Changing Minds for Changing Cities By Jonathan Daly, GHD
Mar 22, 2016
Changing Minds for Changing CitiesBy Jonathan Daly, GHD
The old lady mob
ComplexCityby Lee Jang Sub
“What is the city but the people?”SHAKESPEARE
“The majority of urban innovations do not
require sophisticated high tech solutions,
more often attitudinal and mindset shifts
were both the issue and answer.” CHARLES LANDRY
“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for
the better designedly.”FRANCIS BACON
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”WOODROW WILSON
Performance artsThe Urban Identity
“EMPIRE STATE OF MIND”
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Laneways
Sport
Trams
Quarter Acre Block
Iconic Buildings
Cars + Traffic Café Culture Street Art
What is an urban identity?
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Trams
Quarter Acre Block
Cars + Traffic
What is an urban identity?
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Laneways
Sport
Iconic Buildings
Café Culture Street Art
What is an urban identity?
Thinking inside the box
The power of loss over gain
streetscapes
buildings
car parking
car ownership
road space
public space
private space
green space
brown space
mobility
rules + regulations
The pressure points of urban change
CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:
1.9 to 4.4 hectares per person
THE DIFFERENCE IS
Human behaviour
BEDZed DevelopmentLONDONBuildings reimaged
CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:
1.9 to 4.4 hectares per person
BEDZed DevelopmentLONDON
Streets reclaimed
Abbotsford, Melbourne
Auckland, NZ
Shared space reimaged
Auckland, NZ
Car parking reimaged 23HRS
The average time cars are parked
during a day
Car parking reimaged
Car sharingCar ownership reimaged
Car sharing
1 car share vehicle 8 private vehicles
IN MELBOURNE
replaced
Cycling reimaged
will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety
…the greatest threat to the creative city?
Family Mobility reimaged
will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety
…the greatest threat to the creative city?
These pressure points can be treated through a form of urban acupuncture –interventions with strong experiential value – that attempt to rebalance the well-being of the city.
Performance artsThe (lesser) told story of Bogota
Meet Antanas Mockus
Traffic fatalities
Domestic Violence
Water Shortages
3 new libraries
50 new schools + 150 upgrades
1200 revamped or new public parks
300 km of bicycle lanes
…and this90 km of BRT
A final thought…
HELSINKILow2No Development
50%Behaviour change
LONDONReduction in carbon emissions
30%Behaviour change
What is the cost to your cityof slow change…of not being proactive…of not building capacity for change among the citizenry?