by CarolTallon | Oct 14, 2018 | Placemaking
~ Carol Tallon, originally published in Council Journal, September 2018 Placemaking is not a new concept, the term has been used for decades to describe a more holistic approach to urban development. Initially, placemaking was focused solely on public spaces and...
by CarolTallon | Sep 25, 2018 | Placemaking
Placemaking is not a new concept, the term has been used for decades to describe a more holistic approach to urban development. Initially, placemaking was focused solely on public spaces and offered a mechanism to get communities involved at early design stage and...
by CarolTallon | Sep 25, 2018 | Placemaking
Increasing digitisation and the pervasiveness of social media has transformed placemaking over the past decade, however, the big success stories tend to come from developing countries where public consultation and community engagement are relatively new. In Ireland...
by CarolTallon | Sep 25, 2018 | Placemaking
One of the greatest challenges to public consultation and the community engagement process is the misguided quest by placemakers for unanimous agreement. The complex reality is that there is not one, single unified ‘community’. In real life, when...
