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Urban Update
9 AUGUST 2024
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In Brief
BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE 2024 NATIONAL URBAN DESIGN CONFERENCE!
organised in association with Plymouth City Council
38% off early Bird rate for members - Ultra affordable Sponsored tickets for Local Authorities
FORTHCOMING UDG EVENTS
- 19-21 September - National Urban Design Conference - Plymouth
Delivering a New Urban Renaissance
NEWS
- Major study shows that urban residents score the lowest in social and economic satisfaction and well-being, compared with rural dwellers
- Finding multiple uses for car parks at different times of day
- Using IT to transform urban neighbourhoods
- Streetlights running all night leads to tough leaves that insects can't chew
- Rural belts around cities can reduce urban temperatures by up to 0.5 centigrade
- and much more...
BOOK OFFER - FUTURE OF HOUSING - 50% OFF
URBAN NOUS >>>>
From the UDG Neighbourhood Renaissance Conference
- new - How to create a shared vision for the future of a community - Richard Eastham >>>>
- The role of supermarkets in supporting community wellbeing - Catherine Hammant >>>>
- Understanding the 20 minute neighbourhood - Living Well Locally - Husam Al Waer >>>>
- What people want from their neighbourhoods - survey findings - Matthew Carmona >>>>
- Timed urban design - 1, 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes - Esther Kurland, Urban Design Learning - >>>>
- Remodelling Neighbourhoods - Harriet Haldenby, Urban Movement >>>>
- Housing - the right density? - Stephen Proctor, Proctor Matthews >>>>
- Al Za'atari Refugee Camp: Urban design by refugees >>>>
- Eco Responsive Environments >>>>
- European Housing Atlas >>>>
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Urban Design Group | Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design | Design South East x2
Advertise your career opportunities through the Urban Update and the UDG website - find out more
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National Urban Design Conference 2024
organised in association with Plymouth City Council
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Outline Programme
Day1 Thursday 19 September 2024 - Theatre Royal, Plymouth
9:30-12:30 Urban Renaissance - Looking Back – Looking Forward
25 years of policy and programmes – what happened, what worked, what remains to be done
Welcome: Paul Reynolds, Chair UDG
History of the Urban Task Force – Why, What, How
Martin Crookston, Urban Taskforce Member
Farrell Review – A Decade On
Max Farrell, LDN Collective
By Design – The Policy legacy & its impact
Hugo Nowell, Urban Initiatives Studio
Workshop
How can we overcome the barriers to delivering quality development at scale?
Led by Katja Stille, Tibbalds
Lunch + walk around the Old Town Square public realm works
The Plymouth Story
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Plymouth: "the greatest built example of post-war British planning and architecture"?
Opening Keynote
Councillor Tudor Evans OBE, Leader, Plymouth City Council
Plymouth – Design and Development and the Abercrombie Plan Legacy
Martin Ivatt, Plymouth City Council, Dr Stephen Essex
Plymouth – Britain’s Ocean City
Amanda Lumley – Destination Plymouth
The Sustainable City
Introduction, Lucy Fineberg
An Eco-Responsive Approach to 'Get Britain Building Again’
Prachi Rampuria, ecoResponsive Environments
Creating Sustainable Movement patterns and travel choices – state of the art
Dan Crane, Active Travel England
Delivering the Sustainable City – Identifying and Meeting Need
Luke Hillson and Dan Usher, Marrons
Lights, Camera, Economy
Bruce Calton, UMC Architects
Mixed use industrial redevelopment - Bow Goods Yard
Blazej Czuba, MacCreanor Lavington
Devonport – Regeneration Story
Matthew Coombe, Plymouth City Council
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Evening
17:45- 19:00 Evening Cruise – An opportunity to see the extensive regeneration of dock, victualing and chandlery facilities of this historic naval city from the seaward side. Including the Royal William Yard, Devonport, Brunel's unique Saltash bridge dating from the 1850s and 170 years on still providing the railway link to Cornwall. Coincides with International Talk like a Pirate day!
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19:30 Conference Dinner at the Custom House
The Grade II* Custom House in Plymouth, built in 1820, served as a central hub for maritime trade regulation. It reflects Plymouth's rich nautical heritage and historical significance in British maritime commerce.
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Day 2 Friday 20 September Theatre Royal, Plymouth
9:30 -13:00
Making Towns and Cities Work
Introduction: Louise Thomas, Leo Hamond
Greening Towns and Cities
Barne Barton Regeneration – Building with Nature
Clifton Emery Design
Leveraging Technology to Provide Nature Based Solutions for the Future City
Charlotte Markey, University of Exeter
How homes can be part of the solution to the biodiversity crisis
Bethany Kiss, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Urban Greening : Reimagining Canary Wharf
Jack Pritchard, Howells
Urban Extensions
New Towns
New towns… Lessons From Cranbrook, Devon
Simon Pugh, David Lock Associates
Existing Towns : Regeneration & Reinvention
Caerphilly Regeneration and Masterplan
Paul Seaver, Stride Treglown
Hamish Munroe, Caerphilly County Borough Council
Making space for creatives along the tidal Thames
Lorraine Cox, Creative Estuary
Technology for planning and for community involvement
Footflow: Forecasting pedestrian activity
Martin Wedderburn, Wedderburn Transport Planning
3D and immersive public engagement for improved project outcomes
Matt Rain, Digital Urban
14:00-16:00
Making the Investment: Delivering the Sustainable City
Introduction: Hannah Smart & Rob Thompson
Delivery - The role of local authorities
Chris King, East Suffolk Council
Delivering Town Centre Infrastructure
turning sustainable drainage systems into quality public realm
Will Hudson, Jubb
Delivering a new town – Ebbsfleet - A garden city for the 21st century
The development corporation model
Kevin McGough, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation
Delivering the Urban Renaissance – The Scarborough Story
Charles Campion, JTP
Nick Taylor, Renaissance Manager
Evening
Plymouth Walking Tours including the Royal William Yard regeneration and informal drinks and dinner
Day 3 Saturday 21 September Explore the South West
Lightly organised groups - An opportunity to explore with others in lightly organised groups
May include – further walks around Plymouth.... or further afield such as Nansledan – Sherford – Cranbrook – Poundbury etc..
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Humans, Health, Society
UK urban residents score the lowest in social and economic satisfaction and well-being, compared with rural dwellers >>>>
This is a study of 156,000 UK cities aged between 40 and 70. It is a very large sample, but with a bias towards people who are healthy.
Urban residents, despite having the highest incomes compared with people who live in the countryside, experience lower well-being, social satisfaction, and economic satisfaction, a phenomenon termed the "urban desirability paradox," which underscores the contrast between the appeal of cities and the poorer psychological state of their inhabitants.
Further study into the possibility of geographically focused health and policy interventions targeting psychological health is needed.
Built Environment
Using historic satellite radar data to map the changes in the built environment >>>>
Ground up concrete from demolition works reacted with carbon dioxide in the air to produce calcium carbonate bricks >>>>
How can intelligent technology and scenario-based operations transform urban neighbourhoods into smart, future-ready environments? >>>>
This paper discusses the use of different IT modules to aid the governance, design and operation of urban areas.
- City-level technical modules, based on digital twin technology, integrate and upgrade existing urban infrastructure including transportation, energy, water resources, waste, and blue-green networks.
- Unit-level modules build on the "10-minute community life circle" for integrated governance.
- Scenario-level modules embed technological innovations into daily activities such as transportation, services, security, and ecology.
Flexible use of urban parking for other uses at different times of day >>>>
Alternative uses suggested include:
- Small spaces – exercise, children’s games, sports and games, climbing wall.
- Linear spaces – kite flying, roller skating, running, archery.
- Larger areas – square dancing, badminton, volleyball, basketball, football , open air theatre, market.
Parking areas can be designed from the outset with these uses in mind, and with a management system to make the different uses possible.
Larger homes ultimately benefit the poor >>>>
Devon harbour town of Brixham set for more stunning murals >>>>
Work to start soon on Littlehampton seafront revamp >>>>
Wells cathedral awarded £4.5million to conserve famous medieval street >>>>
Sevenoaks regeneration: £435,000 to be spent on feasibility studies to determine the best use of land to the east of the High Street >>>>
How Scotland helped build a million dollar New York staircase >>>>
Major Roman brick and tile works discovered that provided the materials for Cirencester (Corinium)
Major health facility to be created inside repurposed section of shopping centre >>>>
Photographs of streets and people of London up to 140 years ago >>>>
Including Suffragettes holding placards with the names of female authors.
Natural Environment
Streetlights running all night makes leaves so tough that insects can’t eat them, threatening the food chain >>>>
Council leader asks for change in law so that the costs of subsidence linked to protected trees does not fall upon councils >>>>
Under the current law, a council that refuses a request by an insurance company to fell at tree, may become liable for damage, meaning that felling becomes the default option.
New model uses satellite imagery, machine learning to map flooding in urban environments>>>>
Researchers at North Carolina State University developed a machine learning model using satellite imagery to map urban flooding, addressing challenges like building shadows and complex hydrology. The model, tested with data from Hurricane Ida, revealed unexpected flooding in low-risk areas. Future work aims to simplify the model and share it openly.
500 different manmade chemicals found in Britain’s river and groundwater >>>>
Timber plantations near urban areas can aid mammal wildlife movement >>>>
Reforestation with monocultures of exotic species does not necessarily aid wildlife conservation, the paper warns.
Politics, Philosophy, Economics
England: Letter to Local authorities from the Chief Planner >>>>
- NPPF Consultation
- Social and Affordable Homes
- New Towns
- New Homes Accelerator Task Force
Energy, Climate Change
Potential for local electricity “micro-grids” to increase resilience >>>>
Closeness of new development to wild areas involves increased risk from climate change effects: fires, floods, and landslides. >>>>
Is carbon capture an economic way to tackle greenhouse gas emissions? >>>>
Retreating Andean rocks signal the world's glaciers are melting far faster than predicted >>>>
Rural belts around cities can reduce urban temperatures by up to 0.5°C >>>>
Movement
Report commissioned by Faversham Town Council questions walkability and cyclability of Duchy development >>>>
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More Great Events
Active Travel Cafe
on Zoom every Tuesday, 5:00-6:15 pm from Tuesday 3 September
Details and Tickets
Kent Design
Autumn Programme >>>>
Historic Towns and Villages Forum
Heritage Economics - Dave Chetwyn >>>>
21 August Thursday (1.30pm-2.30pm on Zoom).
Foundation Certificate in Urban Design
September - Now fully booked - returning in 2025.
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Book Offer
The Future of Housing
Mark Swenarton
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