City Futures: New Perspectives on Placemaking

Conference at the Department of Architecture and Planning, Sheffield Hallam University

Thursday 22 September 2011

Expert speakers including leading policy makers, critics, practitioners and academics will present and debate alternative perspectives for Sheffield and the future city

£30 registration fee, inclusive of lunch and refreshments

To register for the event download the registration form.

Programme

9am Registration and coffee: Atrium Heartspace

9.30am Welcome: Norman Wienand, Head of Department Adsetts 6619

9.45am Professor Kevin Murray, Chair Academy of Urbanism Emerging perspectives on placemaking

10.15am Dave Caulfield, Head of Planning, Sheffield City Council 
Quality of place and economic competitiveness

11.00am Sarah Gaventa, Director of CABE Space
Creativity and culture in placemaking- next steps provisional title

11.30am Karl Tupling, Homes and Communities Agency

12.00pm Lunch at the Lyceum Theatre
Viewing of the RIBA Forgotten Spaces competition exhibition

1.30pm Workshops

·         Visualisation of the city Andrew Jones and Kaeren Harrison

·         Forgotten spaces Andrew Wilson with competition entrants

·         Greening the city Terena Plowright and housing team

·         Researching the city Richard Motley, Integreatplus & John Stonard, Sheffield City Council

·         Freiburg: city perspectives Anna Hawkins

·         Learning from Sheffield Neil Stevenson and architecture students

·         Adapting cities and communities to climate change Liane Duxbury

·         Business led regeneration: will localism work? Paul Jones and Rob Stevens

2.45pm Tom Wild South Yorkshire Forest Partnership 
Urban green space agendas

3.15pm  Terena Plowright, Director of the Greening Campaign

3.45pm Owen Hatherley, Author of A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain

4.15pm Closing remarks: Norman Wienand

4.30pm Drinks Reception: Hallam View

Any enquiries should be sent to e.hearnshaw@shu.ac.uk or phone Andrew Wilson on 0114 225 4811