URBAN DESIGN EVENT

Urban Design Week 2013 - Active Urban Design: Physical activity and urban design

Monday 9 September 2013 - 23:14 to Saturday 28 September 2013 - 23:14

Urban Design Week is an annual National event that champions urban design by promoting and encouraging awareness of places through good practice, fostering innovation in the built environment, and celebrating urban culture and lifestyles. Urban Design Week was first launched in the United Kingdom but other countries are encouraged to participate by promoting it to make this a truly international event. If your organisation in your country is willing to also stage Urban Design Week do please let us know. events@urban-design-week.org.uk

Download Brochure:

http://www.udg.org.uk/sites/default/files/uploads/Urban-Design-Week-2013...

Carry out a Placecheck of your City, Town, or Neighbourhood during Urban Design Week.

Is it a healthy place?

www.placecheck.info

Organise a group of people in your local area such as students at university, schoolchildren supervised by a teacher, local amenity society, neighbourhood group, local authority or even local business groups.

Use the Placecheck criteria downloadable from the Placecheck web site above to ask questions about the place where you live, study or work.

Survey the place.

What do you like about it? What do you dislike about it? What should be done?
Use digital or mobile telephone cameras to capture images to support this.

  • · Think about the quality of the street(s). Is it active and vibrant or is it decaying?
  • · Are there vacant houses and shops?
  • · Is it a safe street by day and by night?
  • · Is it good for walking, good crossing points and comfortable underfoot?
  • · Is it good for cycling and has cycle parking facilities?
  • · Is traffic speed and noise an issue?
  • · Does the public transport system interface well with the street?
  • · Is there a presence or absence of trees?
  • · Do the streets connect with each other making it easier to get to other places or are there barriers to movement?
  • · Does the street furniture perform well and look attractive?
  • · Is the street clean or is there rubbish scattered around?
  • · What could be done to improve the street?
  • · Who should be involved?
  • · How could improvements be funded?
PDF icon Urban-Design-Week-2013.pdf
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