Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth
-
Upload
futurecapetown -
Category
Government & Nonprofit
-
view
160 -
download
2
Transcript of Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth
![Page 1: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
PUBLIC SPACE
IN CAPE TOWN
1980’S TO NOW: WHO CARES?
BARBARA SOUTHWORTH
GAPP ARCHITECTS & URBAN DESIGNERS
![Page 2: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
CAPE TOWN PUBLIC SPACE:
1940’S TILL NOW: WHO CARES?
City Beautiful and the Establishment of the Foreshore1940s
1960s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Foreshore Freeway Construction / Demolition of District 6 / Separate
Development
Pedestrian Network for Central Cape Town
V&AW enclave of high quality public space
Equity & Integration: Regenerating the Townships
World Cup & Mega Projects – public space comes back to town and to
the private sector
![Page 3: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
1940’S CITY BEAUTIFUL
![Page 4: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
1940’S CITY BEAUTIFUL
![Page 5: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
1960’S DEVASTATION OF PUBLIC SPACE:
MODERNISM & THE FORESHORE
FREEWAY
![Page 6: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
1960’S SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT
• DISTRICT 6 FORCED REMOVALS
• BLACK PEOPLE “TEMPORARY LABOUR” PERMITS IN THE
WESTERN CAPE
![Page 7: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
1980’S REGENERATION
• GREENING OF THE CITY & CBD PEDESTRIANISATION:
• ST GEORGE’S MALL
• THIBAULT SQUARE
• GREENMARKET SQUARE
FIRST INSTANCE OF SPACE BEING RECLAIMED FROM CARS
![Page 8: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
1980’S REGENERATION
![Page 9: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
1980’S REGENERATION
![Page 10: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
1980’S REGENERATION
![Page 11: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
1990’S PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC
SPACE
1. V&A WATERFRONT
2. CENTURY CITY
![Page 12: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
1990’S PRIVATISATION OF PUBLIC
SPACE
1. V&A WATERFRONT
2. CENTURY CITY
![Page 13: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
1. CITY OF CAPE TOWN DIGNIFIED PLACES PROGRAMME
2. VIOLENCE THROUGH URBAN UPGRADING (VPUU)
![Page 14: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 15: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 16: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 17: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 18: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 19: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
• TO CONTRIBUTE TO A PROCESS OF URBAN RENEWAL THROUGH THE CREATION OF POSITIVE & BEAUTIFUL PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN ENJOY A SENSE OF DIGNITY AND HOPE
• TO INITIATE INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT – TO BE A ‘STRATEGIC LEVER’ TO PROMOTE A SHIFT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT DELIVERY PRACTICES
• TO USE LIMITED INVESTMENT IN THE PUBLIC ENVIRONMENT STRATEGICALLY AND POSITIVELY TO TAKE A LEAD IN CREATING COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT CONFIDENCE
![Page 20: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
1. EQUITY - strategic location
2. PLACE MAKING - community
3. INTEGRATION
4. FREEDOM –minimalism & flexibility
5. GENERATION – activity, catalysis and incrementalism
![Page 21: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 22: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 23: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 24: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 25: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
PHILIPPI:
LANSDOWNE
CORNER
2000’S EQUITY & INTEGRATION
![Page 26: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
PROACTIVE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SPACE, LANDSCAPING &
FACILITIES
Source: City of Cape Town- Dignified Places
Programme
Lansdowne Corner- Phillipi
![Page 27: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
MANENBERG PLAY PARK: PLAY PARK,
FORECOURTS TO APARTMENT BLOCKS
![Page 28: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
GATESVILLE TOWN CENTRE: PUBLIC SPACE, MARKET AND SIDEWALK
IMPROVEMENTS
![Page 29: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
2000’S VPUU
![Page 30: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/30.jpg)
2000’S VPUU
• Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU):
Khayelitsha- “Active boxes” - Positive occupation of perceived
dangerous spaces
• Safety and surveillance: Evidence based – survey of safety
conditions before and after intervention
• Community engagement with planning and management
![Page 31: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/31.jpg)
Positive occupation of perceived dangerous spaces
![Page 32: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/32.jpg)
2010’S BIG INVESTMENT
1. 2010 WORLD CUP – PUBLIC SPACE UPGRADING COMES
BACK TO TOWN
a. Fan Mile
b. Green Point Park
2. MYCITI & Non-Motorised Transport Focus (NMT)
3. “CATALYTIC” PROJECTS
4. CBD REGENERATION: PUBLIC LAND RELEASE
5. PRIVATE SECTOR BOOM
![Page 33: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/33.jpg)
HEIDEVELD / GUGULETU STATION: PUBLIC SPACE, TRADERS STALLS, TAXI
FACILITIES
![Page 34: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/34.jpg)
2010’S BIG INVESTMENT
1. 2010 WORLD CUP – PUBLIC SPACE UPGRADING COMES
BACK TO TOWN
![Page 35: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/35.jpg)
2010’S BIG INVESTMENT
1. 2010 WORLD CUP – PUBLIC SPACE UPGRADING COMES
BACK TO TOWN
![Page 36: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/36.jpg)
2010’S BIG INVESTMENT
1. 2010 WORLD CUP – PUBLIC SPACE UPGRADING COMES
BACK TO TOWN
![Page 37: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/37.jpg)
20-TEEN’S PRIVATE PRODUCTION OF
PUBLIC SPACE
![Page 38: Future of Public Spaces I: Barbara Southworth](https://reader031.fdocuments.in/reader031/viewer/2022030401/58ae967c1a28abdf068b66a1/html5/thumbnails/38.jpg)
PUBLIC SPACE IN CAPE TOWN 2030?
WHO CARES:
• ENOUGH TO MAKE IT HAPPEN?
• ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE?
• ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN IT?