Wednesday, 21 March 2007 | Levent OZLER
Urban Design Summer School
Dates: Saturday 24 - Wednesday 27 June 2007
Location: Aston School of Business Conference Centre, Birmingham
Organiser: The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
CABE is inviting people with a passion for places to register for its fourth Urban Design Summer School. The three and a half day residential school offers a highly participative programme of design workshops and expert seminars and is open to anyone whose work influences the design, development and management of the built environment.
Participants range from urban designers and developers to politicians and public artists, and as such the school has a reputation as a dynamic ideas-sharing forum where the students gain valuable new perspectives from professionals with different background and disciplines.
Summer school projects are designed to mimic real-life challenges and frustrations and to encourage students to think logically about how they will solve problems. This year's school will be held in Birmingham, with the theme of 'transformation'. Students will look at real projects transforming the face of the West Midlands today.
This year's sites will include:
- an area of Eastside in Birmingham
- a housing market renewal site
- a local market town.
Launching the summer school at an event in Birmingham, Jonathan Davis Director of Knowledge and Skills at CABE said:
"By the end of the school an army of 120 urban design activists will go back to work reinvigorated and inspired with new ways they can champion the value of good design!"
A discounted 'early bird' booking fee of £875 is available for those that book before 31 March 2007. If you book after the 31 March the fee is £975. VAT is not charged on the fees.
For further information and to find out how to register an interest visit http://www.udss.org.uk
CABE: http://www.dexigner.com/directory/detail/7462/
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