Temporary City - Summer Charrette

Kevin O'Sullivan, Shane Waring, Gerry Farrell, Igor Gocur, Blaithin Quinn, Nuala Flood, Simon Canz, Dave Andrews

Temporary City - Summer Charrette

+ Dame Court selected as a Study Site to apply theories and outcomes of my initial research

+ Research Theme: Temporary Urbanism- the activation of urban space through temporary interventions and low cost infrastructure improvements

+ How Temporary Urbanism can be leveraged as a strategic component of urban planning, and leveraged as a platform for citizen and business initiatives

+ Temporary City Team's work will inform my research project

Map of Local Districts & Quarters

Dame Court is part of Dame District, not specifically addressed in Grafton St. Quarter Public Realm Plan, and is outside of the Creative Quarter.

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+ Businesses have collaborated to identify common needs and develop a vision for the street

+ Dublin City BID helped develop an Area Action Plan

+ Site chosen because: pre-existing needs, familiarity with temporary interventions, collaborative business model in place, and an expressed interest by DCC to use temporary interventions in area

Definitions - Temporary Urbanism

+ Any intervention in the public realm that is not permanent - one that typically seeks to inform the function or perception of the public realm

+ StreetFeast, Clarendon St., Fade St., Parklet, Guerrila bike lanes

+ Can be Top-Down or Bottom-up

Temporary City Vision

+ We aim to redefine the approach to both the management and the use of public space (Shared Vision, Interactive and Engaging Spaces)

+ We are looking at the middleground where the street is a platform for local, site-specific initiatives

+ The strategic application of this through a measured process, that will inform the eventual and on going development of the street

Temporary City Vision

+ Working towards developing a model for strategically-applied Temporary Urbanism

+ Dame Court as pilot site to test: - the definition of strategically-applied Temporary Urbanism - the management structures we assume are required - the potential tools or ideas we think could happen

Temporary Urbanism - A Platform

+ Develop a Platform that citizens, businesses, and DCC can use to generate and trial new ideas within the public realm

+ Platform has 2 layers: - A Steering Group that systematically steers and promotes possibilities - In the case of Dame Court, it is the defined approach to intervening on the street

The Steering Group

+ A Stewardship process that oversees a structured program of interventions

+ An on-the-ground ambassador (a local champion) to manage the execution of the program, make and nurture links with stockholders, and see projects through

+ This is guided by an over arching set of deals (Mission Statement) + Uses a transparent measurement structure to guide what is done and how it is done

Steering Group - Mission Statement

+ To steer and promote possibilities for development within the public realm.

+ This is achieved by forming an understanding of the nature of a specific street, district, or neighbourhood.

+ This is applied through a structured platform that requests new ideas and initiatives, transparently prioritises the projects, manages the executinio of them

+ This is systematically assessed through a measured, transparent process

+ Each intervention is considered a Minimal Viable Product-the smallest viable intervention that can test the efficacy of the overall project as well as the specific intervention

+ Each is measured and lessons are cycled back into the overall project.

+ The Steering Group itself is an MVP

Possible Steering Group Members

+ Representatives from key stake holders:

DCC Rep Dublin City BID Rep Local Business Rep Local Citizen Rep Community Artist Local Built Environment Practitioner Researcher/Student

+ Characteristics of the Ambassador:

Knowledge of city and city mechanisms Knowledge of street, district, or neighbourhood Local Citizen

Steering Group - Process Map

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The Street - The Vision

+ Mobilise a platform for citizen, business, and DCC initiatives

+ Use Temporary Urbanism as an iterative, measured process that informs the ongoing development of the street

+ Ensure all interventions and development follows a set of stated principles and intentions: The platform is a catalyst It is an outlet for user generated initiatives It seeks a rebalancing of the street It promotes a flexible approach to street revitalisation It is iterative, accepts failure, and applies lessons

The Street - Temporary Interventions

+ Each intervention is considered a MVP (Minimal Viable Product)

+ These are Built, Measured, and Learned from

+ They are planned by identifying what we want to learn, how we are going to measure, resulting in what it is to be built

+ Each intervention informs how and what type of intervention happens within the space and informs the ongoing, incremental development of the street

+ They test the very nature of the project itself

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How it Happens

How it is Designed

The Nature of the Street

+ It feels like: Heavy use at opposite ends of street, with a neglected core Hidden away, secluded, quiet, slows you down, feels like you've discovered it

+ We seek to:

Cultivate a "meaningful" experience Use an assets based approach to drive future proposals Trial new ideas, celebrate failure, and promote citizen manipulation of the built environment

The Street - 5 Possible Initial Ideas

+ Close Street to all vehicle traffic

+ Curtail car traffic

+ 100 movable chairs placed in central core area

+ Art focus in central core

+ Animate building facades in central core

Possible Ideas

Temporary City Conclusions

+ Identified limitations to previous examples of Temporary Urbanism or its possible potential

+ Proposed a new model for management of the public realm and a new way for people to use and engage with it

+ We propose a Steering Group with a clear mission and transparent measurement process

+ Each intervention informs the next as well as the overall project itself

+ It is in response to real, established needs, is within context, and responsive to the nature of the site

+ It is achievable and can be trailed immediately