ABSTRACT
The placemaking methodology proposed permits the prioritising of parameters arising from a process that informs the physical development of, for example, a residential environment. Placemaking as an objective in the design of urban space is often subject to the priorities of powerful individuals and other influences necessitating a more process-centric inclusive model. Directing the focus to the intangible nature of cultural expression in urban space, no placemaking formula is likely to succeed without first identifying the attributes of urban space that could facilitate the designer's task. Some explore the fundamentals of design, to further the success of placemaking, while others formulate analytical models aimed at identifying spatial attributes that address the new paradigms for urban living, and some that determine the attributes of the public space as such. Failed urban settings can be related to over-structured urban environments that deterministically prescribe usage, thereby constraining, not enabling, socio-cultural performance.
