The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

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1 The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

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8 Placemaking is the act of people coming together in their physical environment to deliberately design, plan, program and maintain public spaces to facilitate social interaction and improve quality of life. Places in the Making, MIT 2013

9 Location? Place beguiles us park, beautiful image. Beauty beauty beauty The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

10 Location? Place seduces us (paris and lovers) The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

11 Location? Place connects us (playing, park bench, etc.) The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

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13 In the long history of human settlement, public places have reflected the needs and cultures of community Places in the Making, MIT 2013

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16 But along the way, something went very wrong

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18 Communities lost the tradition and practice of having a local and active political voice.

19 Desolate plaza The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

20 Citizens should show humility in the face of expertise. American Political Science Association, 1914

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24 Today s Placemaking? supports community health and safety seeks social justice catalyzes economic development Promotes environmental sustainability supports arts and culture nurtures an authentic sense of place sparks public discourse engenders civic pride connects neighborhoods The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

25 and the tendency to focus on the physical characteristics does disservice to the ways the placemaking process nurtures our communities and feeds our social lives. The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

26 Story #1: How a temporary event caused permanent change Fargo Moorhead StreetsAlive

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28 The Event: Streets Alive Fargo ND and Moorhead MN Ciclovia-type event on closed loop between two cities 9,000 participants on two days each summer Using event to speak to conservative political climate Healthy living intro to life beyond the automobile Funding from health care foundations Transformative effect on comprehensive planning The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

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30 Story #2: Transforming outrage into constructive community action Source:

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32 The Transportation Project: Guerrero Park San Francisco, CA Community activism at the right time and in the right place Transformation of six lanes of pavement into neighborhood park Collaboration around designing, fundraising, programming and maintaining park has empowered community Use of temporary elements lowers cost and barriers to action The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

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34 Story #3: Pushing back on public regulations and policies

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36 The Temporary Intervention Project Team Better Block Norfolk VA Pushes back on regulation-heavy zoning and barriers to vibrancy Promotes borrowing, making and bartering as way to build community ties and social capital Encourages entrepreneurship Helps communities to vision alternatives Smoothes path to regulatory changes in city government The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

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38 Story #4: from asking to doing

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43 These deliberative and communal processes of shaping public spaces are changing the physical, political and social landscape of the past century Communities are developing a local and active political voice in our increasingly privatized public realm that has been controlled by experts Bryant Park photo courtesy of Rebecca Disbrow The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

44 The iterative actions and collaborations inherent in the making of places nourish communities and empower people. This widening emphasis away from the product to focus on the process recognizes the long-term importance of nurturing community capacity and local leadership. The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

45 This mutual stewardship of place and community is the virtuous cycle of placemaking. In this mutual relationship, communities transform places, which in turn transform communities, and so on. The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

46 Places in the Making, MIT 2013 Places in the Making, MIT 2013 The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

47 Three themes emerge from the MIT research 1. Placemaking is about more than soliciting initial community input and then moving forward in a linear process: the making process is iterative and never finished: Designing Programming Maintaining Funding The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

48 2. Agile places respond to financial constraints and top down regulations: the rise of tactical urbanism Park(ing) Day Better Block City Repair Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper Chair Bombing StreetsAlive The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

49 3. The new collaborators: public-private partnerships But NOT the typical partnerships we have known in the past! New relationships offer: Public support for tactical urbanism Temporary projects as pilots for larger initiatives Programming and maintenance partners Scalable initiatives The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

50 The new model of placemaking emphasizes flexibility, embraces impermanence, shares information, and draws on unorthodox sources for influence. Through the process of collaboration and action, we become makers of places, rather than consumers of places. Photo courtesy of Janet Century for Neighborhood Connections The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 16 June 2014

51 MAKING A PLAN ONE AND ONLY ONE PLAN

52 MAKING A PLAN ONE AND ONLY ONE PLAN

53 PLACEMAKING SPACE Thought interaction resources ideas structure encouragement collaboration demonstration OTHER ACTORS AND INFLUENCES CITY STATE FUNDERS POTENTIAL PARTNERS

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55 Why now? Builds community social and political capital Fast tracks change in face of top-down and often-restrictive regulations Built-in accountability those who act gain authority Efficient use of resources in resource-scarce environment Enables government to provide support in alternative ways (not only dependent on $) Reliance on a broad mix of partners and actors to achieve results better chance of success! The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

56 In the mutual stewardship of place and community, communities transform places, which in turn transform communities, which in turn transform our cities and the world. The Art and Science of Placemaking Stockholm, Sweden 6 June

57 Places in the Making: How placemaking builds places and communities UNECE Vital Public Spaces Geneva, Switzerland 24 #placemaking