{"id":4565,"date":"2022-04-07T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloom-consulting.com\/journal\/?p=4565"},"modified":"2024-03-18T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:19:07","slug":"step-8-a-place-is-much-more-than-its-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloom-consulting.com\/journal\/step-8-a-place-is-much-more-than-its-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Step 8. A place is much more than its buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Create an activity program that will ensure a vibrant place.<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A place is much more than its buildings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The quality of the activity matters more than the quality or even the quantity of public facilities available.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An outdoor gym can host yoga, tai-chi, functional and running classes and not have a single piece of equipment. A library can be a book exchange stall inside a local business or so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This microscale can be public fixtures, such as a small library, an outdoor fitness centre and so on. The most important feature of Beta Places\u00ae (small initiatives) is that they do not have to be a building or a tangible piece of equipment. It can be something as simple as an activity schedule somewhere not necessarily prepared for this in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The very idea of Placemaking is born from the appropriation and qualification of public spaces by the community in the spirit of do-it-yourself (DIY). Here, too, we have a counterintuitive idea for the real estate entrepreneur who thinks that all it takes to build a square is to build a square. This could not be further from the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hardware of a square is certainly less important than the Software. This is easy to prove given the number of empty squares in whatever city we use as a parameter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This does not mean that it is enough not to build anything. It means that, along with building, it is necessary to activate, maintain and monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n