SPACESHAPER ARRIVES IN AUSTRALIA - 21/7/2010
Spaceshaper, the innovative UK tool for planning public spaces, has arrived in Australia, and CLOUSTON is in the vanguard, with Directors Crosbie Lorimer and Tony Cox becoming the only accredited facilitators in NSW and the Northern Territory respectively.
Following a memorandum of understanding between CABE (Committee for Architecture and the Built Environment) and PLA (Parks and Leisure Australia) to introduce Spaceshaper to Australia, a training session was held in Perth for a group of planning professionals keen to use this new tool which has been successfully employed in transforming the planning and design approaches to around 120 public spaces in the UK since its inception in 2007.
In essence, Spaceshaper brings together users and managers of a public space through site visits and questionnaires to identify its strengths and weaknesses and assess how well the space is meeting the needs of the different groups. The results are quickly processed and discussed in facilitated workshops, revealing a true picture of the space's performance from a range of viewpoints. This information can be invaluable to managers and planners seeking to improve the quality of the space.
To find out more, visit our Links page and click on Spaceshaper or contact Crosbie Lorimer and Tony Cox directly to ask about assessing and improving your public spaces.
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