An approach to urban design and public-space planning that centers a community's own needs, history and identity, favoring observation and light-touch intervention over large-scale redevelopment. The approach grew out of the urbanist writing of Jane Jacobs and William H. Whyte and was formalized through advocacy and research organizations such as Project for Public Spaces.
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Formulated YearThe term placemaking itself is not dated to a specific year in the source; 1975 is when Fred Kent founded Project for Public Spaces, the organization that popularized the term. Domain
Domain (category) Concept DomainUrban Planning, Community Design 1 Connections
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Additional Source WikipediaGenius loci, Art and Architecture section
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Wikimedia FoundationPlacemaking, Adoption of the term (1980s-onward) section
In 1975, Fred Kent, who had collaborated with Whyte on a project studying pedestrian behavior in New York, founded the non-profit Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
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Associated With: Genius Loci, Genius loci, Art and Architecture section
genius loci has profound implications for place-making, falling within the philosophical branch of phenomenology
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Associated With: Genius Loci, Genius loci, Art and Architecture sectionQuote, Associated With: Genius Loci, Genius loci, Art and Architecture section
genius loci has profound implications for place-making, falling within the philosophical branch of phenomenology
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