Evaluation criteria for Urbanism based on Sustainability

Evaluating projects and designs

through essential dimensions of SUSTAINABILITY

Prepared by Roberto Rocco

Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy

Challenge(the(future

URBANISM

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AR2U090 Methodology for Urbanism*Logics of EnquiryIn this exercise, you will need to ‘locate’ yourself inthe hypothetical triangle that composes URBANISM at TU Delft. According to your previous education and aspirations for the future, where would you be? Mark a cross inside the triangle and write your name and country of origin near that cross. Would you add another element to this geometrical form? Is it a polygon? A square? What other categories would you add, if any? Urbanism?

Why do we plan?For whom do we design?

What do we want to achieve?

Consolidation of

objectives of Urbanism

around the notion of

sustainability

Image source: Sarah Cass at sarahcass.blogspot.com

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‘Enhanced’ Sustainability

• “For sustainability to occur, it must occur simultaneously in each of its three dimensions” (economic, social and environmental) Larsen, 2012

sustainabilitysocial economic

environmental

• the elaboration of visions and directions for sustainable and fair futures

the elaboration of visions and directions for

sustainable and fair futures

Burnham Place at Union Station Master Plan; Washington, D.C. (Image: Akridge & SBA)

Increased public goods

Aerial view of the winning design for the European Spallation Source (ESS) by Henning Larsen Architects, COBE and SLA (Image: Henning Larsen Architects)

Redistribution of gains

http://roarmag.org/2011/11/what-the-99-want-all-power-to-the-peoples-assemblies/

http://roarmag.org/2011/11/what-the-99-want-all-power-to-the-peoples-assemblies/

Increased life chances and prosperity

results in...

This has been guided by ideas like ‘The right to the city’ (Lefebvre, 1998, Harvey, 2008), ‘Spatial justice’ (Harvey, 2009, S o j a , 2 0 1 0 ) the ‘Just city’ (Fainstein, 2000)

Social sustainability

We have some directions

(Spatial) Justice+ (Social, Economic and Environmental) Sustainability + (Intervention/Design of) Governance

URBAN PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS ARE NO LONGER THE ALL POWERFUL FIGURES THEY ONCE THOUGHT THEY WERE. WE HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM IDEAS LIKE THE IDEAL CITY

THE MAIN TASK FOR URBAN PLANNERS AND DESIGNERS IS TO ACT AS ARTICULATORS OF SPATIAL VISIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE AND FAIR FUTURE

Foster + Partners, Duisburg City Masterplan, Duisburg, Germany, 2007. The new masterplan for the inner city of Duisburg builds on the success of Foster + Partners’ Inner

Harbour redevelopment and will strengthen Duisburg’s transformation into a vibrant, green and sustainable city. Available at: http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/

1443/Default.aspx

http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1443/Default.aspx

THEY DO THAT BY UNDERSTANDING HUMAN ACTIVITY ON SPACE AND BY PROPOSING INTERVENTIONS THAT MIGHT IMPROVE EXISTING CONDITIONS

James Bell: Visualising Social Space, All rights reserved by jamvlog. Available at Flickr

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Planners and designers do not “make” cities. They

are one of the agents that act in order to steer the city

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Is it fair/just? Does it promote redistribution?

Is it environmentally friendly?

Is it economically feasible?

Does it promote prosperity?

Does it enhance culture/ identity?

Is it aesthetically pleasing?

Does it promote democracy/participation?

What are possible evaluation

criteria derived from the 3

essential dimensions of

sustainability?








sustainabilitypeople prosperity

planet

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Does it promote redistribution

and spatial justice?

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Does it promote effective and

durable use of resources? Image source: http://techandscience.com/techblog/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=108

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Does it promote economic

prosperity?

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Image source: http://www.dallaschamber.org/index.aspx?id=strategicplan

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Does it create public goods?

Does it avoid or reduce negative

externalities?

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Some examples 1/2Lynch’ performance dimensions in Good City Form: vitality, sense,

fit, access, control, efficiency, justice

Criteria in the Netzstadt-model: identification, diversity, flexibility,

degree of self-sufficiency, resource efficiency

New Urbanism: walkability, connectivity, mixed-use & diversity,

mixed housing, quality architecture & urban design, traditional

neighbourhood structure, increased density, green transportation,

sustainability, quality of life (www.newurbanism.org)

Lynch, K. 1981. A theory of good city form, Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press. Oswald, F., Baccini, P. & Michaeli, M. 2003. Netzstadt : designing the urban, Basel ; Boston, Birkhäuser

http://www.newurbanism.org

Carmona, M., Heath, T., Taner, O. & Tiesdell, S. 2010. Public Places - Urban Spaces: the dimensions of Urban Design - 2nd Edition, Amsterdam, Architectural Press.

Some examples 2/2

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