27 September 2011 - 29 September 2011, 00:00 -

Design Skills Symposium Scotland 2011

The Tolbooth, Stirling. 27-29 September

Delivering Better Places:

If we want to create better places in Scotland more often than we have in the past, policymakers and those charged with delivery need to engage with both making markets and placeshaping strategies – especially by rethinking public sector commitment to and investment in placequality” Delivering Better Places in Scotland.

The symposium offers an intensive 2.5 day ‘hands on’ learning programme with the objective of developing practical skills in designing and delivering better streets and neighbourhoods in Scotland. The city of Stirling will form the basis for study, beginning with a city walk and site visits followed by a series of workshops. Keynote and high-profile speakers will provide the bigger picture and insight from projects throughout the UK and beyond.

The theme of this year’s Symposium is based on the findings of “Delivering Better Places in Scotland” which is a good practice guide to placemaking produced in 2010. Building on the findings, the brief will include a consideration of how to integrate ‘people aspects of place, from learning, housing, jobs, culture, sustainability and health with the ‘spatial aspects’ of place, street networks, blocks, and buildings.

Three contexts will be used to guide the action learning: urban expansion, re-thinking strategic transport infrastructure and the historic environment. Stirling, with its dramatic landscape, history, and rich diversity of settings provides the perfect location to explore placemaking in these contexts.

Up until 15^th August, CIHT members can purchase discount tickets for the Symposium. To take advantage of this offer, please click here. You should then follow the link on their homepage ‘Click here for Priority Mailing’ and complete an email – please mention CIHT and your CIHT membership number. The organisers will then contact you with a link to a different page for purchasing the tickets.

For questions about the event bookings, timings etc please contact the organisers:

stirling@designskillsscotland.co.uk

Tel: 01382 217 407

Design Skills Symposium Scotland 2011  Booking Information & Programme

This year one of the study exercises may be of particular interest to those involved in road transport planning as it focuses on the A9 corridor through Stirling – the “City Spine”. The challenge is to re-think how existing transport infrastructure can work to strengthen the whole place and link functions more appropriately.

Further details can be found by downloading the following pdf: Design Skills Symposium - City Spine Site Exercise