riccardo marini presentation - active by design
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Presentation by Riccardo Marini( Gehl Architects) at Design Council's Active by Design Summit, 18 September 2014.TRANSCRIPT
Riccardo Marini Active by Design Summit
London September 2014
perceived dangers
Car - Pedestrian conflict DANGEROUS!
what these Italians need is proper traffic
management
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INDIFFERENCE !
What makes people healthy?
Positive human contactsharing quality time with each other
Hug someone
Spending time outdoorsfresh air
regular exercise& healthy eating
The opposite of love in not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. !
Eli Wiesel
INDIFFERENT PLACES
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Kensington & Chelsea - high density with low rise and parks
”THE BRASILIA SYNDROME”! - Bird Shit Architecture
(City Planning from 10.000 metres above the ground )
Brasilia (1955- )
Brasilia -The people scale is completely neglected
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The excruciating pain of our urban reality
Wellness is a statenot only the absence of disease
We specialise in Place Making
We enable city transformation
40 years of research as the foundation
OUR CLIENTS: state agencies, public sector, private sector and organisations
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Evidence based design
Urban Quality Criteria
Our Methodology
Man is a Walking Animal – Ground Speed 5 km/hour
Central to any consideration about space and place must be - People
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Walking as an aesthetic practice
“…an action that is simultaneously an act of perception and of creativity of reading and writing the territory”Francesco Careri
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WE HAVE A MAXIMUM VELOCITY OF 32 Km/h35
Velocity36
OUR RIB CAGE CAN WITHSTAND IMPACTS AT UP TO 32 Km/h Our ancestors used to chase down prey by running them to the ground.
When walking we look where we are putting our feet! public realm is a recent invention.
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Cultures are different………
Climates are different……….
Climates are different……….
But the way
people inhabit
and use space
is universal
!What do we experience at eye-level?
!We need a lot of stimuli
1000 stimulus per hour = 1 per every 4 seconds
!Human senses are a necessary planning consideration
4 sec. 4 sec. 4 sec.
Public distance (3.5-10 m)
Personal distance (0.5-1.3 m)
Intimate distance (0-0.5 m)
!The social field of vision range 0,5 - 100m
5 km/h environment: Made for walking through
Bo 01 Malmö
60km/h environment made for driving through
Mode share on Regent Street 2010
Traffic congestion on Oxford Street, Regent Street & Bond Street, The Crown Estate
Share of Regent Street road space today
Pedestrians are 77 % of users - but today only have 42 % of road space
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It is costing us the earth, it is costing us our lives
“Houston - the city with the fattest people in the world”
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”In this City everything will be done to invite people to walk and cycle as much as possible in the course of their daily life”
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TRAFFIC PLANNERS MAKING ROOM FOR MORE CARS
TRAFFIC PLANNERS MAKING CARS HAPPY!
WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS
This burns Oil and Costs you Money
This burns Calories
and Saves you Money
New York is turning people friendly!
Place Making is about the economy stupid!
Summer Streets
and the pilot projects
NYC Dept. of Transport w/ Gehl Architects, Published: 13 Nov 2008
DOT used
in-house staff
and resources
to deliver the project.
Herald Square - before
Herald Square - after
Times Square - before
Times Square - after
Instant use
Copenhagen’s holistic approach to urban design
Number of cafe chairs throughout Copenhagen inner city
The number of café chairs rose by 61% between 1986-1995The number increased by another 47% between 1995-2005
Number of parking spaces in Copenhagen inner city
23% of inner city parking was removed between 1986-1995
Another 13% was removed between 1995-2005
Who is invited to the city?
Copenhagen Modal Split 61% of those who bike do so out of convenience
People don’t change their behaviour when you tell them to;
People change when the context makes it easy!
Copenhagen Modal Split 61% of those who bike do so out of convenience
People don’t change their behaviour when you tell them to;
People change when the context makes it easy!
THE THIRD LAW OF PHYSICS !
Reclaiming our street
Focus on Making Cities for People!
When citiesattract people theyattract
Focus on Making Cities for People!
When citiesattract people theyattract
Thank you