- INVEST IN – GAIN EXPERTISE OUT
U R B A N B A N K
D R A W I N G S
MARY PORTAS and HIGH STREET INITIATIVES
MARY PORTAS has been appointed to lead an independent review of HIGH STREETS.
She is asking for contributions, information, thoughts and ideas about opinions on the current and future visions for improving and regenerating HIGH STREETS.
She only has until AUGUST 2011 to get this done…… tough call!
MINDFUL DESIGN PRACTICE – PRESENTATION
- MY VISION of the PRESENTATION
This is a sketch of how I have visualised my MDP presentation which will be delivered at 1300hrs on Tuesday 17 May 2011. The venue is the MASTERS of DESIGN STUDIO. I am last to go from all the other full tiome and part-time students – so no pressure then? The presentatioon is a strictly controlled 15 minutes, which based on tutorial advice, will use approx 15 slides at a delivery pace of one slide per minute. 100 words per minute is the average delivery for oral presentations. As I fine-tune my powerpoint for the presentation I realise that I have to be very organised but relaxed. I am used to makeing presentations to students in my job as an FE lecturer, but I am delivering to an academic and advisory panel of 3-4 people, who are assessing my project development work for MINDFUL DESIGN PRACTICE. I have checked my presentation against the assessment criteria and I look forward to delivering it confidently and succinctly tomorrow. Off to rehearse it again!
TRANSITIONAL SPACES – CO-DESIGN HUB WORKSHOPS
need to find a name to launch the BIG IDEA for establishing co-design hub workshops to enable participatory interaction to happen between stakeholder groups.
KIRKCALDY is on the map !
Political victors in national elections proclaimed ………..
“KIRKCALDY IS MY KINDA TOWN” -A.Salmond – Friday 6 may 2011
Inspiration comes from other developments that have been created in recent times:
CLAYSTATION PLAYING WITH THE CITY LIMINAL SPACES
FUTURE CITY I lOVE KIRKCALDY BIG THINGS ON THE BEACH
how about………….
MY KINDA TOWN or ?
transitional spaces – other links to projects in urban developments
URBAN ALCHEMIST
This is an interesting presentation of the methods and tools developed for SHEFFIELD.
The presentation methods are well designed and use a mix of drawing and photographic techniques to present their ideas and findings. It shows in a graphic visual way how the project developed and how the information data was gathered. I like this work.
http://www.urbanalchemist.wordpress.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kZNZXYPQkg&feature=player_embedded
TUTORIAL FEEDBACK on TUESDAY 3 MAY 2011
Tutorial meetings with course advisers is always of great benefit to my design thinking. Presenting a clear definitive proposal for the MDes project is vital for successfully completing the MINDFUL DESIGN PRACTICE MODULE. Today was a refocus of my design activity for the research project and enables me to move on to develop a assessed presentation.
THE PROJECT HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO MEET THE FOLLOWING ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:
RATIONALE AND CONTENT : how the project fits in the world and who will benefit ?
METHODS : which design methods have been selected or created ?
PRODUCTION : what prototypes have been produced + level of detail ?
PROJECT MANAGEMENT : how timeline of activity is mapped to meet endpoint?
A 15 minute POWERPOINT PRESENTATION is being developed to deliver to the assessment deadline for Tuesday 17 May 2011.
IDEAS for NEW WORKSHOPS to ENGAGE with STAKEHOLDERS
KIRKCALDY CASE STUDY SKETCH THUMBNAILS
QUICK Bic pens draft sketches as thoughts on paper, to show initial ideas for a potential range of options for the Mdes Research Project. It could be that a combination of elements could work together, or it may be preferable to select just ONE IDEA and run with it!
Initially, I wanted to have a braod overview of how the town of Kirkcaldy operated and the wayfinding survey and exercises were my start point for discovering the town form an new way of thinking. Currently I am looking at the town centre environs with the declining High Street being a particular focus for my research to establish how and what is require to re-create and enliven the High Street after the retail areas close down.
TOWN WORKSHOP EVENTS
Each town has many facets and physical attributes, including unique geographic location.
Each town has its own identity but sometimes new developments and planning issues may affect the way it is able to portray its urbanism to its population and to its visitors and traders.
Politicians and local councillors, business improvement districts, local area action groups, web-based social groups, developers and regeneration projects, planning departments, civic societies, community groups, historical societies, businesses and traders, property agents, as well as the population in each town, all have different viewpoints and specific issues and campaign needs.
However, it seems that there is nothing or no forum that pulls them together to combine strategic thinking other than information and promotion of the separate agendas published in the local newspaper or journal based on editorial priorities.
TOWN WORKSHOP EVENTS ( working title) is a proposition to all interested organisations and individuals to gather together in specially arranged activity workshops and discussion forums, to build common good thinking and practice into a cohesive form, that will enable greater co-operation in the development of future thinking for each town.
I O N S P A C E 