BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT LAST-MODIFIED:20080204T151944 SEQUENCE:0 ORGANIZER:UCL Bartlett School of Architecture DTEND:20080205T184500 UID:2008-09-06T22:09:31-0400_61018753@socialweb1 DESCRIPTION:*_MArch Urban Design 07-08 Lecture series_* \nFive key lectur es will be held on Tuesday the 5th of February as part of the MARch Urban D esign 07-08 lecture series\, as follows: \n \n*_11:30-12:45 Lecturer: Adam Lubinsky_* \n \nLecture title: “Schools as Generators of Urban Change: S ocial Infrastructure and Physical Form” \n \nSynopsis: A paradigm shift a way from the modernist ideal of the rational and universal city has led in two often competing directions – first\, in the direction of localised an d self-sufficient networks embodying the sustainability paradigm and second \, toward the ‘choice’ paradigm. The demand for individual choice of ph ysical infrastructure\, such as broadband connections or gas supply\, and s ocial infrastructure\, such as schools and health services\, has had dramat ic impacts on urban form and the development of sustainable cities. \n \nTh is presentation will discuss how school planning and the school building ty pology has affected urban form\, first in the paradigm shift to a centralis ed modern industrial economy and\, over the last 20 years\, in the shift to a postmodern network-based\, choice-based\, free market society. The adve nt of school choice has altered the historical one-to-one relationship betw een a primary school and a defined catchment area. Three case studies\, con sidering London\, New York City and Cape Town\, examine the shifts from thr ee types of modernist neighbourhood schooling to three different school cho ice policies. \n \nBio: Adam Lubinsky is currently a Director at Urban Prac titioners and a PhD candidate at the Bartlett School of Graduate Studies. In his professional work\, Adam is leading two masterplans in the Thames Ga teway and is on the team developing the CABE Sustainable Cities on-line man ual. Adam is also managing the Woolwich Squares Competition on behalf of D esign for London and the London Borough of Greenwich and is directing the H unts Point Community Investment Project\, a project funded by the New York City Department of Environmental Protection to design and build three innov ative waterfront projects. Adam's academic work examines the planning and design implications of the shift from neighbourhood schooling to school cho ice policies. \n \n*_14:00-16:15 EDAW lecture series. Session 1. (lecture 1 : Chris Choa. Lecture 2: Michelle Saywood)_* \n \n \nAs part of a programm e of lectures by principals from leading London-based practices\, we have a sked EDAW\, a multidisciplinary international practice that brings together skills in architecture\, urban design\, planning\, economics\, environment and graphics\, to hold a series of 5 lectures given by associates\, direct ors and principals from their urban design\, landscape and architecture stu dios. They will discuss London and major projects for the city\, alongside projects in international cities including Tokyo and Barcelona. \n \nIn the first session\, Chris Choa - Urban Design principal with international exp erience focused on high-performance urbanism- will discuss five cities and five projects. He will be joined by Michelle Saywood\, Urban Design Directo r\, who is involved in projects that have explored both urbanism and archit ectural design\, and who will examine the metabolism of the city\, and Lond on perceived as a city of villages. \nIn the second session (to be held on Tuesday the 12th of February)\, Jason Prior - a practising landscape archit ect and urban designer and president of EDAW - will discuss the reinvention of places in Manchester\, Tokyo\, Barcelona and Liverpool. He will be foll owed by Pippa Gueterbock\, Urban Design associate\, who will explore the su stainability\, character and landscape of the Olympics. And finally\, Jonat han Rose\, Architecture Director who recently joined EDAW having been Pract ice Principal at Arup Associates leading major international projects\, wil l finish with a look at London futures and the dynamics of public and priva te space. \n \n_14:00-15:00 Lecturer: Chris Choa_ \n \n \nLect ure title: "Density is Good - Five Exemplary Environments" (EDAW series. Le cture 1) \n \nSynopsis: Urban Density is the most readily available and pow erful source of renewable energy on the planet. Christopher Choa will pres ent some recent projects that consciously attempt to develop mixed-use dens ity in developing economies. \n \n \nBio: Christopher Choa is a Principal o f EDAW. A prize-winning architect\, urban designer\, and author\, he brings over 20 years of experience to a wide range of government\, commercial\, i nstitutional\, and cultural projects. \n \nChristopher has served as co-ch air of New York New Visions - the design coalition for the rebuilding of Lo wer Manhattan. Some of his ongoing or completed projects include European Embankment masterplan/St. Petersburg\, Saadiyat Island Masterplan/UAE\, the masterplan of Shanghai's North Bund/China\, the Twentieth Century Fox Stud ios in Los Angeles/USA\, and the Tempozan Harbor Village in Osaka/Japan. \n \n \n_15:15-16:15 Lecturer: Michelle Saywood_ \n \n \nLecture title: "The metabolism of the city\; London - a city of villages" (EDAW ser ies. Lecture 2) \n \n \nSynopsis: London is a dynamic\, diverse and ever-re sponsive city\, providing all who live\, work and visit with an unrivalled range of experiences and opportunities. London’s identity is a palimpsest of historic buildings\, streets\, spaces and places for the purposes of pu blic and private exchange and it is a product of contemporary culture\, fas hion\, economics\, environmental and political issues. Its ability to trans form means it is constantly able to respond to local needs and yet is equal ly adept at attracting international investment and intrigue. \n \n \nAberc rombie famously described London as a ‘City of Villages’\; from Brick L ane to Bloomsbury\, Camden to Covent Garden\, each address has a unique ide ntity that collectively combine to form the distinctive character of London . The legacy of the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games offers an unpa ralleled opportunity to contribute to the growth of the city and ensure tha t London remains a destination for all. The Legacy Masterplan Framework wil l create a new address for London. It will become a location with meaning t hat evokes emotions of attachment or belonging and a destination of spectac ular proportions that builds on the memory of the Olympic Games and the pow erful character of the East of London. \n \n \nDeveloping a special identit y for this new London address will generate a sense of place that enables p eople to associate with the locality in which they live\, work or visit and it will alter the aspirations and expectations of local people and future investors. \nBio: \n \n \nMichelle is an award winning Urban Designer with 8 years experience. As a creative and innovative designer\, she has been in volved in a range of challenging projects that have explored urbanism\, tow n building\, place making and architectural design\, including the Olympic and Legacy masterplans and Kings Waterfront in Liverpool. \n \n \nMichelle has experience of working with both public and private sector clients and has worked within a wide range of consultant teams. She combines her abilit ies as a project manager with her talents as a creative thinker\, problem s olver and detailed designer to deliver a range of masterplanning and regene ration projects. \n \n \nPrior to working at EDAW\, Michelle trained as an architect\, working on a number of Architectural projects\, ranging from l arge mixed use development schemes\, bespoke new build houses and restorati on and conservation of listed buildings. Michelle was awarded a commendatio n for the RIBA Presidents Silver Medal in 2002. \n \n*_16:30-17:30 Lecturer: Professor Dr. Michael Batty._* \n \n \nLecture title: "Fractal geometry and cellular automata in urban design" \n \nSynopsis: This lecture introduces new ideas about geometry based on the notion that similar patterns occur at different spatial scales in cities. These pattern s suggest an underlying order in cities which is fractal. We show how fract als are self-similar systems and occur in all kinds of natural\, biological as well as artificial systems. We then show examples of how to grow fracta ls which are reminiscent of urban morphologies and then illustrate how we c an articulate these as cells and develop automata which is the basis of a s eries of models for growing cities. \n \nReferences: Batty\, M. (2005) Citi es and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata\, Agent-Base d Models\, and Fractals\, The MIT Press\, Cambridge\, MA\; Batty\, M.\, an d Longley\, P. A. (1997) The Fractal City\, Architectural Design\, 67 (9-10 : Profile 129)\, 74-83\; Batty\, M. and Longley\, P. A. (1994) Fractal Citi es: A Geometry of Form and Function\, Academic Press\, London and San Diego \, CA. \n \nBio: Dr. Michael Batty is Bartlett Professor of Planning at Uni versity College London where he directs the Centre for Advanced Spatial Ana lysis (CASA). Previously (1990-1995) he was Director of the NSF National Ce nter for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) in the State Universit y of New York at Buffalo and from 1979 until 1990\, he was Professor of Cit y and Regional Planning in the University of Wales at Cardiff. His research work involves the development of computer models of cities and regions\, a nd he has published many books and articles in this area\, the most recent being Cities and Complexity (MIT Press\, Cambridge\, MA\, 2005) and an edit ed volume GIS\, Spatial Analysis and Modeling (ESRI Press\, Redlands\, CA\, 2005). He is editor of the journal Environment and Planning B: Planning an d Design. The work of his group can be seen on the web site http://www.casa .ucl.ac.uk/ and at http://www.casabook.com/. He is made a Fellow of the Br itish Academy in 2001. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honou rs in June 2004. \n \n*_17:45-18:45 dhem technopolitan studio l ecture series. Lecturers: Dan Horner and Edouard Moreau._* \n \n \nLecture title: "Technology and cities: A critique of urbanism within th e context of technological innovation” (technopolitan studio Lecture 1) \ n \n \nSynopsis: Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution\, societies h ave been founded\, expanded\, and adapted by a constant stream of technolog ical advancement which has lead some academics to believe that technologica l innovation is the single most important source of social change. Recent t echnological milestones such as the internet and the mobile phone have alte red the dynamics within our cities so profoundly that some believe the move ment rivals the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution. The eviden ce of these changes is embedded in our popular culture and our increasing d ependency on digital technology and digital processes within our daily live s. \n \n \nThe first lecture in the series explores historical\, proposed a nd conceptual urban projects which have utilized technological innovation i n its creation or evolution. Case studies including Zaragoza\, Mazdar and H elsinki Virtual Village support the notion that 21st century urbanism is ev olving beyond brick and mortar\; establishing an expanded design palette wh ich utilises technological advancement as a tool for achieving dynamic Urba nism and Architecture. \n \nBios: Following their graduation with distinct ions in 2007 from the MArch Urban Design at the Bartlett\, Daniel Horner an d Edouard Moreau founded dhem:technopolitan studio as a continuation of the ir "urbanism 2.0" project \; an investigative work exploring contemporary s hifts in societal organisation in response to the rapid digitalisation of a n expanding informational economy\; technopolitan studio has the ambition t o become a collaborative lab of design professionals and technological inno vators exploring theoretical and design aspects of the city 2.0\, through v arious disciplines from urban design and interactive architecture to intera ction design\, web 2.0 platforms and new mobile technology. The aim of this studio is to bridge the gap between the digital world and the physical rea lm and use technology as a tool to create challenging and responsive enviro nments through "intelligent spaces". \n \nIn parallel with their work for t he technopolitan studio\, Daniel and Edouard are urban design consultants f or Dar-Al Handasah\, a Middle-East based architecture and engineering firm\ , on large-scale projects across Africa\, Middle-East and the Far East. The ir current work includes a 1000ha+ city extension of Tunis and an equestria n city in Riyadh. \n \nEdouard Moreau: \n \nEdouard's work experience cove rs various disciplines\, scales and locations\, including urban design proj ects\, urban engineering\, transport planning and urban analysis\, in Paris \, London\, Tokyo or New Delhi. Edouard also participated in several associ ative projects around alternative and bottom-up approaches in urbanism. He received in 2006 the British Council's Entente Cordiale Scholarship awarded to the most outstanding French scholars in the UK. \n \n \nDaniel Horner: \n \n \nAn experienced urban designer with an academic background in Landsc ape Architecture\, Town Planning and Architecture. Over 3 years of practica l experience working in both public and private sector projects at a variet y of scales and locations across Europe and the Middle East. Recent experie nce covers new settlement masterplanning\, urban extensions\, urban regener ation\, design coding\, detailed public realm design and architectural deve lopment briefs. \n \n \n \n \n SUMMARY:MArch Urban Design 07-08 Lecture series DTSTART:20080205T113000 CREATED:20080204T151432 DTSTAMP:20080906T220931 LOCATION:University College London University College London Basement lectu re theatre END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR