Tactical urbanism - user-test ideas and street designs before investing
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| Wednesday, November 9, 2016 |
| 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM |
| Plaza Auditorium |
Speaker
Jessica Christiansen-Franks
CEO
CoDesign Studio
Tactical urbanism: 3 ideas for user testing street design
Abstract
This action-oriented presentation gives you three key ideas for collaborating with communities to quickly and simply user-test ideas and street designs before investing, and looks at the important role of streets and public spaces in communities.
Tactical urbanism is a proven approach that helps governments, agencies and developers around the world to test ideas for streets and public spaces on the ground. Our award winning techniques uses temporary prototypes to collaborate and engage communities; gather data for evidence-based decisions; break through deadlocks; and find value in underused spaces.
Learn for yourself why other industries adopted user-testing decades ago, and how this can help in any industry that works with cities and people.
With experience across 50 tactical urbanism projects in Australia, CoDesign Studio has pioneered a simple four-step methodology to get results within 90 days.
Tactical urbanism is a proven approach that helps governments, agencies and developers around the world to test ideas for streets and public spaces on the ground. Our award winning techniques uses temporary prototypes to collaborate and engage communities; gather data for evidence-based decisions; break through deadlocks; and find value in underused spaces.
Learn for yourself why other industries adopted user-testing decades ago, and how this can help in any industry that works with cities and people.
With experience across 50 tactical urbanism projects in Australia, CoDesign Studio has pioneered a simple four-step methodology to get results within 90 days.
Biography
Jessica is an urban designer and landscape architect who has spent the past decade looking into the social impacts of urbanisation, including identity construction in existing and emerging communities and social marginalisation of urban migrants. Her globe-trotting experience covers urban design and urban regeneration projects across Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada as well as India, China and Vietnam, with public and private sector clients as well as the World Bank and donor agencies.
Jessica is currently the Project Director for The Neighbourhood Project- Australia’s largest Tactical Urbanism experiment that will see eight local Councils enable the delivery up to 40 community-led green spaces.
