Clinical Education Centre

Previous education and training events

Date
Event

6th June 2007

Design in Action 'It's Great Up North!'

Inspiration tour to exemplar regeneration sites in Manchester:

Stamford Brook Sustainable Housing Development - Redrow Homes and The National Trust

New Islington mixed use waterside development - Urban Splash

Cathedral Square and Exchange Square - EDAW

Chimney Pot Park, Terraced Housing Development Salford - Urban Splash

 

28th June 2007

Design in Action 'The Qualities of Good Places - Master Planning'

Refresher course in basic principals of Urban Design

How master plans and development frameworks can encourage high value, well-designed development. Case study of Burslem Master Plan and group master planning exercise - Nigel Wakefield WS Atkins

12th July 2007

Design in Action 'Building for Life'

An introduction to and application of the CABE Building for Life standard used in the recent housing audit.

Group exercise to show how good urban design principles could be used to impove an existing development