URBAN DESIGN

Scunthorpe Town Team – 30th November 2010

Graeme Moore BA (hons), Dip TP, MA (Urban Design)
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 What is it?
 Many ways of interpreting it – my personal favourite
being:

 The art of making successful places

for people
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 What is good design?
Firmness
Will it last?

Functionality Delight
Does it work? Does it look good?
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Is this good design?
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 Creating a “sense of place”
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 Who’s involved?
 Architects
 Landscape Architects
 Planners
 Surveyors…
 THE PEOPLE
URBAN DESIGN – Creative Engagement
 Creatively engage with the public
URBAN DESIGN – Creative Engagement
 We’ve done it before:
URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
 Importance of scale
URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
URBAN DESIGN - SCALE
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 Understanding the urban ‘grain’
URBAN DESIGN – URBAN GRAIN
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 Making the connections
URBAN DESIGN - CONNECTIVITY
URBAN DESIGN - CONNECTIVITY
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 Connectivity - Walkability
URBAN DESIGN - WALKABILITY
URBAN DESIGN - WALKABILITY
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 Designing for play
URBAN DESIGN - DESIGNING FOR
PLAY
URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR
PLAY
 The local example:
URBAN DESIGN - DESIGNING FOR
PLAY
URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR
PLAY
URBAN DESIGN – DESIGNING FOR
PLAY
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 Taming the car
URBAN DESIGN – TAMING THE CAR
 Ashford, Kent
 Ring Road
redevelopment
 Existing 40mph dual
carriageway removed
 Shared surface
implemented;
 Accidents reduced by
20%
URBAN DESIGN – TAMING THE CAR
 Homezones
URBAN DESIGN – LIBERATING THE
STREETS
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 Fighting the Philistines…
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 Creative Lighting
URBAN DESIGN – Public Art
BENEFITS OF GOOD DESIGN
 Civic pride
 More sustainable
 Reduce crime
 Generate wealth
 Prevent the costs of bad
design
 Its in the public interest to
promote and value good
design
GOOD DESIGN IN A CHANGING WORLD
 Worst recession since
1930’s
 Empowering communities
 Changes to the planning
system
BIG RISK’S, BUT BIGGER REWARDS
A CREATIVE OPPORTUNITY