Oxford Futures ‘The Way We Live’ - How can our neighbourhoods be fit for 21st century Living?
As towns and cities cope with ever greater demands on resources, great cities like Oxford need to show viable ways forward. In particular, they need to combine planned urban extensions with upgrading existing housing estates in ways that will cut travel and energy use whilst also offering exciting and unique places to live in. They are competing with the rest of the world for investment and so need to make the most of all their assets.
Afternoon Seminar - Oxford Brookes University
12.30 Registration and buffet lunch
13.30 Keynote speaker: What makes a great place to live?
John Worthington, Director of The Academy of Urbanism and Founder of DEGW
14.00 A series of short presentations:
Building a consensus in favour of growth and quality
Peter Studdert, Former Director of Joint Planning for Cambridges Growth Areas, Cambridgeshire County Council
Responding to market changes
Richard Webber, Founder of Experian Mosaic
The expansion of Bicester: Building an Ecotown
Adrian Colwell, Head of Strategic Planning, Cherwell District Council
Learning from elsewhere
Professor Georgia Butina Watson, Head of Department of Planning and Urban Design,
Oxford Brookes University
15.00 Q+A / debate
16.00 How we want to live in the 21st Century
Dr Nicholas Falk, Founder/Director of URBED will run a series of workshops to discuss:
A. Developing in the right places and reducing car use
B. Creating balanced and healthier communities
C. Building distinctive places
D. Designing with nature and saving energy
E. Financing affordable and lasting communities
Convenors will be drawn from The Academy of Urbanism and Oxford Brookes University, and notes will be taken for the eventual report.
17.30 Close of Symposium
Evening debate programme
Location: Long Room, Oxford Old Town Hall
Hosted by Royal Society of Arts
Oxford City Council
18.00 Registration and Drinks
18.30 Introduction: Some thoughts on housing and growth?
Jon Rowland, Director of Jon Rowland Urban Design
18.40 Changing the way we live: new UK housing concepts
Neil Bennett, Partner, Farrells
19.00 What can we learn from Europe?
Wulf Daseking, former Director of Development, City of Freiburg im Breisgau
19.30 Q+A / debate
20.00 Close of Evening Debate
