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    This document provides information about a course on developing successful public spaces. The primary focus of urban design is creating engaging public spaces for social interaction and participation. Public spaces like streets, plazas, and parks are important for social aspects of human life by providing opportunities for observation, interaction, and participation in public life. The course will look at key ingredients for successful public spaces, including vision, design quality, implementation, management, and their impact on public and private development. It is designed for planners, designers, developers, and engineers to enhance their understanding of public spaces and how to analyze and design them.

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    This document provides information about a course on developing successful public spaces. The primary focus of urban design is creating engaging public spaces for social interaction and participation. Public spaces like streets, plazas, and parks are important for social aspects of human life by providing opportunities for observation, interaction, and participation in public life. The course will look at key ingredients for successful public spaces, including vision, design quality, implementation, management, and their impact on public and private development. It is designed for planners, designers, developers, and engineers to enhance their understanding of public spaces and how to analyze and design them.

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    This document provides information about a course on developing successful public spaces. The primary focus of urban design is creating engaging public spaces for social interaction and participation. Public spaces like streets, plazas, and parks are important for social aspects of human life by providing opportunities for observation, interaction, and participation in public life. The course will look at key ingredients for successful public spaces, including vision, design quality, implementation, management, and their impact on public and private development. It is designed for planners, designers, developers, and engineers to enhance their understanding of public spaces and how to analyze and design them.

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    Successful Public Spaces

    The major attraction of any city is its people, its life and vitality. This is
    clear, as the benches with the best view of public life are always the first
    ones to be occupied; we can see this in the fact that the caf chairs all over
    the world are oriented towards the pavement, towards the passers-by. The
    most essential quality of the street caf is simply the opportunity to people
    watch an !ehl
    Content:
    The primary focus of urban design is the shaping of the public environment. It seeks to
    create engaging places for people to go about their lives in safety and to make connections
    with other people and with places and buildings.
    Public spaces are important for developing key social aspects of human life. Comfortable
    and stimulating public spaces provide opportunity for social interaction and participation in
    public life and for observing the behaviour and interactions of others.
    They can include:
    Streets: are the most common public space of our towns and cities:- They are the
    arteries which allow places of every shape and size to function. They can make up about
    !" of land area in urban environments and are multi-functional spaces# providing
    settings for activity as well as for movement.
    Places: are areas of intensity and focus for a diversity of social activities. They can
    include plazas# malls and s$uares and are generally pedestrian oriented.
    Parks and natural environments such as green landscapes and waterfronts%waterways.
    &uccessful public spaces are shaped by the attitudes# e'perience and skills of a wide range
    of people who make or influence decisions about development and the management of
    change in those places.
    This one day course will look specifically at the key ingredients for developing a successful
    public space# including vision# practical $uality design# implementation and management. It
    will introduce participants to issues in creating public spaces relating to design $uality# style#
    integrating heritage# public art and cultural elements# character appraisal and sustainability.
    It will analyse the structure of public spaces# the value of well designed public places and the
    impact of public and private development on achieving successful outcomes. The course will
    include a tour of public spaces in (andenong.
    Designed for:
    &tatutory and strategic planners# architects and designers# landscape architects# property
    developers# transportation planners# civil and traffic engineers and land surveyors.
    Learning outcomes:
    )reater awareness and understanding of the principles of urban design as applied in the
    *ictorian conte't
    +nhanced understanding of the role and function of public spaces# why people will use a
    public space and why they will not
    Improved ability to analyse public spaces# and the connections and interactions with
    buildings ,on plan- and on site
    .etter understanding of the tools available to assess and negotiate public space design
    proposals
    Course presenters:
    &enior urban designers with (PC(
    /epresentatives from City of )reater (andenong
    Date:
    Tuesday 01 2ctober
    (rum Theatre#
    (andenong Town 3all
    445 6onsdale &treet# (andenong
    Time:
    7.!am 8 9.!!pm
    Cost:
    :41! ;incl )&T<
    PD Points:
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