Jane Field, Head of Programme and Services, Beam and David Hills, Architect DSDHA Presented the People Changing Places programme

1. Helping People Make Better Places
Jane Field, Head of Programmes and Services
David Hills, Director DSDHA

2. beam is…
an arts, architecture and learning
organisation for the Yorkshire region,
dedicated to the imaginative
understanding and improvement of the
public realm.

3. People make places…
beam combines creativity & practicality to
help people make better places, through –
• Learning & education
• The promotion of good design
• The arts in the public realm

4. Beam’s Services
• Design Awareness & Training
• Public Art Commissions and Strategies
• Schools for the Future
• Community Consultation and Engagement
• Conferences / Workshops / Seminars /
Summer Schools
• Exhibitions
• Transformations
• Working with Young People / Built
Environment Professionals / Local
Authorities / Education sector / Artists

5. People Changing Places

6. The Design Journey -
a Cohesive Package
Partner & Site
Identified.
Inspire, educate, aspire, consult
Programme
Participants
Identified.
Design
Site visits
workshops
Place Design
transformation PCP Journey awareness
event & training
Place
Good practice
transformation
seminars
workshops
Dissemination
 Broadcast
Site specific
 Publication
Regional  Evaluation

7. YORK PUBLIC
REALM STRATEGY

9. EXHIBITION
SQUARE

10. WORKSHOP 1
PLACECHECK
04 07 2009

14. WORKSHOP 1
THEMES:
WAYFINDING
DELIGHT
SUSTAINABILITY

15. WORKSHOP 2
A GRAND DAY OUT
IN SHEFFIELD
03 10 2009

18. Sheffield’s Transformation:
before…
SHEFFIELD:
BEFORE

19. SHEFFIELD:
AFTER
Images: Sheffield One

20. USING ART TO
CELEBRATE
HERITAGE
Images: CABE

22. WORKSHOP 2
FEEDBACK
What is Public Realm?
Key principles of good
design:
• Stimulating, challenging and
provoking
• Accessible for different users
• Place specific
• Identity – character
• Connections (physical & context)
• Wayfinding – movement, desire
• Quality
• Planting, soft landscape, variety
• Well maintained, well lit & Safe
• Community feel

23. YORK: THEMES
Remove traffic from square (8)
Add more seating (7)
Exhibit sculpture/art (7)
Provide/Enhance greenery (5)
Install creative lighting (5)
Provide live performance (4)
Improve access to / within square (4)
Create shelter (3)
Improve way-finding (2)
Create something interactive (2)
Improve historic interpretation (2)

24. MORE SEATING NO TRAFFIC
x7 x8
MORE ART PERFORMANCE
x7 x5

25. GREEN / SHELTER / LIGHT / ACCESS
x3/4

26. WORKSHOP 3
HOPES, DREAMS
AND DESIGNS

27. TEMPORARY TRANSFORMATION

28. PLACE / DELIGHT

29. TEMPORARY TRANSFORMATION

30. TEMPORARY TRANSFORMATION

31. EVENT / INTERACT

32. EVENT / INTERACT

33. DELIGHT / RECYCLE

34. -ve: VIEW / PERFORMANCE

35. +/-: ENCLOSE / INTERACT

36. +ve: VIEW / WAYFINDING

37. WORKSHOP 3
24 10 2009
CONTENT / PLACE
OWNERSHIP

42. TRANSFORMATION PROPOSAL
CLOSURE OF BUS LAY-BY
2 X GATEWAYS
1 x WALL ENCLOSURE
540 X CARDBOARD BOXES
1.1m x 0.78m x 0.76m
PILOT THEATRE PERFORMANCE

43. TRANSFORMATION
21 – 22 NOVEMBER

45. PREPARATION

46. Going Up…

47. Final Touches

48. YourSpace

49. Ambassadors

51. 03/09/10

52. 03/09/10

53. Bringing the Square
and the Statue to Life

54. 03/09/10

55. 03/09/10

57. 03/09/10

58. Darkness falls…

59. 03/09/10

60. 03/09/10

61. 03/09/10

62. 03/09/10

63. 03/09/10

64. GOOD DESIGN IN THE PUBLIC REALM
11 DECEMBER
Role Play
Cross departmental team working.

65. GOOD PRACTICE SEMINAR
25 FEBRUARY
Why should we invest in
our Public Spaces?

66. NATIONAL BROADCAST EVENT
30 MARCH
Sustainable Places = Sustainable Communities

67. People Changing Places
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