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Urban Laboratory: New Centre of Excellence to Help Shape the Future of GlasgowGlasgow City Council, the Lighthouse, and the Mackintosh School of Architecture at Glasgow School of Art are joining forces to create a centre dedicated to helping shape the city's future development.
The new venture will create a community that aims to become a world-leader in the advanced practice and research in urban place-making.
It will allow experts in various fields to come together to ensure that future development in the city serves the needs of Glasgow's citizens in terms of social justice, health, education and all other aspects of civic government.
The "urban laboratory" will give civic leaders new and creative ways of drawing on the expertise of a whole range of specialists when developing policies aimed at improving the lives of Glaswegians.
The laboratory is setting a world-standard in cross-disciplinary teaching and research in place-making, and will enhance Glasgow's reputation as an international leader in design.
Place-making is a vision for regeneration and development that extends the horizons of urban design, town-planning, and architecture to include both social and economic policy-making.
Above all it is a discipline that puts public participation at the heart of the process, making sure that communities have a voice in the design, delivery and management of new and regenerated built environments.
Furthermore, the approach also ensures a balance of social benefit with improved environmental quality.
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