Urban Design London

Thu 16/03/23, 10am–12pm
Zoom
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Considering London’s social diversity, how this has shaped the city and how best to celebrate our cultural richness in the future.

The agenda includes:

• Understanding how the many social groups inhabiting London over time have shaped the world city we experience today.
• Learning from case studies explaining how groups have shaped green spaces, the urban realm and regeneration.
• Exploring how to support our rich cultural diversity through place shaping going forwards.

Thu 09/02/23, 10am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Looking at what makes London so green, and how this legacy can grow and be enhanced in the future.

Agenda

10.00 Welcome and Overview, Susan May (UDL)

• London’s Green Spaces, Christopher Laine (Historic England)
• Q&A

10:20 Parks, Present and Future, Tony Leach (Parks for London), Max Farrell (LDN Collective) & Stephen Bromberg (Lee Valley Regional Park Authority)

• Q&A

10:45 Garden Spaces and places, Mark Cridge (London National Park City) & Sue Vincent (UDL)

• Q&A
• Comfort break

11:20 Blue spaces, Victoria Boorman (GLA)

• Q&A

11:45 Maintaining Green and Blue Lifelines, Abby Crisostomo (GLA)

12:15 Wrap up and close

Thu 01/12/22, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
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A look back at how key built infrastructure projects have shaped the city and the potential impact of future projects.

The agenda includes:

• Understanding how infrastructure forms the lifeblood of London and how it links to the capital's development.
• Exploring the development of services – how these have enabled waves of development and changed the landscape of London.
• Learning about the connectivity of London – how railways, tubes, buses, streets and air travel contributed to development and how current innovation is setting a course for the future, with focus on key projects.
• Bringing the lessons of history together learning lessons for development into the future.

Thu 24/11/22, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
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A look at London’s amazing built heritage with discussions on how best to preserve and enhance it.

Agenda

9.45 Registration, Susan May

10.00 Welcome and Overview – London’s built heritage through time, Colin Thom

• How and where has London’s built heritage developed through the centuries?
• Q&A

10.25 London Legacies, Prof. Michael Hebbert

• What types of buildings and structures form the legacy of our royal, cultural and faith traditions, and how has this continued today?
• Q&A

10.50 Housing London, Dr Manolo Guerici and Prof. Gordana Fontana-Giusti

• Learning about London’s great housing heritage through time – which types of homes have stood the test of time and why, what lessons can we draw for the future?
• Q&A

11.15 Comfort break

11.30 Civic Heritage, Billy Reading

• What is the built legacy of government?
• Q&A

11.55 Past, Present, and Future Legacy, Dr Nicola Stacey and Darryl Chen

• Drawing from the richness of London’s built heritage – how this can be a living legacy?
• How can we continue to inspire and breathe life into London through the heritage we create into the future?

12.40 Close

Wed 08/06/22, 9.30am–12.30pm
Zoom
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Ever popular session on the history of how London has developed, including looking at how trade, manufacturing, population changes and wars have impacted on the built city.

Agenda

10.00 Welcome & Overview – the Making of London

• What factors have led to the development of London through time? How can we understand the way the city has developed, as eco-system, hub or catalyst, Prof. Jerry White (University of London)
• Q&A

10.30 London Growth – sparks, checks and balances

• In and out – How have geography, movement, natural resources and trade contributed to London’s development? How do they continue to shape the future success of the city? Rob Whitehead (Centre for London)
• Q&A
• Comfort break

11.10 Riding the waves – How has development been affected by population growth, health crises and war? Prof. Vanessa Harding (University of London)

• Q&A

11.40 Onwards and upwards – What opportunities for the industry, house building and culture have been taken and how have these have shaped the city through time? Richard Brown

• Q&A

12.10 London of the Future

• What can we learn from the past to point the way forwards to the London of the future? Yolande Barnes (Bartlett Real Estate Institute)
• Speaker & delegate discussion

12.45 Wrap up & Close