The City as a Thinking Machine : The Exhibition : Programme of Events : Satellite Events : The Catalogue
As part of the international outreach for the exhibition
The City is a Thinking Machine
... activism in the built environment
Nablus: an authentic urban space Naseer R. Arafat
Monday 19th October, Tower Building, University of Dundee
1-2:00pm
As part of the international outreach of the Cities as Thinking Machines Exhibition, Naseer R. Arafat will discuss the old city of Nablus, introducing its urban fabric and buildings. In the context of understanding the city’s social sensitivity, economic ambitions and environmental responses to climatic specifications, Naseer will discuss how the historic city centre of Nablus has responded to the social, economic and environmental aspects that are essential for today's concerns for appropriate urban design of modern cities.
Naseer is an architect and specialist in development, planning, and conservation. He has worked on a number of research projects and books on Palestinian architectural heritage, particularly concerned with social and historical issues. He is the author of Nablus, City of Civilizations. Mr Arafat is visiting the city as a guest of the Dundee-Nablus Twinning Association.
Celebrate World Town Planning Day with Town and Regional Planning
Wednesday 4 November 2015 University of Dundee - Room T4, The Tower Building: 11.00 to 19.00
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11:15 |
University of Dundee Welcome Address Professor Deborah Peel – University of Dundee |
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11:20 |
Introduction to World Town Planning Day Marion Frederiksen – Royal Town Planning Institute International Policy and Research Officer |
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11:30 |
Conference Welcome Sonia Kirby - Chair, WTPD Online Conference 2015 |
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11:40 |
New Global Sustainable Goals Rafael Tuts – United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) |
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12:30 |
Opening Keynote Address Emeritus Professor Patsy Healey OBE |
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13:30 |
Keynote Address Ali Grehan - Dublin City Architect |
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Technical Pause – 30 mins |
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15:00 |
Session 1 – Housing and Sustainability |
UK: Steven Wood |
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West Suffolk Councils |
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South Africa: Zhan Goosen |
Planning for Child-Friendly Spaces in Our Communities |
North West University |
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Technical Pause – 30 mins |
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16:30 |
Session 2 – Housing Delivery |
Spain: Silva Perez Bou |
When Does Housing Regeneration Succeed? 3 Case Studies from Spain |
Polytechnic University of Valencia (Spain). |
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Ireland: Sean O’Leary |
Community Education and Regeneration for Sustainable Communities in Theory and Practice |
Maynooth University Irish Planning Institute |
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Technical Pause – 30 mins |
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18:00 |
Session 3 – Housing Delivery |
South Africa: Sisa Maboza |
Problems with housing and service delivery in South Africa |
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa |
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UK: Cliff Hague |
Unintended Consequences of a Housing Project in Edinburgh |
Freelance Consultant |
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19:00 |
Close of event |
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The Evolutionary Spirit at Work in Patrick Geddes
Dr Ian Wight (University of Manitoba)
Friday 20th November T4, Tower Building, University of Dundee 2-4:00pm
Dr Ian Wight, University of Manitoba, will explore how Patrick Geddes’ ideas for an applied, integral ecology might be translated into contemporary professional practice. Ian has a long career in regional planning practice and is an advocate of a new civic professionalism. Ian engages in action research, with a particular interest in the implications of an integral perspective - prospecting an integral form of planning that would transcend and include the best of pre-modern, modern and post-modern planning. Building on the social technologies of “presencing” and “meshworking”, Ian is committed to praxis-making and ethos-making – meshing the personal, the professional and the spiritual. In his talk, Ian will offer the perspective of planning as place-making, as well-being by design, and invite a sharing of others' experience and hunches, inspired by their sense of Geddes' relevance today, and to come.
CITIES IN EVOLUTION
Tuesday 24th November, D’Arcy Thompson Lecture Theatre, University of Dundee, 6-8:00pm
City Vistas: Lord Mar’s plans for London, Paris and Edinburgh in the 1720s
Dr Margaret Stewart, lecturer, architectural historian, University of Edinburgh
Thinking versus action: Patrick Geddes's conservation paradox
Professor Michael Hebbert, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Postscript: Activism in the Built Environment: Art
Thursday 10 December 2015
John Dummett: Score for a prepared voice: the city is a thinking machine
John Dummett is an artist and writer based in Scotland. Working between sculpture, critical writing and performance, John addresses the social production of knowledge. His work examines the different and often contradictory images of ‘the public’ and how these underpin the architectural and social fabric of the urban environment. John is a PhD student at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee and an affiliate of the Geddes Institute. His work is included in the research project and exhibition The City is a Thinking Machine: activism in the built environment, currently in the Lamb Gallery. This will be the last evening event associated with the Geddes Exhibition.