Character + Local Distinctiveness
Wednesday 14 April 2021 - 18:00 to 19:30
Zoom FREE
This event aims to sharpen our understanding of what we mean by character and local distinctiveness.
Is it architecture and the shape of buildings? Details? Materials or colours?
Is it about the shape of streets? Is it about the people who live and work there?
And most importantly how do we change nowherevilles to somewherevilles?
Chair
Scott Elliott Adams UDG Exec | Urban Designer
Speakers
Rob Cowan Urban Design Skills
LOCAL DISTINCTIVENESS, CHARACTER + APPEARANCE - WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Chuck Wolfe Seeing Better Cities
SUSTAINING A CITY'S CULTURE AND CHARACTER, DECONSTRUCTED
Jon Cooper Oxford Brookes University
VIEWCUE - USING COMPUTERS TO ANALYSE STREETS
Presentations
| 00:00:00 | Scott Elliott Adams UDG Exec | Urban Designer |
| 00:03:00 | Rob Cowan Design Skills |
| 00:10:22 | Chuck Wolfe Seeing Better Cities |
| 00:28:54 | Jon Cooper Oxford Brookes University |
| 00:47:15 | Summary of the three presentations followed by questions |
| 00:48:04 | Is character and disctinctiveness subjective? |
| 01:01:08 | To what extent does character stem from something more than the physicality of a place? |
| 01:14:18 | How might local character be ascertaine by disparate interest groups? |
