QI on Place presentation - March 15
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Looking for a quirky, funny and meaningful session on place, planning and urban design? Email Andrew about QI Place for your next event or conference. Based on the British comedy television quiz show QI hosted by Stephen Fry, four attendees test their “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning. Obscure or twisted questions will get you thinking about the relationship between planning and place. Yes, panellists get points for the right answer, but top points go to an interesting perspective or joke answer... we’ll deduct points for pathetically wrong answers. We won’t just accept anyone - you’ll have to be “an ace on place” to nominate for the panel. You’ll score yourself with our skills audit on placemaking during the session. Don’t worry - we’ll give you a little bit of background first. "Andrew's hosting of the QI style session on placemaking was informative, witty and very engaging. Many attendees spoke with me after the session advising that the humour kept them engaged and subsequently learning. Great session Andrew and well done" Dyan Currie, National President Planning Institute of Australia
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- 1. i place
- 2. THE WHAT, WHY OF PLACEMAKING Flinders St, Townsville, QLD, AUS
- 3. Coronation St, Bardon, QLD, AUS 1.1 PLACEMAKING ▸ “Placemaking is enabling and empowering people to create attractive place”
- 4. ENABLING Warner Way, Caroline Springs, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
- 5. EMPOWERING Royal Croquet Club, Victoria Square, Adelaide City, SA, AUS
- 6. Flinders St, Townsville, QLD, AUS STANDARD PLACEMAKING ▸ Incrementally creating quality places through independent urban design projects which enable activities and sense of place.
- 7. Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS STRATEGIC PLACEMAKING ▸ Larger-scale transformative projects, strategies and activities for a location.
- 8. Ruthven St, Toowoomba, QLD, AUS CREATIVE PLACEMAKING ▸ Partners from public, private, non-profit, and community sectors shape the physical and social character of a neighbourhood, town, city, or region around arts and cultural activities
- 9. Ballarat Street, Yarraville, VIC, AUS POPUP PLACEMAKING ▸ Lighter, quicker, cheaper
- 10. PLACEMAKERS PLACE MANAGER ▸ Is a Placemaker who manages a defined area of significance ▸ Proactive intervention which maintains the qualities of a successful place and responds to change.
- 11. THE VILLIAN? 'City of Light' by the Hilltop Hoods I'm from the city of light, with a sky of vanilla, Known as the city of churches home of the serial killer... Cans and markers, Country Road parkers, Hands of an artist left the landscape enchanted, Until the government pigs had all the paint washed, From our city walls, end of the renaissance, And so walls where the colours once played, Were replaced by the buff, now a sullen blunt grey, White washed, shitty, all grey, all black, Waiting for the kids of this city to take their walls back.
- 12. Woodsons Lane, Adelaide City, SA, AUS CHANGE IS HAPPENING
- 13. URBAN DESIGN Uruk (4,000–3100 BC) Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uruk_Archaealogical_site_at_Warka,_Iraq_MOD_45156521.jpg
- 14. THE VILLIAN
- 15. BP City Road, Southbank, Melbourne, VIC, AUS PLACES FOR PEOPLE NOT JUST CARS
- 16. ▸ Urban design creates authentic, sustainable and quality places for people across the range of urban environments. Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC, AUS INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS URBAN DESIGN?
- 17. QUALITY PUBLIC SPACE ▸ William H Whyte : “It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished .” Melton, VIC, AUS
- 18. SENSE OF PLACE ▸ Built environment (urban design) ▸ +++ features, events, people and activities (Social Fabric) ▸ Emerging attributes: opportunity, identity, innovation, creativity, authenticity – more powerful attractors Hibberson St, Gungahlin, Canberra, ACT, AUS
- 19. Parap Markets, Parap, Darwin, NT, AUS 1.9 INTRODUCTION: URBAN DESIGN V PLACEMAKING? ▸ Urban design: ▸ The Stage ▸ House ▸ Hardware ▸ New buildings and infrastructure ▸ design ▸ Space ▸ Very good ▸ Experts? ▸ Enables placemaking? ▸ Placemaking: ▸ The Show ▸ Home ▸ Software ▸ Existing buildings and places ▸ Activities ▸ place ▸ Remarkable ▸ People ▸ People watchers?
- 20. PEOPLE MAKING PLACES Centre Place, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
- 21. PLACEMAKING... DOLLARS AND SENSE
- 22. NO COST TO COUNCIL Section 8 Bar, Tatersalls Lane, Melbourne, VIC, AUS ▸ “Improving social connection is not necessarily hard or costly. In many cases, big returns can come from small outlays.” (Grattan Institute 2012)
- 23. REDUCES COSTS – POPUP PLACEMAKING Yarraville, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, ▸ Open Streets ▸ Play Streets ▸ Build a Better Block ▸ Park(Ing) Day ▸ Guerilla Gardening ▸ Pop-Up Retail ▸ Pavement To Plazas ▸ Pavement To Parks ▸ Pop-Up Cafes ▸ Depave ▸ Chair Bombing ▸ Food Carts/Trucks ▸ Site Pre-Vitalization ▸ Pop-Up Town Hall ▸ Informal Bike Parking ▸ Intersection Repair ▸ Ad-Busting ▸ Reclaimed Setbacks ▸ Park Mobile ▸ Weed Bombing ▸ Mobile Vendors ▸ Micro-Mixing ▸ Park-Making ▸ Camps
- 24. http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=4236 REDUCE COSTS - PROTOTYPING
- 27. Latrobe Tce, Paddington, QLD, AUS REDUCE COSTS – ENABLE THE LOCALS
- 28. ▸ AusHomes Villa House ▸ 320 m² (two community titles – Villa + loft) ▸ $299,900 in 2011 ▸ Aiming to achieve 50 dwellings/ha in next stage on freehold title. ▸ Housing Innovations ▸ Fitzgibbon Chase Snapshot PLACE = AFFORDABLE LIVING Palmerston Lane, Fitzgibbon Chase, Brisbane, QLD, AUS ▸ AusHomes Loft Home ▸ 1 Bedroom + 1 bathroom (97m²) ▸ $199,900 in 2011 ▸ 320 m² (two community titles – Villa + loft) ▸ Aiming to achieve 50 dwellings/ha in next stage on freehold title. ▸ Housing Innovations
- 29. YOU CAN'T HOUSE TWO FAMILIES IN 65M²! Smart Home - Kevin Doodney and Ian Ugarte
- 30. 8.4 AFFORDABLE LIVING ▸ Next Generation Planning ▸ The average US family works from January 1 to April 13 just to pay for its cars. For many living in sprawl, it can be half the year. (https://twitter.com/urbanda ta) Source: http://versatile1.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/
- 31. PLACE = SAFETY Darwin Waterfront, Darwin, NT, AUS ▸ "Some benefits can be achieved from CCTV roll-out, but these are often misunderstood and overstated" Sydney Morning Herald ▸ “Current research has already shown that CPTED is an effective tool in reducing opportunities for crime, fear of crime and nuisance problems“ ACT Crime Prevention and Urban Design Resource Manual
- 32. River Quay, South Bank, Brisbane, QLD, AUS PLACE = HEALTHY + FIT Other than changes to our food production & retail system, what can reduce obesity? ▸ Exercise – yes ▸ Good food choices - yes ▸ Gym membership – no ▸ Density – no ▸ Sprawl - no ▸ Highly walkable neighbourhoods – yes ▸ Walking to shop – we don’t know
- 33. Sparta Place - Brunswick, Melbourne, VIC, AUS PLACE = MORE TIME, LESS CONGESTION ▸ Living car-free in walkable areas fits younger lifestyles. Fewer young people want cars. In 1995 people age 21 to 30 drove 21 percent of all miles driven in the U.S.; in 2009 it was 14 percent, despite consistent growth of the age group. [Advertising Age, 2010]
- 34. Lane off Winn St, The Valley, Brisbane. QLD, AUS THE BENEFITS – ENHANCE VALUES ▸ A one-point increase in Walk Score is associated with between a $700 and $3,000 increase in home values. [CEOs for Cities, 2009] ▸ NY Times ▸ 1990s, high-end outer suburbs contained most of the expensive housing in the USA. ▸ Today, it’s in the high- density, pedestrian-friendly neighbourhoods of the centre city and inner suburbs
- 35. Le Dinner en Blanc, South Banc, Brisbane, QLD, AUS PLACE = FUTURE PROOFING ▸ Ellen Dunham Jones ▸ 85% of households in 2025 will not have kids ▸ 77% of Millenniums/Gen Y want to live in urban core ▸ 75% of retiring baby boomers say they want mixed use and mixed age ▸ Combined they represent ½ of the popn in the USA ▸ “A quarter of Australian households now consist of people living by themselves and this is the fastest growing household type” (Grattan Institute 2012)
- 36. http://grattan.edu.au/static/files/assets/71ebb882/117_report_getting_the_housing_we_want.pdf PLACE = FUTURE PROOFING
- 37. THE BENEFITS – UNDERPERFORMING ASSETS Mizner Park - Boca Raton USA
- 38. 8 RETROFITTING SUBURBIA? Mizner Park - Boca Raton USA ▸ New York Times - February 5, 2012 ▸ Near-record vacancy rates (11%) at malls of all kinds. ▸ There are about 108,000 shopping centres in America. ▸ A new enclosed mall has not opened in the United States since 2006.
- 43. The Monk Pub, South Terrace, Fremantle, WA, AUS ▸ The Australian June 15, 2011 12:00AM ▸ "The retailers that are most at risk are in the shopping strips that aren't somewhere like Toorak Road or Bridge Road in Melbourne, where there's upmarket coffee shops and lifestyle options to attract people to the area." A SLOW DEATH HERE?
- 44. THE BENEFITS – CREATIVE ECONOMY Murray St Mall - Perth, WA, AUS
- 45. THE BENEFITS – BRANDING + PROMOTION Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AUS
- 46. Ruthven Street, Toowoomba, QLD, AUS THE BENEFITS – LOCAL BUSINESS ▸ “UK research suggests that improving the pedestrian environment on ten high streets (totalling 24 km) would result in annual public benefits of up to £4.3 million a year“(Grattan Institute 2012)
- 47. REDUCE ADVERSE EFFECTS “The modern America of obesity, inactivity, depression, and loss of community has not ‘happened’ to us; rather we legislated, subsidized, and planned it.” http://www.placemakers.com/2012/11/12/urban-happiness-index-revisited/ Latrobe, Tce, Paddington, QLD, AUS
- 48. THE BENEFITS – INTERACTION Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AUS ▸ “Loneliness can have serious health consequences, with a similar impact to high blood pressure, lack of exercise, obesity, or smoking.” ▸ “Improving social connection is not necessarily hard or costly. In many cases, big returns can come from small outlays.” (Grattan Institute 2012)
- 49. Rabbit + Cocoon, 23 Hillcrest Parade, Miami, Gold Coast, QLD, AUS CLIMATE CHANGE: REDUCTION + ADAPTION ▸ Average urban dweller in the USA has 1/3 carbon footprint of suburban dweller. ▸ ClimateSmart: ▸ compact, self-contained regional development ▸ active and public transport-based community ▸ maintaining ecologically diverse and viable natural habitats.
- 50. SUSTAINABILITY Christie Walk Eco-Village, Sturt St – Adelaide, SA, AUS ▸ Any sound principles for a good urban place must be sustainable ▸ social equity ▸ economic vitality ▸ environmental responsibility ▸ Cities can make a significant contribution Good urban design is a powerful tool for achieving a higher quality of life, greater economic vitality and a more efficient use of resources. It is key to making places where talented people will want to live, and which will nurture economic success.” Urban Initiatives, 2003, p. 3
- 51. PLACES FOR PEOPLE AND TRAFFIC Poynton, Cheshire East, UK
- 52. Gore Pl, Geelong, Victoria, AUS ISN’T THIS WHAT YOU WANT? ▸ Avoid adverse effects ▸ Doesn't necessarily increase costs ▸ Reduce Costs ▸ Delivers customers value ▸ Pro-development ▸ Delivers broad benefits to society
- 53. CH2 Building - Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 2015 TRENDS ▸ Placemaking - "you're soaking in it“
- 54. Arena di Verona, Verona, Italy 2015 TRENDS ▸ It's not Rocket Science
- 55. Wilson Ave, Brunswick, VIC, AUS 2015 TRENDS ▸ Some places can't be left to chance
- 56. Nambour Place Creation - preparing action map. 2015 TRENDS ▸ Enabling your team
- 57. Pompidou, Paris, France 2015 TRENDS ▸ A global trend - so act!
- 58. Queen St, Nambour, QLD, AUS 2015 TRENDS ▸ Empowering the locals
- 59. Nocturnal - City of Greater Dandenong, VIC, AUS (Jason Edwards Photography) 2015 TRENDS ▸ Problem before the solution (the other way around never works)
- 60. Goyder Square, Palmerston City, NT, Australia 2015 TRENDS ▸ You can't manage what you don't measure
- 61. 2015 TRENDS Conventional Placemaking Implement Rules Break them Regulate Create Authority Empower Work in silos Cooperate Buy expertise Enable Build projects Create places Fight vandalism Street art and graffiti Deliver very good Deliver remarkable Clean Grunge Build hard Infrastructure Support social fabric Heavy, slow, expensive Lighter, quicker, cheaper Write policy Do the story Write strategy Take action Strive for consistency Seek the contradictions Cover up mistakes Make small mistakesCave painting by Banksy - Leake Street in London, May 2008 - painted over by August.
- 62. Albert St Picnic, Brisbane City, QLD, AUS (Source URBNE) 2015 TRENDS ▸ Popup - lighter, quicker cheaper
- 63. http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/assets/STRATEGY-placemaking-2013-15.pdf 2015 TRENDS ▸ Moving from Popup to legacy
- 64. Adelaide City, SA, AUS 2015 TRENDS ▸ Show me the money
- 65. Fllinders St, Melbourne, VIC, AUS (http://www.huntingthebungle.com/white-night-melbourne-2013/? 2015 TRENDS ▸ Places as brand
- 66. Queensberry Street,-Carlton, VIC, AUS 2015 TRENDS ▸ Is there an app for that
- 67. South Bank, QLD, AUS 2015 TRENDS ▸ Be prepared to make small mistakes
- 68. LUCKY IT’S INTRINSIC Urbne Festival, Brisbane City, QLD, AUS
- 69. ii place
- 87. “Townsville, Capital of Northern Australia; the City with Opportunity and Great Lifestyle ”
- 119. ii place
Notes de l'éditeur
- Anyone here a QI Fan? QI on place is based on the BBC TV quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry and featuring Alan Davies Whatever is interesting we are interested in. Whatever is not interesting, we are even more interested in. Everything is interesting if looked at in the right way. So let me ask again anyone here a QI Fan? I can’t hear you? At QI (Quite Interesting) on Place. Four conference attendees will test their “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning. We won’t just accept anyone from the conference. You’ll have to be “an ace on place” to nominate for the panel. Don’t worry; we’ll give you a little bit of background first...
- Anyone here a QI Fan? QI on place is based on the BBC TV quiz show hosted by Stephen Fry and featuring Alan Davies Whatever is interesting we are interested in. Whatever is not interesting, we are even more interested in. Everything is interesting if looked at in the right way. So let me ask again anyone here a QI Fan? I can’t hear you? At QI (Quite Interesting) on Place. You will test their “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning. Don’t worry; we’ll give you a little bit of background first...
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- A simpler definition of urban design (thanks to participant feedback!). Places like Federation Square are designed with one or more functions in mind.
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- Stories like the bible or the koran have always played a critical role in our society In fact many people argue that our brains are wired to remember stories. We often tell stories about places. Particularly with songs. (click) What song is this? What place? What story does it have? What is Council doing? (click)
- Stories like the bible or the koran have always played a critical role in our society In fact many people argue that our brains are wired to remember stories. We often tell stories about places. Particularly with songs. (click) What song is this? What place? What story does it have? What is Council doing? (click)
- A simpler definition of urban design (thanks to participant feedback!). Places like Federation Square are designed with one or more functions in mind.
- It's all about quality public space - which can affect the way people feel. A drawing of an apartment building which not only responds to the climate... but also the street! “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us”. Winston Churchill
- Often social fabric (soft infrastructure) is critical to placemaking - the events, festivals etc The arrow marks the couch!
- I have made several movies from interviews I have done with Ozzie urban designers/placemakers. Unfortunately, these are hard to share online at present. Keep your eye out for Placefocus.com - a website I am setting up so you can view these in the future.
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- Michael’s guide to housing affordability could easily be titled Andrew’s guide to urban design in the suburbs?
- Michael’s guide to housing affordability could easily be titled Andrew’s guide to urban design in the suburbs?
- Michael’s guide to housing affordability could easily be titled Andrew’s guide to urban design in the suburbs?
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- Another movie you will eventually be able to see on www.placefocus.com
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- The new library with a cafe on the corner and learning facilities upstairs is a great example of the public sector delivering good urban design with public buildings and facilitating a new urban centre!
- So we have refreshed your memory on Placemaking and urban design.
- Thanks for completing the test – have a chat with your neighbour about the results. We now need four panelists to test their general ignornace. Ladies and Gentlemen, planners, urban designers and placemakers - the floor is know open for the Ace of Place to nominate for QI. Remember it’s not about being right – it’s about being quite interesting. Stand up if you’d like to nominate.
- We now need four panelists to test their general ignornace. Ladies and Gentlemen, planners, urban designers and placemakers - the floor is know open for the Ace of Place to nominate for QI. Remember it’s not about being right – it’s about being quite interesting. You will be testing your “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning. Obscure or twisted questions will get you thinking about the relationship between planning and place. Yes, panellists get points for the right answer, but top points go to an interesting answer or joke answer... we’ll deduct points for pathetically wrong answers. HIT BUZZER
- Having refreshed your memory on Placemaking and urban design we will now test your general ignornace. Remember it’s not about being right – it’s about being quite interesting. You will be testing your “Quite Interesting” knowledge on places and planning. Obscure or twisted questions will get you thinking about the relationship between planning and place. Yes, you’ll get points for the right answer, but top points go to an interesting answer or joke answer... we’ll deduct points for pathetically wrong answers.
- Question Context is important in authentic places so let’s start there. What nationality were the first to discover Australia (other than the Aborigines) Right Chinese in 1432 Quite Interesting Dutch 150 years before Cook Pathetically wrong James Cook – who wasn't a captain rather a Lieutenant and wasn't even the first Englishman – that was William Dampier in 1688. Joke Answer
- Question Why is the pole in the middle of the footpath? Right Because Main Roads would have had to talk to Energex to hang it off the Powerpole. Quite Interesting To prevent pedestrians from accessing the shops and public transport Pathetically wrong It’s the rules The guidelines say it has to 750mm from the kerb Joke Answer It's funny when people walk into it.
- Question What city is this? In the Movie “How To Make an Attractive City” has this an example of what to do or what not to do? Right What not to do Quite Interesting There is no serious conversation about the future of this freeway. Pathetically wrong Joke Answer It’s a great way to celebrate the birthplace of Brisbane
- Question What is wrong with this photo? Right The skip bin has blocked the footpath Quite Interesting The bin is not in the kerbside. Pathetically wrong AT QI Place we are led to believe that in Brisbane refuse bins are to be located on the footpath not the kerbside. Joke Answer
- Question Why? Quite Interesting Traffic calming for pedestrians? ;) Clearly it has been so successful that, well, there are no pedestrians! Stylised speed bump for cyclists....? Joke Answer It is an historical artefact from the times when local government provided bins. it sits as a monument to the past. I reckon it moves around at night vacuuming rubbish before returning to the same spot before dawn. Like a urban rock limpet?
- Question What’s happening here Right The skip bin has blocked the footpath Quite Interesting Nature trail Would we do this if it was a road? Pathetically wrong Waiting for developer contributions from next stage of development Joke Answer Hopefully the light works
- Question What happened to the windows of these houses in Newmarket, Brisbane? Right Noise management condition from Council Quite Interesting The houses close their eyes and sleep during the day. Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Boarded up to hide the Meth Lab
- Question What city is this? In the Movie “How To Make an Attractive City” has this an example of what to do or what not to do? Right What not to do Quite Interesting There is no serious conversation about the future of this freeway. Pathetically wrong Joke Answer It’s a great way to celebrate the birthplace of Brisbane
- Question Why do we have setbacks from streets? Right No one really knows Quite Interesting Keep flies from rubbish bins Pathetically wrong Disease and traffic noise Visitor parking Joke Answer SEE NEXT SLIDE – Astro turf striding coffee drinkers
- Question Right Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question What is the Council Vision Right “Townsville, Capital of Northern Australia; the City with Opportunity and Great Lifestyle ” Quite Interesting It doesn't matter Pathetically wrong Joke Answer To be as far away from the people on the street as possible
- Question What is the function of these buildings Right Apartments Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer It’s not the Gold Coast Cultural centre – no need...
- Question Is there such a thing as too much Yarn Bombing? Right Probably Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong What is yarn bombing? Joke Answer It was so 2013!
- Question Would this get planning approval? Right Quite Interesting Zurich’s first bonsai-skyscraper: Low enough not to violate the city’s restriction on high-rise buildings. High enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine. Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question What’s happened to the footpath? Right Is been disconnected to allow for widening on one of Brisbane’s quietest streets as a condition of approval. Quite Interesting The widening is unlikely ever to happen. So what do we do with these spaces in the meantime? Opportunity for revenue making for Council through popup placemaking. Pathetically wrong People don’t like narrow streets. Joke Answer Sell the land back to the owner which wasn’t bought in the first place...
- Question Our street sale... What is illegal in this photo Right A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A pedestrian must not travel along a road if there is a footpath or nature strip adjacent to the road. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. The garage sale must be held within the boundaries of the householders property. Quite Interesting Promoting interaction and interest Pathetically wrong See above Joke Answer
- Question What has happened to this street and who was the architect behind it? Right Jan Gehl convinced the city to create places for people not just cars Quite Interesting European cities have not always been perfect places for people. Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question Which cities in Australia have implemented Jan Gehls Reports Right Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question What is this called Right It’s the Gold Coast Highway - A sub-arterial road? Quite Interesting Some designers might call this a Stroad - is the futon of transportation alternatives. Where a futon is a piece of furniture that serves both as an uncomfortable couch and an uncomfortable bed. A STROAD moves cars at speeds too slow to get around efficiently but too fast to support productive private sector investment. The result is an expensive highway and a declining tax base. Pathetically wrong A street Joke Answer
- Question What are the rare and threatened species in the photo. Right The telephone booth – it should already be a popup library. Two BCC Councillors talking about streets and places. Bernard, A local volunteer place manager Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer The pedestrians who tried to cross this Main Rd
- Question Who designed this centre and what effect is named after him? Clue: ABC Right Austrian born architect Victor Gruen. In shopping-mall design, the Gruen transfer is the moment when consumers enter a shopping mall and, surrounded by an intentionally confusing layout, lose track of their original intentions spend more time and money than inteneded. Quite Interesting In a speech in London in 1978, Gruen disavowed shopping mall developments as having "bastardized" his ideas: "I refuse to pay alimony for those bastard developments." Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question What name do we give these places? Right Melaleuca Woods – The characteristics we removed in order to build the development Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question Which street as the most Vehicles Per Day? Right Neither – they are both around 18,000 Quite Interesting Prior to WWII we designed places for people not cars... Pathetically wrong Aerodrome Rd, Maroochy Joke Answer
- Question Is this criminal Right In QLD “Graffiti or ‘tagging’ is a form of vandalism. Defacing property with graffiti is anti-social behaviour and punishable by law.” Quite Interesting It’s criminal that Melbourne is the only city making money from tourists visiting these street art galleries Pathetically wrong No Joke Answer Just don’t get caught with a spray can in your hand
- Question Anyone bolt their lounge to the floor next to the rubbish bins at home? Right It’s what the guidelines say Quite Interesting Bins are bigger than the seat Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Don’t want people to walk to far...
- Question Boiling pools of scalding, stinky mud in your city park – asset or liability Right Asset – free tourist attraction Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Liability Joke Answer Asset – removing stupid people from the gene pool
- Question What’s wrong this photo? Right No thought to desire lines (they even put in the fence). No bike facilities Quite Interesting Space for temporary activation or buildings. Pathetically wrong The flags Joke Answer
- Question What is this? Right The cause of Global Warming Quite Interesting Urban garden, skateboarding, playground, water slide... Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Money pit for Council’s street surfacing unit
- Question What was here before the cafe? Right Carpark located in front of the shops. Quite Interesting A trend to infill carparks with shops and buildings which support streets and actually make money. Pathetically wrong It’s always been there... Joke Answer
- Question What is this? Right A parklet – a temporary park placed on a car park in front of a shop or cafe. Quite Interesting A parklot - cost $1m for “temporary” infrastructure delivered by the South Australian State Government. Pathetically wrong possibly in the wrong location. Joke Answer
- Question Who buys from local shops – cars, cyclists or pedestrians? Right Cyclists and pedestrians Quite Interesting We can fit ten bikes in one carspace. Pathetically wrong Cars Joke Answer We still have minimum parking requirements.
- Question Are skate parks assets or liabilities Right Assets particularly when located in busy places. Quite Interesting It’s not just teenagers anymore. It’s actually good exercise and really interesting to watch. Pathetically wrong Liability because it encourages teenagers Joke Answer Who cares – they're only teenagers...
- Question What are they doing Right Intersection repair – painting a local road to add interest and slow traffic Quite Interesting Since 2001 (that’s 13 years ago) Portland, Oregon City Council have had a Permit to Modify City Intersections Pathetically wrong Something anti-social Joke Answer Tagging
- Question Is this allowed? Right No – Energex does not allow painting of power poles Quite Interesting No – and that’s what makes it fun. Locals are encouraged to add personality to their streets and places by authorities Pathetically wrong Yes What happened if everyone wanted to do this? Joke Answer
- Question Why do we have one way traffic sewers in Brisbane? Right Because some people still believe that streets and roads are for cars not people. Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Because Brisbane and the Valley are places to drive through – not get to. Joke Answer Because we don’t want the tunnels to make money
- Question Where does most of the road funding come from? Right Taxes and rates (which includes cyclists) Quite Interesting Fuel excise Pathetically wrong Car Registrations Joke Answer No one really knows
- Question What is this? Right A missed public art opportunity Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Apparently it’s just the tip of the iceberg
- Question What is this? Right A missed public art opportunity Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Apparently it’s just the tip of the iceberg
- Question My kids and our neighbours running a Papaw stall. What’s wrong with this photo? Right A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to solicit contributions from an occupant of a vehicle. The Natural Assets Local Law 2003 does not allow you to put garden beds on the footpath. You must get a footway permit if you are placing a temporary structure on the footway. Quite Interesting It creates interesting places and encourages interaction. Pathetically wrong See Right above Joke Answer Isn’t this what footpaths are for?
- Question What is this street and what was the original vision? Right Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question Right Quite Interesting A covered road sewer Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- I’ll share a joke while the QI Elves count the score... There was a Doctor, a Civil Engineer, and a Planner sitting around late one evening, and they got to discussing which was the oldest profession. The Doctor pointed out that according to Biblical tradition, God created Eve from Adam's rib. This obviously required surgery, so therefore that was the oldest profession in the world. The Engineer countered with an earlier passage in the Bible that stated that God created order from the chaos, and that was most certainly the biggest and best civil engineering example ever, and also proved that his profession was the oldest profession. The Planner leaned back in her chair, and with a sly smile responded, "Yes, but who do you think created the chaos?"
- Which brings us to our final scores Sitting in fourth place – stuck in the a strip warehouse carpark on Nicklin Way .... In Third place – drinking Starbucks coffee and overlooking the canal at Sunshine Plaza is... Setting In second place – drinking coffee on Queen St, Nambour is... In first place – spraying graffiti on the back wall of Centenary Square is... I hope this Place game has got you thinking what we do and don’t do to create places
- Question What’s this? Right Cavill Avenue, Surfers Paradise, circa 1925 Quite Interesting It’s a street for people – not cars... Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Chris Buckley and Greg Vann on an early Buckley Vann study tour
- Question Who is this? Right Marshall Lancaster – English actor from TV Show Ashes to Ashes Quite Interesting John Gaskill from John Gaskell Planning Consultants Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Ringo Starr
- Question Who has more canals? Gold Coast or Venice Right Gold Coast - over 260 kilometres or 9 times the length of the canals of Venice. Quite Interesting Less is more in Placemaking and urban design Pathetically wrong Joke Answer
- Question What are we and are we place managers, place makers, urban designers Right Street Cleaners – place maker and place manager Quite Interesting Pathetically wrong Joke Answer Urban designer working on the weekend to get the kids through school. What will happen when I support the broom with my fingers and move them together?