what is shared space design
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concept and examples of shared spaceTRANSCRIPT
Shared Space
Norman W. Garrick
A New Urbanist Approach to Street Design
Shared Spaces is a challenge questioning how urban space is currently used
In shared space design signs, signal, lines play a subordinate role
However the real issues is that shared space is a re-definition of
how urban space is used
Storrs, Connecticut1950s Subdivision
Rockport, Cape Ann, Massachusetts
Hans Monderman was inspired by these types of traditional places in conceptualizing
Shared Spaces
According to Hans the best public spaces and streets are ones where human behavior governors how the space is used
Contemporary traffic engineering is based on regulation and control
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
A design where Human Behavior controls how the space is used
Monderman conceptualize design as being based on System Time
…. or Context Time
System Time
Traffic Behavior Governs
Single purposeRegulated
ImpersonalUniform
Predictable
Context Time
Social Behavior Governs
Multi-functionalCulturally defined
PersonalDiverse
Unpredictable
Conventional Design is a Bad Fit for Context TimeA Round Peg in a Square Hole
Shared Space Design Fits Context Time
Die Laweiplein, Drachten, The Netherland
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
Deregulating Drachten
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
From Presentation by Koop Kerkstra
http://www.fietsberaad.nl/library/repository/bestanden/Evaluation%20Laweiplein.pdf
Assessing the Laweiplein
• Less congestion - time through the intersection decrease by about 50%
• Relatively constant traffic speed• Vehicles cede priority to bikes and
pedestrians• Fewer traffic accidents• Higher quality of public space
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