MAKING BETTER PLACES

- WHERE NEXT?

STEVE TIESDELL LEGACY SEMINAR

A special event to celebrate the passions,

achievements and memory of Dr Steve Tiesdell

Programme

14.00 Introduction Kevin Murray

14.10 Steve's passion as a communicator Prof David Adams &

Dr Georgiana Varna

14.30 In the footsteps of a teacher Dr Ombretta Romice

14.45 Placemaking in Practice:

Learning from International Exemplars George Weeks

15.05 How to create Place Promoters Diarmaid Lawlor

15.20 Whither Design Review? Prof John Punter

15.45 Where next – group discussion Group workshops

16.25 Feedback

16.40 Epilogue Ian Tiesdell

17.00 Babbity Bowster 19.00 Dhakin Restaurant

Francis Tibbalds …

‘place matter most’

Licensed copy from CIS: tayloryoung, Taylor Young, 26/01/2012, Uncontrolled Copy.

Croydon's central

library is the UK's 3rd

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DESIGN

REVIEW

DESIGN

REVIEW

DESIGN

POLICIES

DESIGN

REVIEW

DESIGN

VISION

DESIGN

POLICIES

PROACTIVE REACTIVE

Pre-application

(pre-design) Post-application

(post-design)

SPATIAL STRATEGIES, DEVELOPMENT

FRAMEWORKS, MASTERPLANS, ETC

Attitude: Tell private sector developers and their designers

upfront what is wanted and why” …

Attitude: Don’t put restrictions on private sector developers

and their designers – “let the designer design” …

Upton, Northampton

Professor David Adams +

Dr Georgiana Varna

Dr Ombretta Romice

Diarmaid Lawlor

George Weeks

Professor John Punter

where now?

Current predicament

A cusp in time?

-huge advances in placemaking internationally

-placemaking overridden by market economics?

•any investment 'must be good’

Movement against planning, design, sense of place?

•shift away from professional knowledge & competence (to Wikipedia

world of no rules)

•risk losing skills, techniques, people?

How do we take Steve’s legacy forward?

What do we need to do to ensure robust, liveable places,

comfortable for all?

Group 1 the perspective of place and design as a dimension

Libby of public policy - whether national or local

Group 2 from the point of view of practitioner skills and place

Craig leadership

Group 3 from the point of view of communities, their

Nick governance and stewardship

Each group…

1 identify 5-6 key ideas for future action

2 include both research & practice

3 run through ideas before report back

4 report back the leading 3-4 ideas

All ideas should be recorded

Feedback

Ian Tiesdell

This evening

17.00 Babbity Bowster Blackfriars Street

19.00 Dhakin Restaurant Candleriggs

Remember to pay Jas in advance

International Urban Design Conference

STEVE TIESDELL LEGACY SESSION

Nottingham University

2-3 April 2012