UDG Exec Committee Nominations 2020
At the end of November all UDG members in good standing were invited to put themselves forward to join the Executive Committee for 2020 / 2021. Candidates were asked to complete a nomination form, provide two proposers and outline what they wished to achieve during the next 12 months if elected, and the resources they might need.
The AGM will take place on Monday 14 December at 6 pm.
For reference: Exec Committee members for 2019 / 2020
Nominations
CHAIR
Katja Stille | |
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In the next 12 months and beyond, I wish to support the UDG in achieving its specific objectives and promote the group as well as good urban design practice in general. Good urban design happens through collaboration and looking beyond one’s own specialism. I would like to break down the professional silos and improve communication and understanding between all of those involved in delivering good places. I seek to bring together professionals and interest groups from many different specialisms and work with our members to make delivering good places easier and tackle the barriers that we encounter in our day-to-day work. As well as promoting urban design and the skills of urban designers I wish to work with the Exec and core team to increase our membership numbers by drawing in a broader group from across the UK and internationally. |
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First Proposer: Christopher Martin Second Proposer: Leo Hammond |
TREASURER
Christopher Martin | |
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Urban Design as a discipline and profession shapes the places where we live, work, and play to harness wide-reaching benefits for residents, businesses, visitors, and society alike - unifying architecture, engineering, and planning behind this ambition. As a profession we have long-known and emphasised that how we plan, build, and manage our cities now, will determine the outcome of our efforts to achieve a regenerative and harmonious development tomorrow. The power we have to shape inspiring places is more relevant every day - so I will use these 12 months to ensure we double down, sharpen our resolve, and grow. |
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First Proposer: Katja Stille Second Proposer: Leo Hammond |
HONOURARY SECRETARY
Paul Reynolds | |
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My aim for the next 12 months is to work with the new chair to review, amend and update the constitution in a few areas, including the role / rights of Recognised Practitioners, to clarify the ability of representatives of corporate members to stand in their own right and most importantly to look at the role and function of Patrons and to investigate potential alternatives to the current system. I will probably need some assistance from the UDG office, mostly in send emails and co-ordinating member responses. I will also seek a small working party from the executive to support on the Patrons issue. I am also keen to organise 2-3 events in the year, including at least one in partnership with the Landscape Institute. |
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First Proposer: Katja Stille Second Proposer: Leo Hammond |
EXEC COMMITTEE
Leo Hammond (past chair) | |
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To continue to evolve the UDG, build on all the excellent work of the core staff and Executive, and utilise my networks for the good of the group. To help in the handover to a new Chair and Treasurer. |
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First Proposer: Christopher Martin Second Proposer: Katja Stille |
Husam AlWaer | |
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I am an ‘urbanist’, with a multi-disciplinary background in ‘Architecture, Urban Planning and Sustainability’, who writes extensively, and speaks regularly, about making sustainable places. I am an award-winning author and curator of events, focusing on issues of place making, sustainable urban design practice and their social impacts. I currently hold a professorial READER position in Sustainable Urban Design at University of Dundee, having previously researched and taught at Reading and Liverpool Universities. My work sits at the intersection of disciplines (sustainability, urbanism, urban design, architecture, anthropology), the intersection of spatial scales including their core and periphery (Buildings, Neighbourhoods, and Cities), and at the intersection of theoretical and contemporary thought (policies and their application). |
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First Proposer: Leo Hammond Second Proposer: David Rudlin |
Philip Black | |
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I would like to bring urban design practice and education/academia closer together in a meaningful way, using the platform of the UDG to enhance these links. I would seek to develop and deliver a series of short urban design training programmes (in conjunction with University of Manchester and UDG) focusing on themes such as technical skills, urban analysis, and design process. I would also like to advance the agenda of what core skills and competencies urban design programmes should be teaching, and how, across the UK; seeking to better understand, and narrow, the gaps between professional practice, theory, and education. |
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First Proposer: Lindsay Whitley Second Proposer: Robert Philips |
Colin Pullan | |
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Continue to work with the exec team to raise the quality of design and awareness of design matters. |
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First Proposer: Leo Hammond Second Proposer: Amanda Reynolds |
Amanda Reynolds | |
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To continue to lobby whenever, wherever for great urban design practice to improve the lives of urban dwellers in this country and any other I can influence - through the good offices of the UDG where possible. |
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First Proposer: Colin Pullan Second Proposer: Amanda Reynolds |
Raj Rooprai | |
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Continue to produce low/zero carbon master planning projects with sustainability strategies based on renewable energy systems and to make place more connected and efficient. I believe architecture and urban design should not be viewed as disconnected abilities, but united to generate a distinctive functioning environment where city and buildings converse to each other. |
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First Proposer: Leo Hammond Second Proposer: Paul Reynolds |
Barry Sellers | |
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First Proposer: Paul Reynolds Second Proposer: Alan Stones |
Kenji Shermer | |
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I trained and worked in Architecture before working in local government as a planner and urban designer. I care deeply about evidence-led good design and its benefits for human and planetary health. |
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First Proposer: Nick Thomas Second Proposer: Katja Stille |
Alan Stones | |
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I hope to work with UCL to relaunch the survey of urban design skills in planning authorities. I also wish to pursue the efficacy of Local Government Ombudsman complaints in getting planning authorities to include consideration of design issues in determining large planning applications |
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First Proposer: Amanda Reynolds Second Proposer: Barry Sellers |
Louise Thomas | |
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I would like to see greater regional involvement in the UDG, via the events and the journal. As co-editor of the journal, I can see the need to provide support to members (and those not yet involved in the UDG) whereby London is seen as a valuable place for best practice, but the challenges and case studies from further afield are explored in more detail. Influencing clients in the public and private sectors about the value of urban design should remain a key activity. |
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First Proposer: Sebastian Loew Second Proposer: Amanda Reynolds |
CO-OPTED MEMBERS
Co-opted members are voted onto the Exec Committee by the elected members of the committee (as opposed to the whole membership). UDG members can put themsleves forward at any time. If you are interested please contact adminstration@udg.org.uk
UDG members who have already expressed interest:
- Scott Elliott Adams
- Patricia Aelbrecht
- Meenakshi Bhagat
- Jas Bhalla
- Valentina Giordano
- Daniela Lucchese
- Graeme Moor
- Colin Munsie
- Brian Quinn
- Hannah Smart
- Graham Smith