Every week, 1.4 million people move into cities.

Our society is being remade.

“The Earth is so hot this year that a limit for global warming agreed by world leaders at a climate summit

in Paris just a few months ago is in danger of being breached.” - Reuters

Consequences Everywhere

“Young people are excluded from decision-making and are among the most impacted by economic crises.”

The other global warming

Global Crisis in Governance

Recent Urban Protests across the world – A (Dated) Sample

Consequences Everywhere

We are all faced with a series of historic opportunities, brilliantly disguised as insoluble

problems. – John W. Gardner

Rampant Practice Issues

“Paradoxically, what is most needed to achieve Jane Jacobs’s vision is to deploy a Robert Moses strategy—redesigning our streets quickly and decisively for an increasingly urban age, this time committed to accommodating population growth and offering residents more options for getting around without a car.”

Anti-democratic sentiments

Rising Global demand for P2 “nothing for us without us” - Rose Molokoane, South Africa coordinator of Slum/Shack Dwellers International

“We want to know more about the governance of the cities, because we want to be part of how cities are governed.”

How does good P2 spread? How can we think more intentionally

about global application? How do we leverage P2 @scale?

Since 1967…Collectively the DAT program, a public service of the AIA, represents over 1000 professionals from more than 30 disciplines providing millions of dollars in professional pro bono services to more than 200 communities across the country, ultimately catalyzing over one billion dollars in new investment…

What is a DAT? The DAT program brings together multidisciplinary teams of professionals to work with community stakeholders and decision-makers in an intensive 3-5 day planning process.

Portland Pearl District R/UDAT (1983)

“Viewed from today, it is hard to believe the sense of risk that the first developers in the Northwest Triangle felt as they challenged a complete lack of interest in downtown living when the R/UDAT came to town in 1983. The R/UDAT team had demonstrated sound opportunity. Daring developers, good planning and a favorable economy turned opportunity to reality and ushered in metropolitan living in the Pearl District on a scale unimaginable in 1983.” – Paddy Tillett, FAIA

Austin R/UDAT (1991)

“When looking back on how far downtown Austin has come in the last 20 years, many newcomers to Austin would be surprised by the state of downtown in 1993. Few people resided in downtown and retail in the urban core was nearly non-existent. Needless to say, Austin was faced with a fairly dormant downtown…. From the plan came a number of recommendations that began the wheels of transformation to create the vibrant downtown we all know today.” – Charles Betts, Downtown Austin Magazine

Santa Fe Railyard R/UDAT (1997)

“It was an experiment in deep democracy. That is the beauty of it –a true community effort, we were all in it together. It was not created through a hierarchy of controlling leadership.” – Steve Robinson, Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation

Port Angeles, WA SDAT (2009)

“This opportunity for our community was a catalyst for action, implementation and improvement. A primary outcome has been that the process awakened community pride and inspired a “together we can” attitude.” – Nathan West, Community Development Director

Galvanizing a Global Wave of

Public Participation

Scottish Government Charrette Mainstreaming Programme

Collaborative Processes

Value of Collaborative Processes

Sustainable Masterplanning

Colin Rowe: Figure grounds

Corbusier Italian town

The Ladder of Participation

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Bow at Bow

Bow at Bow

Bow at Bow

Cultural Town • Stephen Joseph Theatre

• Spa Theatre, Grand Hall

• Opera House Arts Centre, Concert Hall

• Digital Arts (Pixelism)

• Prison hub for modern Apprenticeships

• Festival, Performance, Installation, Exhibitions

• Cultural Quarter based on the Crescent

Heritage Town •Historical Figures - Henry II, Oliver Cromwell,

John Paul Jones, William Smith, George Caley,

Brontë, Sitwells etc

•Castle, Medieval town

•Harbour

•First Seaside Resort

•Spa and other Victorian gems

Renaissance

Organisation

Executive

Town Team

Urban

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Active

Transport

FAST

Digital

S’boro

Arts

Culture

Festivals

Forum

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Tourism

S’boro

Business

Assoc

Local Authority RDA

Harbour

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