The architecture centre as ‘critical friend’: how to engage communities effectively in neighbourhood

Open-City will highlight its experience of formulating an effective and highly successful model of engagement around planning and development with residents and planning councillors in London, and how this can be replicated elsewhere.

Date: Wednesday 29 June 2011
Time: Drinks from 6.30pm, talk from 7 to 8pm
Venue: The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ
Speakers: Victoria Thornton, Founding Director, Open-City; Richard Crutchley, Joint Head of Advocacy and Enabling, Open-City
Tickets: £5 / £3 students & concessions, inc. a glass of wine
Booking: www.eventelephant.com/thearchitecturecentreascriticalfriend
The Localism Bill aims to provide communities with a greater influence on local planning matters by allowing them to prepare Neighbourhood Development Plans. Architecture centres such as Open-City can act as independent advisors steering negotiations toward a productive conversation that result in effective local design policy and high quality local development proposals.

Open-City will highlight its experience of formulating an effective and highly successful model of engagement around planning and development with residents and planning councillors in London, and how this can be replicated elsewhere.

Victoria Thornton, Founding Director of Open-City, said:

“Given the fundamental changes to the planning system, it is essential that communities, councillors and other local decision makers have access to specific, expert and independent advice on design that a not for profit organisation like Open-City can provide.”

This is the third in a series of talks presented by Architecture Centre Network exploring community engagement in the built environment.

Further information: www.architecturecentre.net

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