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New Gorbals Housing Association, 200 Crown Street, Glasgow, G5 9AY
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
Professor Brian Evans, Glasgow City Urbanist, Head of Urbanism, The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Director of Glasgow Urban Laboratory
Cllr Susan Aitken, Leader of the Council, Glasgow City Council
Colin Edgar, Head of Communication and Strategic Partnerships, Glasgow City Council
Daniela Grabmüllerová, Vice-Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing & Land Management
James Strang, President, The Chartered Institute of Housing & Chief Executive, Parkhead Housing Association
Fanchea Kelly, Chief Executive, Blackwood Housing Association
Joyce White OBE, Chief Executive of West Dunbartonshire Council and Chair of Glasgow City Region Housing Portfolio
Patrick Flynn, Head of Housing Services, Glasgow City Council
Dr Elena Szolgayová, Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing & Land Management
Chaired by Professor Brian Evans
Professor Brian Evans
Fraser Stewart, Director, New Gorbals Housing Association
Patrick Flynn, Head of Housing Services, Glasgow City Council
- Bus tour of social housing developments
The bus tour will present significant housing-led transformation projects across the city with many examples of traditional Glasgow tenements along the way. Whilst mixed-tenure communities are evident in St Andrews Drive, Laurieston TRA, Dalmarnock & Anderston; strategic regeneration will be on show at different stages at the former British Linen Bank building, London Road & Gallowgate TRA. Three of the sites are designated Transformational Regeneration Area’s (TRA’s). Laurieston TRA represents the largest provision of housing in the programme with over 1,000 new homes, whilst Sighthill is the largest urban regeneration project in the UK outside of London. - Walking tour of the Gorbals
The tour of Gorbals will be a flat and easy 2km walk covering all of the 2000+ new build homes completed by New Gorbals Housing Association and the private sector since 1994. It will thread through four urban strategy area initiatives that combine together and link with the four concentrations of 2,000 modernised homes from the 1960s. The tour will pass many of the 15 significant public artworks, 5 notable listed buildings and the several public space projects that bring drama, coherence, and a sense of identity to the whole of the Gorbals. - Workshop: Building the Evidence
- Hosted by The Lord Provost, Eva Bolander, Glasgow City Council
- Response by Dr Elena Szolgayová, Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing & Land Management
Hamish Wood Building, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, G4 0BA
Professor Brian Evans, Glasgow City Urbanist, Head of Urbanism, The Mackintosh School of Architecture, Director of Glasgow Urban Laboratory
Dr Elena Szolgayová, Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing & Land Management
Professor Duncan Maclennan, Public Policy, University of Glasgow
Professor Jim Stockard, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Kevin Murray, Director, Kevin Murray Associates
Stephen Willacy, City Architect, Aarhus, Denmark
Katie Duffy, Senior Projects and Programmes Manager – Arts and Music, Glasgow Life
Max Hislop, Glasgow & Clyde Valley Green Network Patnership
Etive Currie, Co-Designer of the Place Standard Tool, Glasgow City Council
Giorgia Tzar, International Passive House Association
Professor Brian Evans
Pam Warhurst CBE, Incredible Edible
Tony Reddy, Incoming Chair, The Academy of Urbanism
Lisa Scott, Young Resident and Member of Design Team for Commonwealth Village
Professor Brian Evans
Dr Elena Szolgayová, Chair, UNECE Committee on Housing & Land Management
Professor Brian Evans
Although every effort is being taken to ensure the accuracy of the programme of this event, due to circumstances that are typically out of our hands the Academy reserves the right to change any details of the programme (venues, content, timings, speakers) up until and during the event.
About Background Speakers RSVP