Tag Archive for Urban Planning

Talk | Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood

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How do we know our neighbourhood is getting better? Creative and participatory research in North Central Regina, ‘Canada’s Worst Neighbourhood’ Dr. Marnie Badham, Research Fellow, Centre for Cultural Partnerships Communities like North Central are challenged to develop a long-term coordinated planning vision when they are burdened by stigma, complex social issues, and the crisis of poverty that require immediate response. Developing a shared understanding of progress across multiple stakeholders with competing interests is essential to building resilient communities, but how can we engage disengaged residents in communicating their wishes for…

Event | Melbourne Open House 2012

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Melbourne Open House 2012 Melbourne Open House has announced the list of buildings for their 2012 event. The Open House weekend will take place on the 28th and 29th of July. This year there are exactly 100 buildings on the list, they are grouped according to situation in the North, South, East and West of Melbourne. The majority are in the CBD or close by with a handful further afield in Port Melbourne, Fitzroy North, and Essendon. The full list can be found on the Melbourne Open House website here.…

Forum: Hotspots - Culture, Climate and Architecture in Berlin and Melbourne

Hotspots: Culture, Climate and Architecture in Berlin and Melbourne RMIT Gallery in conjunction with the Goethe-Institut Australien and ABC Radio National, warmly invite you to a public forum with leading local and German architects. Peter Mares, presenter of The National Interest, will host this forum examining why Berlin and Melbourne are regarded as the cultural capitals of their countries. What is the urban grounding for such cultural variety? Do  Berlin and Melbourne follow similar urban strategies? What roles do architecture, climate, infrastructure and finance play? Is there a direct relationship…

CFP: Art on the Street (South Korea)

Call for Papers: Art on the Street The Korean Society of Art Theories, Seoul, KOREA October 24, 2020 We seek to build upon the recent discussion on public art and community by investigating specific examples of the practices of contemporary art inparticular contexts. We pay attention to the way in which the process of creation, perception, and reception of the artwork relates to the formation of a community. We invite papers on mural projects, site-specific urban planning projects, parks, public monuments, and other types of community-oriented projects. Discussions on a…