This workshop will examine some of the key principles of movement, how to understand and manage accessibility, and will look at the impact that this has on land uses and spatial design. In the afternoon, you will have an opportunity to see these concepts in action with the City walk illustrating the fundamental links between the layout of the City and the way people navigate and experience its spaces.
Date: 16 June 2010
Time: 10am – 4.30pm
Location: Palestra, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8AA
Topics
- Spatial design and movement
- Key case studies
- Designs on Battersea Power Station (Your turn)
- The City Walk – a tour through City of London illustrating the fundamental
- links between layout and the way people navigate and experience its spaces
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Presenters
Maia Lemlij, Consultant, Space Syntax
Maia qualified as an architect in Peru. She joined Space Syntax as a consultant in 2004 and became an associate in 2006. She has been involved in a number of interdisciplinary projects, which range from strategic urban design to strategic design of complex buildings both in the UK and abroad. Amongst other masterplanning projects, Maia has been involved in the Stratford City redevelopment in London, the redevelopment of Birmingham Eastside and a number of Area Action Plans for local authorities.
Stephen Law, Consultant, Space Syntax
Stephen Law is an economist and urban designer. He joined Space Syntax as an intern and became a consultant in September 2007.
Since joining Space Syntax, Stephen has been involved in a number of urban and masterplanning projects, like the production of a strategic movement framework for the city centre of Bucharest and the Elephant and Castle regeneration masterplan.
Stephen has worked as an urban designer with Edaw Asia Limited across a number of masterplanning and regeneration projects in the regions of East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Europe.
He completed a BA Economics at the University of Calgary and then completed an MA Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University, focusing on the transformation of urban morphology in hyper dense areas.
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