5.1 Risk for the temporary activities
6.5.3 Maintenance
During the preliminary preparation In addition to planned countermeasures against potential risks, a reasonable and logical maintenance plan is necessary for the long-term and stable development of Gleadell Street. In Mackintosh et al. (2020), it is mentioned that there are complex stakeholder groups and multiple levels of management in placemaking, and the leadership roles will directly influence the outcome of the project. Furthermore, as the situation of placemaking is dynamic, leadership roles may also change accordingly (Mackintosh et al., 2020). Therefore, in the long-term management and maintenance process of placemaking projects, it is necessary to form a management and leadership team with people from different stakeholder groups, and act as leaders at different parts in the project. During the management and maintenance process, the leaders need to actively establish contact and discuss with all parties, share suggestions and ideas, and work together to develop management and maintenance strategies. And the following Figure 6.4 illustrates the roles and responsibilities of the various levels and stakeholders in the management of placemaking.
6.6 Limitation
During the preliminary preparation and design of the Gleadell St regeneration project, we encountered many limitations. Due to COVID-19, although we were able to learn about the residents’ thoughts and suggestions for the site via virtual way and showed them our initial plans and obtained valuable feedback, we cannot communicate face-to-face with them to understand their views and feel their emotions in more detail. Similarly, we cannot visit and research the site in person, and had to learn about the information of the site with the help of relevant professionals and through the Internet. And obviously, we were also unable to meet with team members and other colleagues, we were able to communicate online, but it still cannot be the most effective way of communicating.
We faced many constraints, but we still did our best to complete the design and planning of the Gleadell Street regeneration project.
Figure 6.4 Leadership in placemaking reflective tool (Image by Lara Mackintosh, 2018)
07 Conclusion
Our project is the placemaking implementation that prospect Gleadell St will be an inclusive and loveable as what we proposed --‘love has no labels’ rather than typical and plain. Through meticulous and multi-dimensional consideration, we combine the natural, cultural and historical resources existed in the community, and face up to the opportunities and challenges to create a safe, comfortable and beautiful community environment where residents can feel a sense of identity and belonging.
We expect the community to be revitalised with our assistance during the process of placemaking. After the project, the community will slowly be on the right track and a virtuous cycle will be formed.
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