Place Making

 

In the last two issues, we have explored the implications of COVID-19 on people’s way of living. It is reckoned almost across the board that high-quality public spaces are especially invaluable to cities, now more than ever. Yet, we should be careful not to equate well-design ‘spaces’ as attractive ‘places’. Place making takes design a step further to activate well-designed spaces. In this issue, let’s have a listen to the keys to creating successful public space and public realm.

What is Placemaking?

First and the foremost, “who do we design for?” - This million-dollar question is being answered by the speakers in the following short video:

Speakers: Daniel Wong Hwee Boon and T.C. Chang, Associate Professors, SCALE, NUS

How public spaces make cities work

In the next motivational speech, former New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden explains how she, as a city planner, battled her way in installing great public spaces in New York City:

Speaker: Amanda Burden, Principal at Bloomberg Associates and former New York City Planning Commissioner

Placemaking: Connecting People and Place

“Design for people!”, “A space is not a place!” – we hear these messages consistently across the videos. Let the next speaker, Elena Madison, continue to equip us with what it takes to make a good public space:

Speaker: Elena Madison, Director of Programs and Projects, Project for Public Spaces

COVID, economies and cities – Making place: The recalibration of work, life and place

Now that city lives are being re-shaped by the pandemic, human’s interaction with the surrounding public realm is more important than ever. A group of urban experts attempted to translate and transfer humanity to the public realm, and suggested a number of topologies. Would this video entice your imagination of how to make our next generation public realm? The video is grounded on this research report.

Speaker: Léan Doody, Europe Integrated Cities and Planning Leader, ARUP

 
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