The following information has been provided by the Culture and Creative Economy team at Kent County Council to assist stakeholders when considering the integration of Cultural Placemaking within emerging developments.
Cultural placemaking overview
Culture integrated from the start creates better places for everyone.
View → 5.1 Existing cultural venues
Protecting and integrating the venues that give places their character.
View → 5.2 New cultural venues
New venues create new landmarks, destinations and community anchors.
View → 5.3 Cultural and creative quarters
Clustering culture creates energy, identity and economic opportunity.
View → 5.4 Parks and gardens
Designing green spaces that support cultural and community life.
View → 5.5 Town centres and squares
Flexible spaces that support cultural activity all year round.
View → 5.6 Meanwhile use
Activating vacant spaces to test and grow cultural programmes.
View → 5.7 Public art
Art that creates identity, celebrates place and engages communities.
View → 5.8 Scale and impact
Cultural placemaking applies at every scale, from a single home to a major scheme.
View → 5.9 Developer contributions
How to fund cultural placemaking through the development process.
View → 5.10 Cultural strategy
Using local cultural strategy to inform development and design decisions.
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