ISoCaRP Workshop
Town and Regional Planning were delighted to welcome planners from Scotland, England and Europe to an ISoCaRP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) workshop held in the university last week. The workshop, on the theme of ‘The Realism of Implementation - Engagement of Local Resources’ explored the challenges which are being addressed in the process of renewal and recovery in Dundee. Speakers included Pam Ewen, TAYplan Strategic Development Planning Manager and Allan Watt, Dundee Waterfront Manager, both key players involved in the city’s regeneration, as w...
ISoCaRP Workshop
Town and Regional Planning were delighted to welcome planners from Scotland, England and Europe to an ISoCaRP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) workshop held in the university last week. The workshop, on the theme of ‘The Realism of Implementation - Engagement of Local Resources’ explored the challenges which are being addressed in the process of renewal and recovery in Dundee. Speakers included Pam Ewen, TAYplan Strategic Development Planning Manager and Allan Watt, Dundee Waterfront Manager, both key players involved in the city’s regeneration, as w...
Let’s plan a new town
Primary school pupils from across Dundee got the chance ‘to plan a new town’ at the Engage Dundee event held on 6 May 2014. Working with staff from Town and Regional Planning, the pupils began by discussing what they like and dislike about their neighbourhood. Their ‘likes’ included living near friends, shops they could walk to, parks with swings, seesaws and football pitches, wide streets, and well-designed houses and their ‘dislikes’ included major roads with noisy traffic, anti-social behaviour, a lack of things to do in the park, small gardens, not ...
Let’s plan a new town
Primary school pupils from across Dundee got the chance ‘to plan a new town’ at the Engage Dundee event held on 6 May 2014. Working with staff from Town and Regional Planning, the pupils began by discussing what they like and dislike about their neighbourhood. Their ‘likes’ included living near friends, shops they could walk to, parks with swings, seesaws and football pitches, wide streets, and well-designed houses and their ‘dislikes’ included major roads with noisy traffic, anti-social behaviour, a lack of things to do in the park, small gardens, not ...
Icing on the Cake?
Town and Regional Planning were delighted that Barbara Illsley’s excellent teaching was acknowledged when she received one of the College of Arts and Social Sciences’ 2014 Teaching and Good Practice Awards under the “Transformational Teaching: Creating Wider Impact” category. The Course Team had nominated Barbara for a range of learning and teaching initiatives she has developed over the years and which have helped to raise the profile of planning amongst the general public. In selecting just one of her initiatives, Barbara talked about her work with primary and secondary schools an...
Architectural History in Practice
Tuesday 27 May 6 – 8pm A Planning Aid Scotland event in conjunction with 50 years of planning education at Dundee Tom Parnell, Architectural Historian with Simpson & Brown (a conservation architecture practice), will talk about how he helps inform architects and clients in developing designs and supporting planning applications. This visually-based presentation will look at the tools available for research into the historic built environment; discuss case-studies and the documents produced (such as conservation plans and statements); and examine what can/should be expected of applications re...
Architectural History in Practice
Tuesday 27 May 6 – 8pm A Planning Aid Scotland event in conjunction with 50 years of planning education at Dundee Tom Parnell, Architectural Historian with Simpson & Brown (a conservation architecture practice), will talk about how he helps inform architects and clients in developing designs and supporting planning applications. This visually-based presentation will look at the tools available for research into the historic built environment; discuss case-studies and the documents produced (such as conservation plans and statements); and examine what can/should be expected of applications re...
Planning hosts 'A tale of two cities'
Town & Regional Planning, in conjunction with the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), recently told 'A tale of two cities', discussing the past, present and future of Perth and Dundee in terms of planning and development. The event formed part of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of planning education at the University whilst the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) marks its centenary in 2014. Perth and Dundee are the only two cities in the area covered by the RTPI’s East of Scotland Chapter, and the University has helped to shape both over the past half-century as many planning graduat...
Planning Student part of Winning Team - Designing Places Competition
Congratulations to Annabel Macgregor, second year MA TRP student, who was part of the winning team in the Scottish Government Designing Places Student Competition held on Saturday 15th March at the Lighthouse in Glasgow. About the competition The masterplanning competition is an annual free event hosted by the Scottish Government. Following the success of last year’s design competition, this marks the 5th year that the Designing Places Award has taken the format of a live masterplanning class. The emphasis is on interaction and learning across disciplines. Students who’ve participat...