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October 17, 2010 Three's a Crowd By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 10

October 17, 2010

Three's a Crowd

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
Comments: 10

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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum On: 6/3/2009 11:02:42 AM What, according to the PPS (Projects for Public Spaces) are the eleven principles for creating great public places? You can find out by looking at their site: https://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/11steps, however to "triangulate", to take just one of them, is to get people into a space by lining up a minimum of three significant amenities or activators: phone, bench, cofee-maker, for example, or on a bigger scale, library, children's playground, bus stop. Hence if you want to draw a crowd, first make sure there is a dynamic interplay of elements in the site. PPS is a New York based non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and reinvigorating our public spaces, and to questioning the way "big design" interventions often ignore the way we humans actually behave.

Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 6/3/2009 11:02:42 AM

What, according to the PPS (Projects for Public Spaces) are the eleven principles for creating great public places? You can find out by looking at their site: https://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/casesforplaces/11steps, however to "triangulate", to take just one of them, is to get people into a space by lining up a minimum of three significant amenities or activators: phone, bench, cofee-maker, for example, or on a bigger scale, library, children's playground, bus stop. Hence if you want to draw a crowd, first make sure there is a dynamic interplay of elements in the site. PPS is a New York based non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and reinvigorating our public spaces, and to questioning the way "big design" interventions often ignore the way we humans actually behave.

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