From our November event, Sacha Coles discusses how the Sydney harbour landscape has been significantly transformed. Copyright Keith Diamond
From our November event, Tony McCormick provides some ingredients for a successful waterfront. Copyright Keith Diamond
ANNOUNCING ‘CHILDREN IN THE CITY’, THE FOURTH SEMINAR IN ‘CITY TALKS: an URBAN DESIGN SEMINAR SERIES’
In November 2012 the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects partnered with Hobart City Council to hold the third event in ‘City Talks: an Urban Design Seminar Series’.
The November event, “Design of the Public Waterfront: the Great Untapped Potential of Hobart’s Foreshore” was another great success with over 5o professionals including planners, architects, local government officials and landscape architects coming together to hear two inspiring speakers that explored potentials for redeveloping Hobart’s waterfront. The Lord Mayor of Hobart also was present to introduce the audience to Hobart and it’s waterfront.
This month, on February 15 at 8:45am, City Talks will continue with its fourth event entitled, “Children in the City”. Four speakers will be flying in from mainland Australia to provide insights into designing more child-friendly cities.
Dr. Karen Malone, of UNESCO, will discuss the theoretical and practical framework that informs her work in child friendly cities and child friendliness monitoring and evaluation, drawing on her extensive international work.
Ric McConaghy, an experienced landscape designer in playscapes, will explore notions of play and playspaces addressing physical, social, and imaginative options with a focus on art, nature and access.
Fiona Robbe, a landscape architect specializing in playgrounds, will offer her insight encompassing public playgrounds in parks (local and state government), as well as play areas in schools, preschools, churches, zoo’s, museums and anywhere children play outside!
Kate Luckraft, of ASPECT Studios in Sydney, will discuss how children perceive dense city areas, what they do and don’t like about city centres, drawing from case studies from around the world.
The seminar will run from 8:45am – 1:30pm on February 15, 2013 at the Menzies Research Centre in Hobart. There is a cost of $25 for the seminar, which includes morning tea and a light lunch. You can register and pay at: www.aila.org.au/pay/
Visit www.hobarturban.com.au to get the details for the events as they unfold each month, through April next year. All built environment professionals and those interested in urban design are encouraged to attend.
Note: the talks and topics arise from concerns raised for the future of the city centre by Danish urban designer, Jan Gehl in the Inner City Development Plan that was prepared for the Hobart City Council.
Partners: Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Hobart City Council, Kompan
Major Sponsors: Lappsett, Grating Tasmania
Support Sponsors: Southern Lighting & Distribution, University of Tasmania, Place Leaders Association, Street And Garden and Tasmanian Early Years Foundation.
For more information or RSVP contact: [email protected]
