Urban Design London

For those involved in public housing delivery and management, to share ideas, lessons learnt and best practices

Agenda Includes:
    Alan Benson, LB Haringey
    Mark Baigent, LB Tower Hamlets

This session is only open to our Building Homes Network members

Time: Morning

This session will look at tenant needs and the specific design considerations to keep in mind when designing homes to be rented, sold outright and everything in between. We will consider the specific challenges of bulding affordable homes within a mixed tenue scheme, how to balance commercial and community objetives and resolve potential conflicts, while delivering well designed public and shared spaces.

Agenda Includes:
    David Birkbeck, Design for Homes
    Dinah Bornat, ZCD Architects

This session is only open to our Building Homes Network members

Time: Morning

At this session we will take closer look at procuring, managing and delivering good design. Industry experts will share their best practice advice on writing a good brief and how to manage the procurement process for masterplans, architectural and other design work, as well as checking and controlling design quality through a project’s lifecycle.

 Agenda includes:

• Writing a good brief – Russell Curtis (RCKa)
• Procurement process - Jed Young (LB Islington)
• Panel Discussion from Chloe Phelps (BrickxBrick), James Molloson (LB Hackney), Susan May (Clarion Housing Group), Osama Shoush (LB Lewisham), Roy Macpepple (NHPDC)

 Learning outcomes

• Understand what makes a good brief
• Learn how to avoid pitfalls when managing procurement
• Hear how to efficiently evaluate and monitor designs

Time: 9.15-13.30

This session is only open to our Building Homes Network members. For more information email info@urbandesignlondon.com

An opportunity to network with others working in housing delivery. Dr Tom Woolley will update us on how to best achieve healthy buildings, and how Housing Design Audits can improve living standards. We will also hear from local boroughs on how their building programmes can deliver well designed homes.

This session is only open to our Building Homes Network members

(Half Day, afternoon)

A specialist series for local authorities and housing associations involved in delivering and managing affordable homes. At the first event in the series industry experts will share how best to understand a site’s local, social, economic and physical context to help achieve optimum solutions that deliver as many homes of the type and quality you need.

*Please note this session is only open to our Building Homes Network members. Additional fees may apply. You can find more information about the series in the brochure by clicking the link below. If you are interested in attending this series, please send us an email.

Affordable Homes brochure

Roundtable discussion on UDL’s research and proposal for how to better support the Design Review community and help them achieve their priorities.

Time: 16:00-18:00

This session is specifically tailored for those interested in hearing about new design and quality related policies in the emerging London Plan and discuss how to apply them at design reviews.

Agenda Includes:

• Why we are where we are (overview of the new London Plan design policies) – Richard Katz, Deloitte LLP
• Understanding Capacity for Growth – Steve Dennington (LB Croydon)
• Design Led Approach to Density – Michael Lowndes (Turley)
• Tall Buildings (D8)  – TBC
• Housing design (D4)  – TBC
• Place/public realm  quality (D7) – Andy Martin (TfL) and Gavin McLaughlin (TfL)
• Delivering Good Design (D2) – panel discussion
  

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand which emerging London plan policies may be relevant when reviewing schemes
• Learn what the policies say about design review as part of our planning system

Time: 9.30-13.00

We often hear from those who run, sit on or chair Design Review panels, but at this event those who present their designs and pay for reviews will talk about their experiences at the morning session. After lunch we will run a workshop and panel discussion on how to inform our thinking on proposals to support Design Review in future. You are welcome to attend one or both of the sessions. To book or for more info, please email us.

Morning agenda (09:30 - 12:45):

   1. Welcome: London is growing

   2. What it is like to take a scheme to be reviewed

• Selina Mason, Lendlease
• Gavin Hale Brown, HHBR
• Katerina Karaga, Farrells
• Teresa Borsuk, Pollard Thomas Edwards
• Charles Moran, CMA Planning

Afternoon agenda (13:00 - 16:00):

    1. How is Design Review developing?

• Reviews and public housing -Tom Sykes, TfL
• Reviews and street improvements - Hassan Mohamad, TfL
• Kathy MacEwen - UDL

   2. Workshop – How can design review practice be improved?

• Panel procurement, set up and management
• Review sessions and notes
• Use of review advice by negotiators and decision makers
• Monitoring and research

Learning Outcomes:

• Hear about what it is like to present a scheme at design review
• Discuss how developers and scheme promoters can make best use of the review process 

Time: 9.30-12:45 & 13:00 - 16:00

Fine-tune your design review management skills at chairing and writing reports. With experienced chairs including Amanda Reynolds, Gillian Horn and Fred Manson, and professional writers Sarah Carmona and Chris Whitehorn, we will discuss the most effective ways of chairing review sessions and how best to write clear and concise summaries of what was said.

Join us for a discussion on design review’s role in the GLA’s design led approach in managing densities, including how panels can offer support beyond planning applications. We will also hear from Ben van Bruggen, Manager at Auckland’s Urban Design Strategy Team on how their design review panel is managed abroad.

Speakers include:

• GLA Update: Matthew Turner – GLA
• Design Review beyond Planning Applications: Phil Jones – Phil Jones Associates
• Design Review in other Countries: Ben van Bruggen – Manager of Auckland’s Urban Design Strategy Team
• Offering Support Beyond Planning Applications: Louise Goodison – Cazenove Architects
  

This is a session for elected members to discuss briefings on planning and viability.  We will hear from MHCLG on the national strategic planning direction and have early insight into the new Planning Practice Guidance and Design Manual to be launched in the autumn.  We will also gain insight into the art of viability and how it is applied, balancing public policy requirements and profit.  This event is a must attend session for decision makers who want to get the best for their neighbourhoods.

Speakers:

• Steve Quartermain, Chief Planner, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Andy von Bradsky, Chief Architect, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• John Wacher, Strategic Planning Manager – Viability, GLA
• Andrew Jones & Ellie Clayton-Smith, BPS Chartered Surveyors
• Esther Kurland & Sue Vincent, Urban Design London
  

 Time: 09:00 -13:00

With mounting pressure to deliver London’s homes in our green suburban areas, we will discuss the ‘New Kind of Suburbia’ with award winning Metropolitan Workshop.  In collaboration with leading thinkers, including Max Wakefield from Powering Parks Project, we will look at the research undertaken on how best to manage growth in these areas.  After lunch we will look at how CIL can be invested in public spaces, with insight into ‘Planning for urban green space’ with Dr Meredith Whitten.

Join us for an evening discussion on the changing role of communication in the built environment sector. We’ll look at digital platforms and the online persona’s responsibility in our organizations, as well as ethical and inclusive communication of design projects in-house and with the broader community.

Speakers include:
• Joseph Henry (GLA)
• Luuk Van Kessel (LB Hackney)
• Priya Shah (BAME in Property)
• Alisha Morenike Fisher (Black Females in Architecture)
• Owen Wainhouse, (London Festival of Architecture)
• Nisha Kurian (We Made That)

Time: 18:00 - 20:30

What will the future of work look like? Where will it be located? Is work and personal life merging too closely and how will it affect our well-being? Join us for an evening of debate, discussion and drinks as we tackle these questions with fellow inspiring practitioners. This event is an open invite. If you're not a subscribing member, please email us to book your place.

Speakers include:

• Ben Channon – Assael Architects & author of Happy by Design
• Clare Bailey – Savills
• Nissa Shahid – Future Cities Catapult
• Philippa Jopp – LB Camden
• Paul O'Brien – Carl Turner Architects
• Justyna Michalik-Minken – Creative Works
• Kieron Stephens – Autor Architects
  

Location: Karakusevic Carson Architects

The workshop will be led by Peter Massini, Abby Crisostomo and Samantha Davenport from the GLA's Green Infrastructure Team and is best suited to planners and other professionals involved in the planning process or urban design. 

Time: Morning

Where does responsibility lie for the materials we use and how can we reduce our energy use? How can built environment professions contribute meaningfully; improving policies and making a healthier city for the future? Join us to discuss our role in addressing the climate crisis with Eco Building specialist and former Professor of Architecture, Dr Tom Woolley and award winning co-founder of Sustainable by Design and Green Construction Board, Lynne Sullivan.

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