CITY X-RAYS

Collaborative places - collaborative learning and shaping growth

14 December 2010
5.30 - 8.30
Cambridge

Host: Cambridge Architectural Association

Cambridge’s ‘Collaborative Places’ is the 9th in the series. Hosted by the Cambridge Association of Architects, we will be exploring how collaboration between the public, private and third sector has been used in Cambridge to inform its development in the past and how shared learning can inform future development.

How should we collectively engage with the place that is Cambridge and ensure that this place is recognisable in future development? With a structural plan for expansion firmly in place, where does collective learning fit into the mix? What approaches to collaboration do we need to explore to deliver on the vision of the structural plan?

We will hear about two recent examples of collaborative learning and development, and explore their impact on place making. We will ask how such good practice can apply to Cambridge in the context of the planned city expansion. How has the city vision been developed to meet the ambitions of the citizens? If perpetual learning is something to be sought after, how can the city foster such a collaborative approach, for example how does the city respond to residents not yet inhabiting new development sites? How can the city be supportive of its people and learn from their innovation and enterprise? Importantly, what actions and resources are needed to support collaborative growth and what are the means of injecting learning into development reviews or proposals?

A short proposition paper will be sent out in advance of the event.

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