RD14
Rose Davies
On the streets
:
How the ever-shifting web of planning systems, designers and citizens come together to create equality & vibrancy on the streets.
2014
This fragment explores the three factors that weave together to shape our streets. Immersed in the streets of India I learnt how planning systems at ‘the
top’ can be designed to enable equality and vibrancy ‘on the ground’ at
street level.
A mix of three key factors are required;
• directive planning which directs where essential services are
located and how basic support is provided;
• assistive planning is looser and provides a framework for citizens to
create their own places, brining vibrancy and diversity to cities like
we see in India;
• the final element is a development practitioner, an architect for
example, someone who connects citizens to different levels of
government.
