Tactical Urbanism & Better Blocks10am - 4pm Tuesday 24 March 2015

Municipal Association of Victoria, Level 12, 60 Collins Street

MASTER CLASS:

LUCINDA HARTLEYCODESIGN STUDIO

RapidCommunityBuilding

www.codesignstudio.com.au@codesignstudio

Quickly transform any space into a place people love

Building better neighbourhoods through tactical and community-led, improvements to streets and public spaces.

Rou Reah, slum upgrading Phnom Penh

What if the experts don’t have all the answers?

Brunswick Laneway Revitalisation

Designing a place is easy.Creating, mobilising and sustaining a community is hard.

80% of strategic plans are never implemented.

Kaplan et al (2005), Harvard Business Review

Designing a place is easy.Creating, mobilising and sustaining a community is hard.

Create and sustain places that build stronger communities.

People + Place

RapidCommunity

Building

1.EngagedCommunityLeadership

2. RapidPrototyping

4.ImprovedPhysicalPlaces

3. CommunityResource Committment

“Tactical urbanism is an approach to neighbourhood building that uses short-term, low-cost interventions to drive long term strategic change”

Lydon, M ‘Tactical Urbanism’ Island Press

Tactical Inspiration: Times Square, NYC

www.tacticalurbanismguide.com

Road Improvements

Retail Activation

Pavement to Parks

Place Activation / Community Gardens

Physical Activity

1. Short-term action2. Strategic, long-term Intent3. Participatory approach4. Multiple applications (developers, communities, councils)5. Sanctioned!

Planned TacticalExperts Users

Analysis Prototype

Slow Fast

Prior Review Post Review

Week, D www.citiesbycitizens.org

Challenges +Applications

Challenge #1:You have a NIMBY or apathetic community.

BigIdea

NIMBY

Apathy

Application:Engage by Doing.Manage risk by testing ideas.

Challenge #2:Activate problemor underutilisedspaces.

Application:Early activation through low-cost community facilities.

Challenge #3:Planning in uncertain times/ markets.

Application:Implement ideas faster and test through trials.

People + Place

RapidCommunity

Building

1.EngagedCommunityLeadership

2. RapidPrototyping

4.ImprovedPhysicalPlaces

3. CommunityResource Committment

1.EngagedCommunityLeadership

• Look at your permit and process system.

• What will enable change?

• Stakehodlers are your key to sustainability

2. RapidPrototyping

• Engage by doing. • Use 48 x 48 x 48.• Measure impact.

3. CommunityResource Committment

• Not what do you want us to do,

• What do you want to do?

• Design for your user/client!

4.ImprovedPhysicalPlaces

• Commit to long-term change

• Plan based on certainty and evidence.

ManagingRisk

a) relatively low riskb) outsourcing risk to the community c) Managing risk by testing ideas

Investing inengagement?

a) Is your strategy right?b) can you afford the backlash if you get it wrong?c) getting it right the first time is cheaper

Who will Maintain?

a) intended to be temporary – put a timeframe on it.b) look at a co-management approach

@lucindahartley@codesignstudio

www.codesignstudio.com.au