2015 10 Placegame Praca Francisco Alves, Porto Alegre

Placegame Praรงa Francisco Alves

city at eye level plinths

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hybrid zone

hybrid zone

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USE Activities, pedestrian flows Quality shops, cafes, culture Experience

DESIGN Buildings Square Design Hybrid Zones

MANAGEMENT Community Coalition Place management

William H. (Holly) Whyte The Organization Man,1956 The Exploding Metropolis, 1958 The Last Landscape, 1968 Plan for the City of New York, 1969 The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces, 1980 § City: Rediscovering the Center, 1988 § § § § §

“It is hard to create a space that will not attract people, what is remarkable, is how often that has accomplished.�

“If you design a community around cars… you get more cars.”

“If you design your community around people… you get more people.”

“One of the best things about water is the look and feel of it…It’s not right to put water before people and then keep them away from it.”

“If you want to seed a place with activity, put out food.”

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

“Benches are artifacts, the purpose of which is to punctuate architectural photographs. They are not so good for sitting.”

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Placemaking strategies: from short-term to Place Management 1. CROWD-SOURCE IDEAS community, placegame, digital placemaking 2. MAKE THINGS HAPPEN NOW short term = 1-4 months, long term = 2 years 3. CREATIVE ENERGETIC ANCHORS OF ACTIVITY op sleutelplekken, power of 10 4. MAKE IT A “MOVEABLE FEAST” through meet-ups and mobile management teams 5. GET LIFE TO THE STREETS to make public spaces safe and attractive, and encourage walking 6. BRING THE INSIDE OUT with transparent, visually exciting ground floors (plinths) and corners that pop-out 7. PLACEMANAGEMENT the ‘management’, programming, keep inviting new uses

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PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Zealous Nuts are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept of the odds against them‌ They make the impossible happen.

- Dr. Robert Jarvik

Toronto Dufferin Grove Park

Harvard Campus Last 400 years

Harvard Campus Now

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Identity: events, icon building, art Destinations: combinations of use, “triangulation”; the edges are most important Amenities: comfort for users: benches, light, sidewalks, eat, sit Inner & Outer Square: open and active ground floors all around, intimacy (40-50 m ideal) Octopus: tentacles to the surroundings Seasons: uses that change with the seasons Stakeholders: mental ownership of a diverse community Place Management: good management, physical AND activate uses, places and activities Plural Investments: sponsorships, partnerships, markets, membership, BID, ….

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How To Evaluate A Place Sociability

Comfort & Image

Place

Access & Linkages

Uses & Activities

Access & Linkages § Convenient § Walkable § Continuity § Proximity § Connected § Enticing

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Uses & Activities • Fun/Vital • Active • Indigenous • Sustainable • Affordable • Challenging

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Comfort & Image • Attractive • Unique • Usable • Maintained • Historic • “Green” • Safe • Friendly

PROJECT FOR PUBLIC SPACES

Sociability • Welcoming • Interactive • Neighborliness • Pride • Diversity • Stewardship

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"Place Game" Evaluation Process 1.

Smaller teams

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Go to your designated site where you fill out the Place Game form individually

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Convene with your teammates and choose a “recorder” to summarize team’s findings on one form

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Return to room and finish summarizing findings and ideas on flipchart

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Pick a present and report out

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STREET FROM UNIVERSITY TO PRAÇA, FIRST PART (CROSSING, BARS) 2. STREET FROM UNIVERSITY TO PRAÇA, SECOND PART (INCLUDING CHURCH AND ITS CONNECTION TO THE PRAÇA) 3. CORNER OF RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION / CAR GARAGE AND STREET BEHIND 4. SIDE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND CONNECTIONS TO THE PRAÇA 5. SIDE OF SMALL KIDS DAYCARE 6. SIDE OF EVENT CENTER 7. SIDE OF HOUSES + HAIR DRESSER 8. THE PRAÇA HOUSE ON THE SQUARE AND ITS OUTSIDE 9. BUS STOP AND DIRECT SURROUNDINGS 10. "BOCHA" + TREES 11. PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS ON THE PRAÇA 12. SQUARE STAIRS AND FOOTBALL COURT

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