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...
Geddes Institute Lunchtime Forum
Work at Lunch When Thursday 20 March, 12:30 to 1:30/2:00 Where Room 2F10 in the Dalhousie Building Garry Adam - Living in/on/from small projects: the Architect as Developer or Consultant Garry is a Certified Passive House Designer and a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Dundee where he is also the Professional Studies Advisor. Moses Jenkins - The technical development of Scottish brickwork, 1700-1900 Moses is a Senior Technical Officer with Historic Scotland and PhD student in Planning at the University of Dundee. It would be great to see as many people as possible to this chat/information...
Geddes Institute Lunchtime Forum
Work at Lunch When Thursday 20 March, 12:30 to 1:30/2:00 Where Room 2F10 in the Dalhousie Building Garry Adam - Living in/on/from small projects: the Architect as Developer or Consultant Garry is a Certified Passive House Designer and a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Dundee where he is also the Professional Studies Advisor. Moses Jenkins - The technical development of Scottish brickwork, 1700-1900 Moses is a Senior Technical Officer with Historic Scotland and PhD student in Planning at the University of Dundee. It would be great to see as many people as possible to this chat/information...
Dundee City Council Civic Award 2013/2014
The Annual Dundee City Council Civic Award for third year students of Town and Regional Planning at Dundee University School of the Environment took place on Wednesday 26 Feb 2014. The Project involved the proposed redevelopment of a site with the Central Waterfront area (referred to as Plot 2 on Dundee Waterfront Masterplan document). Currently, a Council car parking site, the site is adjourned by Yeaman Shore on the North, Union Street on the East, South Marketgait on the South and West Marketgait on the West. Five shortlisted finalists were judged by City Development Convener, Will Dawson and the ...
Issues and Challenges in Managing Marine & Maritime Environments & Heritage - Past, Present and Future
4th March 2014 The transformation of Dundee’s waterfront provides an important context for considering our relationship with the sea. Bringing The Discovery back to Dundee was a major impetus in the city’s regeneration. In Northern Ireland, the commemoration of the sinking of The Titanic was a catalyst in the revitalisation of Belfast, offering important opportunities to link past, present and future ambitions for the city. This event comprises three lectures designed to bring together students, practitioners and the general public around the management of our marine and maritime reso...
Issues and Challenges in Managing Marine & Maritime Environments & Heritage - Past, Present and Future
4th March 2014 The transformation of Dundee’s waterfront provides an important context for considering our relationship with the sea. Bringing The Discovery back to Dundee was a major impetus in the city’s regeneration. In Northern Ireland, the commemoration of the sinking of The Titanic was a catalyst in the revitalisation of Belfast, offering important opportunities to link past, present and future ambitions for the city. This event comprises three lectures designed to bring together students, practitioners and the general public around the management of our marine and maritime reso...
Urban Regeneration: A Titanic Task?
Professor Deborah Peel, the new Chair of Architecture and Planning at the University of Dundee, used the Titanic Quarter and the waterfront regeneration of Queen’s Island in Northern Ireland for her Discovery Days lecture to identify some parallels between Belfast and Dundee. She pondered on how the disaster of the sinking of the Titanic was being re-imagined to assert the grand scale thinking of that city. “Dundee and Belfast share a ship-building and textile history and they are both engaged in major water-front transformations, seeking to address the difficult legacy of brownfield land and u...
Master Planning Process Under Current Conditions
A Practitioners Symposium at University of Dundee Held on Friday, 12th October 2012 Master-planning has had a strong revival in recent years. However, significant socio-demographic changes are on-going amidst the constraints of the current economic stagnation, the policy of reduced public spending and added pressure the search for growth places on the environment. This changing environment poses a major challenge for master-planning. The way we conceive of master-planning now requires re-visiting. The traditional perspective of master-planning as a design-led activity concerned with the architectural form ...