Civility & Street Design by Ben Hamilton

Part of the Living City - Body: Mind: Spirit: Bristol event organised by BDP's Bristol studio.

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1. 26 June, 2014 BDP with BRISTOL ARCHITECTURE CENTRE CIVILITY & STREET DESIGN CIVILITY & STREET DESIGN Ben Hamilton Baillie Ben Hamilton-Baillie www.hamilton-baillie.co.uk
17. “Traffic segregation Traffic segregation should be the keynote should be the keynote of modern road design” of modern road design Ministry of Transport (1966) “Roads in Urban Areas” QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture.
18. Traffic in Towns. The Buchanan Report 1963
26. The Highway •Regulated The Public Realm •Culturally defined •Impersonal •Linear •Single Purpose •Personal •Spatial •Multi-purpose •Consistent •Predictable •Systematic •Constantly changing •Unpredictable •Contextual •Systematic •State controlled •Signs and markings •Contextual •Cultural / social rules •Multiple human communications
50. “A safe street is one that tells a “A safe street is one that tells a rich story about its past, its context, and the future hopes of its residents” Hans Monderman 1946-2008
53. Highbury Place, Kingsdown
54. Poynton, Cheshire
68. See “Poynton Regenerated” –YouTube. By Martin Cassini