Sustainable regeneration in practice: Places for people.
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Two presentations on the thing that matters most - urban planning
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Sustainable regeneration in practice: lessons learnt.
by Professor Helen Lochhead from NSW
Helen will share the lessons learnt in design from cities around the world and include examples of her own projects in Sydney.
This talk will highlight the key principles that underpin many successful strategies and projects that deliver multiple benefits to the place and the people.
Helen Lochhead is cross-disciplinary, an architect, urban and landscape designer and combines teaching, research, practice and advisory roles. Her career has focused on the inception, planning, design and delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects ranging from a city wide improvements program for the City of Sydney leading up to the 2000 Olympics to major urban regeneration and waterfront projects both in Australia and the US. More recently she led the development of 30-year plan for the transformation of Sydney Cove and was instrumental in setting a new strategic vision for Sydney Harbour.
Her projects have received numerous awards including an AIA Urban Design Award, AILA Urban Design and Sustainability Awards. As well her professional contribution to practice has been recognised through the AIA Marion Mahony Griffin Award, the NAWIC Vision Award for leadership in the construction industry and the AIA NSW President’s Prize.
A graduate of both the Sydney and Columbia Universities she has taught in Australia and the United States, as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney, at UTS and UNSW and also as a visiting academic at Harvard, MIT and Columbia Universities. In 2014-15 she was also the Lincoln/Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
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(sub)Urban wins: inclusive design and the public realm.
by Tim Conybeare, the Studio Director at ASPECT Studios
Having lived and worked across Australia, Tim has gained some valuable insights into what makes an engaging public space and the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to delivering great places. Drawing on insights from a few key projects, Tim’s talk will illustrate the values and inherent delight in working this way.
Tim has worked in landscape architecture for almost 20 years and has experienced many city changes brought about by good urban planning and design. The focus of Tim’s practice is on the creation of a people centred public realm – spaces created by teams of great people, for people. The practice deliberately challenges the notion of the picture book project by delivering community driven outcomes that capture the spirit of place.
Since moving to Adelaide in 2005, Tim has built a strong reputation across South Australia for his work in landscape architecture, urban design and place making for local and state government agencies. He has delivered numerous award winning projects for master plans and built works. Tim has a particular interest with working on complex sites where his proven ability to make appropriate design decisions instills high levels of client confidence.
Tim strives for quality results and best practice. He is an experienced collaborator and regularly draws upon allied professionals, artists and social planners to ensure the best outcome for any project. He is a past executive member of the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects and design studio co-ordinator and guest critic with the University of Adelaide. He currently holds a position on the Design Review Panel with the Office of Design and Architecture, South Australia.
