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Place Making: Building Community

Through Creative Public SpaceDesign

11th

Nov 2010


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What are we going to do today?

Understand the general concept ofpublicspace

Understand the inter-relationship between

public space and community, thus dig out theimportance of GOOD public space

Basic skills in community research (Spatial

Quality Assessment) Production of a place enhancement proposal


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The 4 W + 1 H ofPublic Space


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The 5 W of

Public Space

Who are the users?

Where we can find it?

When we can use it?

What you can/ cant do?

WTaking the Kowloon City Park as an

example, Try to answer the questionsabove


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The 5 W of

Public Space

Who are the users?

-Every one, general public


-Somewhere next to a public

Estate/ schools/ businesstowers

When we can use it?

- 6:00 23:00

What you can/ cant dothere?

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The 5 W of

Public Space

Who are the users?




Estate/ schools/ businesstowers

When we can use it?

- 6:00 23:00

What you can/ cant do there?

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Who are the users?




Estate/ schools/ business towers

When we can use it?

- 6:00 23:00


So..

The 5 W of

Public Space

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But is this what we are expecting

toward public space?


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The last W - Why


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The last W - Why

Why we need public space?


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Because we need a place for


Social with other


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solitary


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Observing the world


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Public Space the definitions

Public Space is the placeWhere you stay, meetother, observe the world,relax, enjoy yourself

Freely access by Public,disregarding economicand social conditions

Welcoming Area andequal to all

http://www.transordinator.de/edition/

10/2006, courtesy of the artist


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Therefore, public space is never a matter of unimportance. It is

about social justices

with the beliefenjoying a good public space is one of the

fundamental rights of a citizen, esp. the disadvantaged.


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What is a good Public Space

Principle Concepts:Encourage Interactions

Multi-Functional

A Passage;

A place for chatting and gathering;

with artistic designs;

Clean and proper managed

environment;


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What is a good Public Space

Multifunctional

Should these kind of multifunctional

uses be encouraged?


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Community Research(Spatial Quality Assessment)


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Community Research - (Spatial Quality Assessment)

Evaluate the quality of public spaces within a

community.

Check if the place capable to

Encourage Interactions

And provide Multi-Functional uses


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Methodology: On Site Observation

Objective(s):1. To investigate the quantity and quality of

public space within project area;

2. To identify problems exist in the public

space within project area and provide

creative solutions.

What you need to do today:

1. Compete the set of worksheet ;

2. Take photos for any interesting things;

and

3. Prepare a 5 min PowerPoint

presentation base on the information

you collected .

* Please submit your worksheet (1set/

group) and mail me your PowerPoint

after this session


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Time: 11:3012:30

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Part I. Background Info

Date:13th Nov 2010

Time:11:30 12:30pm

Weather:

Site Description:

1. e.g. Any residential housings? Retails? Old district.

2. Distribution (with locations) of the public spaces withinthe project area.

Why we need these information?


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Part 2. Spatial Quality AssessmentCriteria Sub-questions and Findings

Sense of Safety Visibility of that area?

Cleaniness? Any vandalism?Presence of security guards?

Comfort Popularity?

No. of seats?

Any shaded area?

Presence of multifunctional uses?

(A)

(B)


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Part 3. Problems and solutions

Problem Identified Possible Solutions

e.g. Vandalism Traditional Approach: Enhance security through

employing more guards / CCTV

Creative Approach:

(1) Promote community security through

neighbor cooperation;

(2) Review the functions of specific locations


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Reminder

A picture is worth a thousand words


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See you all again at 12:30!

Presentation will start at 1:00pm

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