Programme

Draft programme (as at 1st March 2011)

Sunday 19th June

12.00	Registration opens
14.00	Summer school begins: welcome and introductions
14.15	Background to Birmingham: speaker tbc
15.00	City walk: a walking seminar exploring the fundamentals of urban design by observing a part of Birmingham
17.00	Keynote speaker
18.00	Break
19.00	Dinner

 

Monday 20th June

9.00	Presentation: approaching an urban design challenge
9.30	Site visit briefing
9.45	Visit to Big Design Project site
11.45	Return to  School: refreshments available
12.00	Big design project: site analysis and visioning
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Hot tips presentations: 3x15 minute intensive learning sessions on movement, urban structure, types of drawings, urban scale and grain, character appraisal, etc
15.00	Big design project: work on site concept and layouts
17.00	Keynote speaker: Peter Head CBE, ARUP: Retrofitting cities
18.00	Break
19.00	Dinner/evening activity to be confirmed

 

Tuesday 21st June 

9.00	Hot tips presentations: 3 x 15 minutes - streetscapes, public & private space, transitions and gateways etc
10.00	Big Design Project: work on layouts
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Outside activity
15.00	Big Design Project: details design and completion
17.00	Keynote speaker: Carolyn Steele: How food systems shape the city
18.00	Break
19.00	Dinner / evening activity

 

Wednesday 22nd June

9.00	Feedback on Big Design Project
9.30	Anatomy of a Development: examining an existing development to see how the final design came about
12.00	Presentations and closing remarks
13.00	Lunch
14.00	Keynote speaker or panel
15.00	Summer school ends