UDL supports a number of practitioner networks to help you keep up-to-date, meet peers and discuss best practice and problems. Our networks are:
- Planning and design network
- Street design network
- Housing design network
- Green space design network
- Design leaders network
Networks are supported by our partnership organisations: Transport for London, Design for London, HCA London, the LDA, the GLA, CABE and the London Parks and Green Space Forum. We thank them for their help and guidance.
What do networks do?
Each network has a program of events throughout the year including;
Meetings: These are a good way to keep up to date with research, publications, policy and funding programmes with regular presentations from the GLA family, CABE and others. Three meetings are scheduled for each design programme.
* Green space meetings are organised by London Parks and Green Space Forum
Tricky Issue Sessions: These seminars discuss the nitty-gritty of specific design issues that might be causing controversy or confusion. Renowned design or practice experts will be invited to tell us about views and favourite solutions, but these three sessions are mainly a chance for network members to bring along schemes, questions or problems to discuss with others.
Site Visits: Sometimes we can learn more from visiting and looking at a scheme than any number of seminars and talks. So we are offering three guided visits to exemplar housing schemes over the year.
Network Membership
People who work for London boroughs or other organisations that subscribe or fund UDL can join networks for free. Please email us to check if you are eligible.
We offer a very limited number of places to others, for example people from planning consultants, architects firms or authorities outside London. A membership place for one person on one network costs £1,000 a year. This will entitle you to attend:
- three network meetings,
- three site visits,
- three tricky issue sessions
- and up to two UDL conferences
If you would like to join a network please email us.
Here are the latest posts for Networking (click on each to read further):
- NEW design surgeries offer better route to good design
- Tricky Issues Session- Designing Shared Facilities 1st of July 2010
- Tricky Issues Session on Paving Materials, Kerbs & Construction Techniques 15 of June 2010
- Street Network Meeting - 15th of June 2010
- All London Green Grid- Workshop 18th of June 2010
- Valuing Green Infrastructure Toolkit Workshop - 18th of June 2010
- Understanding Movement 16th of June 2010 - Site Visit
- Workshop-Understanding Movement and Urban Structures 16th of June 2010
- LDFs Network Meeting and Tricky Issues - 21st May 2010
- Notes from streets network meeting and tactile paving session 9 March 2010
- Planners Network Meeting - Summary of topics
- Aylesbury Regeneration Plans
- Summer Walk
- Past Network Meeting Notes
- EC1 New Deal for Communities visit
