Designing Place - International Urban Design Conference
2 - 3 April 2012
Designing Place is an International Urban Design Conference organised by the Urban Design Research Group at the Department of Architecture and Built Environment, The University of Nottingham.
The conference seeks to revisit and clarify place as a concept for current urban design theory and practice. It invites papers that examine the definition, scope and instrumentality of place as a tool for design.
Keynote speakers
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Amanda Reynolds, Chair of the Urban Design Group
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Ali Madanipour, Professor of Urban Design, Newcastle University
Themes
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Theoretical definitions and the conceptual components of place
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Methodological studies that suggest a form of analysis or pedagogy
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Case studies that examine the specificities of place
Contributions will be organised in thematic sessions. Selected texts will be published in an accompanying book.