The Layered City: City-Region-Neighbourhood
Manchester 12 - 13 May 2010

The fifth annual congress of the Academy of Urbanism will be held this year in Manchester from 12 -13 May. The Congress will bring together delegates from a wide variety of disciplines and locations to explore the relationships between City-regions and their constituent communities. The Congress addresses the complementary themes of Strategic Partnership and Alliance at a conurbation scale, and the significance of Liveable neighbourhoods and Community Identity at a more localised level - Learning from Place at different scales.

The Assembly programme will look at the roles and relationships of the key agencies operating within the city-region at a strategic level, followed by an exploration of how the city is perceived to function at a more grass roots level, with contributions from a range of speakers telling their own diverse stories.

CUBE will be hosting the Post Congress Action Workshop, which aims to consolidate their experience so and explore ideas to take forward to learning initiatives, UniverCities and City X-Rays, along with the potential for creating a European learning network.

Events include:

Wednesday 12 May 2010
Bdp Manchester Studio
Ducie Street

Study Tours
O ption 1
Walking tour of city centre led by Manchester City Council
O ption 2
Bus Tour of Manchester and its regeneration areas on the URBED Routemaster, including: Trafford, Salford Quays, The Broughtons, Ordsall, East Manchester

Thursday 13 May 2010
Bridgewater Hall
Lower Mosley Street

Understanding and Shaping Places
Four parallel workshops to explore how partnerships can be formed and processes applied to achieve continuous improvements through understanding place, changing perceptions and generating action.

1. UniverCities
Sarah Chaplin, Principal, Evolver LLP
Envisioning Lincoln - Prof David Chaddick, Vice Chancellor,
University of Lincoln
SEEDA Pilot UniverCity - Catherine Teeling, Senior Lecturer,
University of Portsmouth and Kathy Wadsworth, Strategic
Director, Portsmouth City Council

2. City X-Rays
David Rudlin, Director, URBED
Munich City Scan - Anna Rose, Director, Space Syntax
Place Profiling - Steve Smith, Director, DEGW

3. Facilitating a Process of Change
Andrew Clarke, Associate, Taylor Young
Folkestone - Nick Ewbank, Artistic Director,
Creative Folkestone
Weavers Triangle, Burnley - Hank Dittmar, Chief Executive,
The Prince’s Foundation

4. City Visioning
Dick Gleeson, Head of Planning, Dublin City Council
The Big Idea - Kelvin Campbell, Director, Urban Initiatives
What Makes Leeds Unique - John Thorp, Civic Architect,
Leeds City Council

Thursday 13 May 2010
Gorton Monastery, Gorton Lane
The Congress Dinner

The Urbanism Awards 2011
Announcement of the Finalists

Friday 14 May 2010
Post Congress Workshop
Cube Gallery, Portland St

Download the Events Programme and Booking Form here

www.academyofurbanism.org.uk

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