A9 Community development and placemaking
A9.01
Community development Section Summary The needs of the community underpin the approach to community development and place making. Developments should deliver a diverse and significant range of affordable housing dwellings with an emphasis on a mix of social and affordable accommodation options where possible. Community Development Considerations Checklist: • Emphasis should be on providing long-term, quality, social and affordable housing to support lower income households to live close to services, transportation, and jobs. • Significant emphasis on the sustainability of the community and opportunities to support formal and informal resident connections underpinned by quality, durable and long-lasting design. • Emphasis on ground floor open areas, driven by a vision to support an integrated neighbourhood comprising a diversity of people. Designs supporting community development should include provision for accessible, welcoming spaces on Housing Choices sites, where residents and the broader community can gather, engage, access information and services, socialise, participate, learn and grow. • The common spaces and the engagement activities that occur there, should be designed to attract integration between social tenants, affordable tenants and broader neighbors from the local neighborhood. • Spaces on-site will include community rooms and landscaped open spaces that encourage socializing and community gatherings along with co-located offices.
• Design that assists in the reduction crime and antisocial behaviours. • Improved community perception of location. Vibrancy • Design that focuses on increased opportunity for community interaction. • Enables residents to feel an enhanced pride, ownership and sense of place. • Activated communal areas and gathering space through design and materiality. Cohesiveness • Design that improves the connection between people and place. • Design that increases positive interaction and experience. • Design that invokes feelings of mutual responsibility regarding communal areas. Inclusivity • Welcoming neighbourhoods.
• Increased access to groups, social and cultural events. • Improved opportunity for community participation .
A9.03
Local organisations Section Summary Considerations Checklist: Lending from, and partnering with, local organisations is mutually beneficial for creating strong and resilient communities. Some of the local organisations we would look to connect with include: • Local Councils • Health and recreational facilities • Charities • E mployment services • Financial services • Health and medical providers • Educations facilities such as TAFE or universities • Other service organisations / partners
A9.02
Strong neighbourhoods Section Summary
Building strong neighbourhoods that are safe, vibrant and resilient is key to Community Development success. Below are the four key elements to providing these spaces:
Considerations Checklist: Safety • Design that increases feelings of safety and security.
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