Urban Design Group Event: Charrettes – Best Practice for 21st Century Placemaking
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Urban Design Group Event: Charrettes – Best Practice for 21st Century Placemaking

Jane Jacobs famously wrote: “Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.” But how can communities most effectively participate in shaping the places they call home?

Chaired by Charles Campion, JTP Partner and author of '20/20 Visions: Collaborative Planning & Placemaking' this event will bring together four speakers highly experienced in Charrette and community engagement processes.

First conceived in the United States in the fifties and mainstreamed by the American Institute of Architects R/UDAT programme in the sixties, hundreds if not thousands of co-design Charrettes processes have subsequently been held around the world to bring communities genuinely into the heart of planning and placemaking. 

Despite the demonstrable benefits, there are still many architects and planners who lack the confidence and expertise to collaborate with the public effectively.

The programme for the evening is as follows:

6.15 Arrival
6.30 Welcome and introduction by Charles Campion
6.40 Individual presentations by panellists
7.30 Panel discussion & Q&A
8.00 Informal conversations and networking
8.30 Close

External speakers include:

  • Lynne Ceeney, Sustainable Built Environment Expert, Lytton Consulting
  • Nick Taylor, The Piece Hall, Halifax
  • Husam AlWaer, Senior Lecturer at University of Dundee
  • Tom Perry, Head of Cities Programme, Design Council
  • Kevin Collins, Central Bedfordshire Councillor

Tickets for the event can be purchased via this link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e...

Date / Time
  • 6 March 2019
    6:15pm - 8:30pm
Location

JTP Studios
Unit 5, The Rum Warehouse
London
E1W 2AP
United Kingdom