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Place makers
Wednesday 24th January 2007
Venue: St Thomas the Martyr Church, the Haymarket
Newcastle upon Tyne
Time: 6-8pm (Drinks following)
FREE, booking essential
It’s a truism that ‘people make places’, but more often than not the people who make places - designers, planners, transport engineers, developers – do so with little reference to the people who are going to use the place.
Making good places is also about knowing what is good about the place already, having imagination and creativity about what could go on there, and what that place could be like. Making good places is therefore about blending together a wide variety of skills and points of views towards that common vision.
The event will start with a presentation by Neil Bennett from Terry Farrell and Partners. Drawing on from his experience, he will talk about his approach to ‘place making’ and the various stakeholders involved in the process. His presentation will conclude with an outline proposal by Sir Terry Farrell for the St Thomas area or "cultural quarter" of Newcastle (previously advertised as a presentation by Sir Terry Farrell who is unable to take part for health reasons).
The Rt. Revd. John Martin Wharton will discuss the position of St Thomas the Martyr Church in the city and its importance in relation to people and the environment in which it sits. The speakers will be joined on the panel by representatives from Newcastle and Northumbria universities, Newcastle City Council and Nexus (to be confirmed) in the second part of the evening for an open discussion with the audience.
The event will be chaired by Roy Ashton, Board member of Northern Architecture and previously the Director of Development for Newcastle City Council.
To book a free place at this event visit www.northernarchitecture.com and click on the event title
Eco Build conference, London, 27th feb 2007
https://www.blaxx.net/2007/ibefeb07/eco.pdf
Registration Page
https://www.blaxx.net/2007/eco/reg/
For those of us interested in Design this seems to be free to use patents!
Might be inspirational / Might be a load of rubbish.
Use - http://www.freepatentsonline.com/search.html - EXPERT SEARCH
Sailboard with multiple skegs
Kaleidoscopic wind machine - nice
Click on this link Tim and type in what you like, look at what Nick James has created for his Mushroom Works pages. (Click on 'Style Help' when editing to get syntax pointers)-Alex
Official Site
http://www.xsitearchitecture.co.uk/
http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/default.asp
What Is Green Design ? A Talk By Ken Yeang
An overview of the approach to ecologically responsive design, based on the theories, research and completed work of Dr. Ken Yeang, one of the world's leading eco-architect, and Llewelyn Davies Yeang, designers of large-scale signature green buildings and sustainable master plans and policy guidance. After the talk there will be an opportunity for a chat over refreshments.
http://www.architectureweek.org.uk/event.asp?EventURN=2246
Create a whole city!
If this works it might be of facination to some one
http://www.citycreator.com/
If you'd like to find out more about housing proposals in the Valley, try the Ouseburn Trust at the Ouseburn Resource Centre at 53 Lime Street as a first port of call.
We carry the plans for developments currently going through the planning permission process, and often organise drop-in consultation days where you can talk to developers and architects. Most recently we ran a drop-in day about proposals for apartments on Hume Street, an application which has since been refused. Come and see the architect's boards for yourself!
We are also developers ourselves, and are currently working up proposals for 47 - 49 Lime Street and the vacant lot adjacent to it. Our designs so far include offices, work space, and live-work units with high environmental specifications. Come in to find out more!
Colin
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Ousebale
Community Sustainable Housing Project
Interactive Project Development Website
https://ousebale.pbwiki.com/
My Home: Our Place
Northern Architecture’s current season of events
www.myhomeourplace.com <http://www.myhomeourplace.com/>
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Next Event…
Thursday, February 9th 2006
NEW FORMS FOR NEW NEIGHBOURHOODS
A talk by Stephen Proctor of Proctor and Matthews Architects 5.30pm
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens
FREE
A close up on this season’s theme of creating better housing and neighbourhoods, the successful architect Stephen Proctor will be talking about the challenges of creating sustainable communities, his views on how you can create new forms of housing to meet changing needs and the projects in which he has done this to great success. This is a brilliant opportunity to listen, and contribute to, a discussion relevant both to Sunderland and the North East as a whole.
There will be drinks following the talk.
To reserve a place at this talk e-mail info@northernarchitecture.com stating how many places you would like or Tel: 0191 260 2191
Also…
Designs on Sunniside - Exhibition
13th – 17th February 2006,
Sunderland Housing Group, Fawcett Street, Sunderland.
FREE
Throughout this week the work of 7 students from the University of Newcastle will be on display at the Sunderland Housing Groups Fawcett street office in Sunderland City Centre. The work is the results of a project focusing on possible uses for an area in Sunniside demarcated for regeneration into a multi use zone.
Talk and Exhibition is sponsored by Pathway Homes, the new build arm of Sunderland Housing Group
My Home: Our Place is supported by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumbria University, Northern Architectural Association, Newcastle City Council, ONE NorthEast, Ryder HKS, SUMO design, Anders Elite, Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Limited, Faulkner Browns, Sunderland Housing Group, Bussey & Armstrong, Ian Darby Partnership and Yuill Homes.
Blackfriars
Monk Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4XN
T 0191 260 2191
F 0191 222 1003
W http://www.northernarchitecture.com/
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