Riccardo Marini, Director, Gehl Architect

Riccardo Marini is one of the most influential architects and urban planners of modern times and works all over the globe to spread his vision and ideas. He was born in Pistoia, Tuscany and went on to graduate from the Mackintosh School of Architecture.Considered to be an inspirational speaker he regularly gives keynote lectures on place-making and governance. As an architect he would define himself as a modernist.

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1. WORLD CANALS CONFERENCE 2016 riccardo marini 21 SEPTEMBER 2016 Inverness LIKE HUMANS DO!
2. WATER CAN BE DANGEROUS TO OUR EXISTENCE
3. WATER CAN BE DELIGHTFUL
4. WATER IS ESSENTIAL
9. The excruciating pain of our urban reality
10. THE MAGIC DUST
11. THE MAGIC DUST what is it that makes a place the kind of place that we want to spend time in
12. 8 to 80 - 2050 19% 80
13. We specialises in PLACE TRANSFORMATION
14. It’s not about the bike
15. anything but cyclists………..…. Photo: Christiania Bikes
16. LIVEABILITY
17. Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs SURVIVAL LIVEABILITY
19. Why are architects, are not interested in people?
21. 40 years of research as the foundation
22. “Tell me and i will forget. Show me and i will remember. Involve me and i will understand. Step back and i will act.” Old Chinese proverb CO-CREATION
23. Evidence based design
24. Urban Quality Criteria
25. Our methodology
26. 26 Cities we have worked with
27. WHAT KIND OF CITY DO YOU WANT?
28. THE VISION THING!
30. WHY SEND A POSTCARD?
33. “Insanity is this: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein
34. PLACE MAKING why don’t we get the places we like ?
35. From about the 1940’s we have not really Created good places. WHY? In our quest for efficiency we separated functions
36. “In the past man has been first, in the future the system must be first..........” Frederick Winslow Taylor 1856 - 1915 {{PD-old}}
38. Courtesy of David Rudlin URBED
39. PLANNING ECON. DEV. ROADS ENV. SERV. BUILDING ST. HOUSING SOCIAL SERV. EDUCATION CULT. & LEIS. And we created………
41. CONFLICTING LEGISLATION
42. FALSE EFFICIENCIES We handed our world over to the accountants
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44. © Meinzahn | Dreamstime.com - Butcher Prepares Fresh Sausage Photo
46. © Mitifo | Dreamstime.com - Cologne-Ring Highway Sign Photo EDITED BY INSERTION OF TEXT SUBURBIA NEXT 6,000,000 EXITS
47. 47 CC BY 2.0 - Aerial view of Gravelly Hill Interchange, w:Birmingham a.k.a. Spaghetti Junction, September 2008.
49. RIBA47175 Architectural Press Archive / RIBA Library Photographs Collection
51. Alice had always been able to recognise bad design when she saw it!
52. Cities are for People!
53. Man is a Walking Animal – Ground Speed 5 km/hour Central to any consideration about space and place must be - People
54. http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-image-mri-brain-scan-image24527856 Mammalian Brain: Memory Maternal love Sociability Anxiety Attack Fear/hate Anger Jealousy Cortex: Logic & analysis Language Rational thought Morality Emotional control Reptilian Brain: Breathing / temperature /avoidance / survival / hunger / thirst / territoriality balance / reproductive drive
55. WE HAVE A MAXIMUM VELOCITY OF 32 Km/h
56. Velocity
57. OUR RIB CAGE CAN WITHSTAND IMPACTS AT UP TO 32 Km/h Our ancestors used to chase down prey by running them to the ground. © Orla | Dreamstime.com - Skeleton Running Photo
58. 32 Km/h 48 Km/h 64 Km/h Vision Zero
59. SIX MILLION YEARS LATER
 -we are still a slow, fragile, linear, horizontal, max 5 km/h walking creature
60. WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS
64. xxxx
65. 65 It is costing us the earth, it is costing us out lives!
66. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis Mens sana in corpore sano Georg Pauli
67. Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis Mens sana in corpore sano Georg Pauli
69. HAPPY SAD
72. a b
73. a b
74. ‘It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.’ Mahatma Gandhi
75. Percent of Walk, Cycle and Public Transit 0 15 30 45 60 Percent of Obesity 0 10 20 30 40 USA Canada United Kingdom France Italy Germ any Sweden Austria Netherlands Switzerland Denm ark Obesity Walk, Cycle, Public Transit Source: Pucher and Dijkstra, “Promoting Safe Walking and Cycling to Improve Public Health, Am Journal of Public Health, Sep 2003. Courtesy of Gil Peñalosa
78. What makes people healthy?
79. fresh air Spending time outside
81. regular exercise & healthy eating
83. Meet People Positive human contact - sharing quality time with each other
84. 84 Hug someone
85. SMOKADIABESITY
86. Which risk factors kill more people ‘Smokadiabesity’ is reaching epidemic proportions. But low fitness still kills more Americans than smoking, diabetes and obesity combined!
87. Urban Quality Criteria
88. Quality criteria for 21st century waterfronts
89. THE MAGIC DUST
93. MOSCOW
94. KEY RECOMMENDATIONS: CELEBRATE UNIQUE QUALITIES
96. NORDELTA ONE STEP AT A TIME
98. FUNCTIONS LS1+LS2 539 LOTES LS1+LS2 694 LOTES RESIDENTIAL (LOW) 30.044 M2 500.072 M2 + 82.665 M2 FOT REFUNDABLE + EQUIPAM. 163.187 M2 + 76.969 M2 + 61.034 M2 FOT REFUNDABLE + EQUIPAM. RESIDENTIAL (MEDIUM) 99.273 M2 92.868 M2 RESIDENTIAL (HIGH) 181.033 M2 57.486 M2 MIXED-USE 157.916 M2 72.321 M2 PARKING 32.153 M2 21.498 M2 RETAIL 17.196 M2 17.482 M2 HEALTHCARE 13.026 M2 6.570 M2 INSTITUTIONAL 5.426 M2 5.426 M2 RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS 5.029 M2 5.029 M2 CULTURAL 9.175 M2 9.000 M2 EDUCATIONAL 28.512 M2 13.512 M2 RESIDENTIAL 53% MIXED-USE 27% RETAIL 5% PUBLIC/SERVICE BUILDINGS 14% RESIDENTIAL 51% MIXED-USE 33% RETAIL 6% PUBLIC/SERVICE BUILDINGS 23% MASTERPLAN #2 MASTERPLAN #1
100. THE THIRD LAW OF PHYSICS
102. Focus on Making Cities for Happy People THANK YOU FOR LISTENING @riccardomar When cities attract people they attract economic growth.