Placemaking
Creating great gathering places and the smaller great incidental places involves a number of sensibilities.
Perhaps the starting point is consideration of the end users - the idea that these must be places for people. Most of the master planning done for communities, buildings, and other projects, is typically initiated with "bubble diagrams" that proceed to land use plans, and ultimately are fine-tuned with zoning and plat maps.
Because of the interest in moving a project along, typically very little time is spent on how customers, guests, tenants, or residents, will actually experience the place being designed, in the sequence of moments, events, and activities that will comprise the overall experience.
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