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Vitality Intensity Assessment
VITALITY is a key ingredient of city and place viability. City Bureau has developed a simple three level analysis tool to understand existing conditions and future scenarios of street life across precincts and neighbourhoods. The tool assesses pedestrian activity, visual elements and architectural form.
ACTIVE frontages provide interest and life.
PASSIVE frontages may deliver good built form but not much vitality.
INACTIVE frontages are blank, lifeless, empty.
You only value what you measure.
Measuring cities streets and public spaces and then using that data to review, make changes and adapt will change places.
Value what you measure.
Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do.
Measure what you value.
Be clear, be confident and don’t overthink it. The beauty of your story is that it’s going to continue to evolve and your site can evolve with it. Your goal should be to make it feel right for right now. Later will take care of itself. It always does.
MEASURE WITH VIA
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Measure
Define an area to be reviewed.
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Test it.
Roll out new outcomes and options.