Character Building. Putting Heritage at the Heart of Planning and Placemaking. Royal College of Physicians

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1 Character Building David Grech Putting Heritage at the Heart of Planning and Placemaking D AY C O N F E R E N C E Sponsored by Tuesday 4th October 2016 Royal College of Physicians 11 St Andrews Place Regent s Park, London NW1 4LE

2 Character Building Putting Heritage at the Heart of Planning and Placemaking Our historic environment provides not only a rich architectural and cultural resource, but also a wealth of models of sustainable and healthy living. However, within the planning system, heritage appears to be increasingly confined to an assessment of significance rather than a catalyst for positive change. In this, the eleventh of our London conferences, we intend to redress the balance. We will look at ways in which heritage, urban design and planning professionals can work together to make successful places. The conference will cover a wide range of issues, from estate management to public realm improvements and will include advice on the contribution that archaeology can make to placemaking. This conference will be of relevance to conservation officers and other heritage professionals, town planners, urban designers, engineers, surveyors, architects, and archaeologists and as usual, we intend the presentations to be of nationwide interest, not solely London-focused This one-day conference is to be held in Sir Denys Lasdun s Grade I listed Royal College of Physicians ( ); an award-winning conference venue. VENUE The Royal College of Physicians is located at 11 St Andrews Place, Regent s Park and can be reached: By National Rail from Euston, King s Cross, Marylebone and Paddington stations By Tube from Regent s Park (Bakerloo Line), Great Portland Street (Circle, Metropolitan, Hammersmith and City lines), Warren Street (Victoria and Northern lines) By Bus from Paddington and Marylebone, Numbers 18, 27, 30, 88, 205 The Conference will provide an opportunity to gain CPD training for both IHBC members and members of other professional institutes. A CPD certificate will be available to delegates at the end of the day.

3 Character Building Putting Heritage at the Heart of Planning and Placemaking IHBC London Branch Day Conference, Tuesday 4th October 2016 Royal College of Physicians, 11 St Andrews Place, Regent s Park, London NW1 4LE Chairman for the day: David McDonald, IHBC President MORNING SESSION REGISTR ATION AND COFFEE Welcome and opening address: DAV ID Mc DONAL D, IHBC President Keynote Address: MA X FAR R EL L, Farrells Advising Government:Heritage s role in planning and placemaking DUNC AN Mc C AL LUM, Historic England COFFEE Public Art: How public art can reinforce a sense of place SAR AH G AVEN TA, Made Public Archaeology: How archaeology can inform placemaking and urban design TARYN NI XON, MOLA Urban Design: How streets and public spaces can play their part in defining local character ES T HER KUR L AND, Urban Design London Discussion LUNCH AFTER NOON S E S SION Championing: Severence and permeability at Hull Waterfront and Billingsgate CHR IS COS T EL LOE, Victorian Society Architecture: How new buildings respond to place at Anglia Ruskin University Campus R ICHAR D MUR PHY, Richard Murphy Architects TEA Masterplanning: Reflecting local character in the Hackney Wick Masterplan ER IN BY R NE, GLA Regeneration Team Regeneration: Managing buildings and spaces at Spitalfields and Trinity Buoy Wharf ER IC R E Y NOL DS Discussion CLOSE

4 Character Building Putting Heritage at the Heart of Planning and Placemaking Royal College of Physicians Tuesday 4th October 2016 BOOKING To reserve a place visit characterbuilding.ihbc.org.uk and a confirmation will automatically be sent to you and IHBC Enterprises who are administering all bookings. Conference fee (to include buffet lunch) 100 for IHBC members 145 for non members Payment by credit/debit card is now available but please note there is a 3% surcharge which represents the costs incurred by IHBC Enterprises in relation to the card payment service. General queries Telephone: Booking enquiries booking@ihbc.org.uk Terms The organiser reserves the right to cancel, postpone or modify the conference. In the event of cancellation by the organiser, any fees paid will be refunded in full. The following terms will apply to the cancellation of bookings by delegates: 1. Cancellations received up until 13 September 2016 will incur an administrative charge of 15% of fees due. 2. Cancellations received on or after 13 September 2016 will incur a charge equal to the full fees due. CHAIRMAN S BIOGRAPHY David McDonald is President of the IHBC and recently held the posts of Education Secretary and Chair of London Branch. Previously he led the Conservation and Design Team at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. A graduate in geography and geology, then qualifying as a Town Planner, he worked for a number of years at the London Borough of Camden. While at Camden he completed the AA Diploma in Building Conservation. He is currently an independent historic environment consultant, specialising in providing heritage training for other built environment professionals. IHBC website: Registered Office: 3 Stafford Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4QZ Registered as a Charity: No Company Limited by Guarantee; Reg. in England; No

5 Bloomsbury Urban Realm Strategy, an education-led masterplan for University College London, London Borough of Camden, British Museum and London Development Agency 2005 ongoing. The area is of national importance in terms of its architecture, squares and heritage. Farrells

6 BIOGRAPHIES Max Farrell is a Partner at Farrells, leading on strategic planning and communications. He is involved in high profile infrastructure and placemaking projects, including the expansion of Gatwick based on a second runway and the new development where Crossrail meets HS2 at Old Oak Common. He is also leading on international projects and for overseas clients investing in London. Max is Project Leader for the Farrell Review of Architecture and the Built Environment, published in 2014 after consultation with government, institutions, industry and the public. As a result of the Review, DCLG set up a Design Quality Panel which Max attends; the House of Lords established the Select Committee on the Built Environment; the industry-led Place Alliance was formed and over 20 urban rooms have been established throughout the country. Duncan McCallum has 30 years of experience in the heritage sector; for local authorities, English Heritage and Historic England. He trained as a town planner at Newcastle University, with a Masters in Conservation Studies from York University. Duncan joined English Heritage in 1996 and became Policy Director in He led EH s input into the NPPF and its supporting guidance. He wrote the first heritage audit for England, Heritage Counts. He works closely with other heritage sector partners for example the on-going reform of the planning system. He is a member of the IHBC, a Fellow of the RTPI and the Society of Antiquaries of London. Sarah Gaventa is the founder of Made Public which curates and advises on public realm and cultural placemaking. She curated Historic England s major exhibition, Out There: Our Post-War Public Art. Sarah has a BA in Art History and studied at both the Courtauld Institute and UCL. She has an MA in Design History from the Royal College of Art and V&A. Sarah was director of CABE Space from , and whilst there was also Director of Seachange, a 40 million capital grant programme for the cultural and heritage regeneration of seaside resorts. She was a member of HLF s Expert Panel, EH s London Environment Panel and a founder of the London Architecture Festival. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Landscape Institute. Taryn Nixon is the Chief Executive of M OLA, a practice of some 340 archaeology profes sionals actively involved in integrating complex archaeology and built heritage challenges with planning and development across the UK and internationally. In a thirty year career in archaeology in the UK and the Far East, Taryn has made key contributions to heritage policy and standards. She initiated and chaired the heritage sector Southport Group initiative, whose report on realising public benefit from development-led archaeology was launched by John Penrose MP in She is a former Chair of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists and has served on CABE's Design Review Panel and Historic England's London Advisory Committee. Esther Kurland is a planner and urban designer. She worked for 10 years in local authorities in policy, development control and design and conservation planning posts. Esther then moved to the GLA where she worked on the first London Plan before moving to CABE to lead on planning issues in She has been Director of UDL since 2006 and has worked to develop and improve UDL s programme, working closely with core partners TfL, the GLA, London boroughs and many others. Esther has served on a wide range of Design Review panels, steering groups and advisory committees dealing with Crossrail stations, Thames Tunnel s new riverside mini parks, council housing estate renewal projects, historic garden improvements, major town centre improvements and street redesigns. Christopher Costelloe has been the Director of the Victorian Society since 2012, following two years as a caseworker there. He is also a qualified stonemason, having completed an apprenticeship in Somerset. He has also worked as a regeneration consultant and for an investment bank. Sketching Norman Shaw s Grimsdyke at the age of seven kindled his interest in architecture, which was aided by reading History at Durham in the shadow of the great cathedral. Richard Murphy founded his practice in It has since won 21 RIBA Awards. Projects includes houses, housing, educational and health buildings, offices, hotel, master-planning, galleries, theatres and two British Embassies. Richard is an authority on the Italian Architect Carlo Scarpa and has written monographs on the Castelvecchio Verona and the Querini Stampalia in Venice. Two monographs have also been published on the practice s work. Richard lives in a house which he designed in the Edinburgh World Heritage Site. Recently given an RIBA National Award 2016, it is soon to be featured for the RIBA/Channel 4 House of the Year Competition Erin Byrne is an ARB registered Architect working in the fields of architecture, urban design, regeneration and planning. Erin currently works for the GLA Regeneration Team on a number of high-profile regeneration projects across London with partners including local authorities, community groups, businesses and design teams. These projects range from the development of large scale place-shaping strategies and public realm projects to the development of new workspace and community facilities. Previously she worked at London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) leading on a range of projects including bringing forward development on LLDC owned land, masterplanning, interim use and delivering new affordable workspace as well as providing formal urban design advice to the Planning Decisions Team. She is also a visiting critic at universities across the UK. Eric Reynolds set up, ran and still runs some of the most important peopleplaces established in London from the early 1970 s onwards, including Camden Lock Market, Merton Abbey Mills, Spitalfields Old Fruit and Vegetable Market, Gabriel s Wharf, Bishopsgate Goodsyard and Trinity Buoy Wharf. He devised Container City; comprising the recycling of shipping containers into buildings. Eric played a key role in saving Smithfield Market and is involved with USM NYC s latest indoor food market in Lexington Avenue. He won the Regeneration and Renewal Lifetime Achievement Award for Regeneration in 2012.