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TOWARDS A NEW URBANISM
AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE 21ST CENTURY CITY
Presented by the Academy of Urbanism and the RIBA Trust
25-27 November, Liverpool: various locations


From 25-27 November The Academy of Urbanism and RIBA Trust, in association with the exhibition
Le Corbusier – the Art of Architecture and the 2009 Urbanism Awards, will host Towards a New Urbanism
– an International Symposium on the 21st century City.

This two-day symposium explores new thinking within urbanism and urban design, defining the challenges
for 21st Century cities. With talks, debates and study tours highlights include the debate Corb: Hero or villain?,
the Urbanism Awards, a study tour of the new Liverpool 1 and speakers including Wayne Hemmingway
and RIBA President Sunand Prasad and Nick Johnson from Urban Splash.

Separate tickets can be bought for the debate - Corb: Hero or Villain?
Tuesday 21 November, 19.45pm Tickets: £15
THE DEBATE – CORB: HERO OR VILLAIN?
Introduction: Charles Knevitt, Director, RIBA Trust
Chair: Paul Finch, Editor, The Architectural Review
Team Hero: Christopher Egret, Studio Egret West; Nick Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive, Urban Splash
Team Villain: Wayne Hemmingway, Founder, Hemmingway Design; David Lock, Vice President, TCPA
Tickets £15,


SYMPOSIUM DETAILS

Tuesday 25 November

SETTING THE SCENE
The Design Academy
13.00
WELCOME
Professor Michael Brown, Vice Chancellor, Liverpool John Moores University
Martin Downie, Director, Liverpool School of Art and Design
13.15
LIVERPOOL: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
Chair: Paula Ridley, Chair, Liverpool Biennial
The Inherited Landscape: John Hinchcliffe, World Heritage Officer, Liverpool City Council
The Emerging Landscape: Nigel Lee, Planning Manager, Liverpool City Council
Paradise Delivered: Rod Holmes, Project Director, Grosvenor Estates
14.45
STUDY VISITS: THE CITY CENTRE
A visit to Ropewalks and Liverpool 1, encompassing the Mercantile Quarter and The Paradise Project,
and a tour of the Waterfront and the Three Graces to The Albert and Princes Docks

LE CORBUSIER
The Lutyen’s Crypt, Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral & The Art and Design Academy
18.15
PRIVATE VIEW
Le Corbusier – the Art of Architecture
19.45
THE DEBATE – CORB: HERO OR VILLAIN?
Introduction: Charles Knevitt, Director, RIBA Trust
Chair: Paul Finch, Editor, The Architectural Review
Team Hero: Christopher Egret, Studio Egret West; Nick Johnson, Deputy Chief Executive, Urban Splash
Team Villain: Wayne Hemmingway, Founder, Hemmingway Design; David Lock, Vice President, TCPA


Wednesday 26 November

TOWARDS A NEW URBANISM
The Art and Design Academy
9.00
WELCOME
Councillor Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council
John Thompson, Chairman, The Academy of Urbanism
9.40
THE CORBUSIAN LEGACY AND THE NEW IMPERATIVES
Chair: Michael Parkinson, Director of the European Institute for Urban Affairs, Liverpool John
Moores University
The Corbusian Legacy: David Rudlin, URBED
The Inhabited City: Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics
The Sustainable City: Herbert Girardet, Director of Research, World Future Council
11.30
CITY CHALLENGES
Chair: Marie Therese McGivern, Director of Development, Belfast City Council
Reconnecting the City: Reiner Nagel, Director of Urban Planning, Berlin
Distinctive by Design: Sabine Lebesque, Art Historian, City of Amsterdam
Public Space / Public Life: Jon Pape, Director, Parks Department, Copenhagen
14.00
TOWARDS NEW URBANISM: A) IDENTIFYING THE ISSUES
Chair: dick Gleeson, Chief City Planner, Dublin City Council
Panel: Eamonn Boylan, Deputy Chief Executive, Regeneration, Manchester City Council; Helen Holland,
Leader, Bristol City Council; Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, Newcastle/Gateshead Initiative
16.00
TOWARDS A NEW URBANISM: B) THE LIVERPOOL PROTOCOL:
DEFINING THE PRINCIPLES
Chairs: Kevin Murray, Past President RTPI; Sarah Chaplin, Deputy Director, Urban Renaissance Institute
Panel: Sunand Prasad, President, RIBA; Jim Gill, Chief Executive, Liverpool Vision; David Ubaka,
Assistant Director, Design for London

THE URBANISM AWARDS 2009
St George’s Hall
19.00
RECEPTION & FIANLISTS WELCOME
Host: Ian McMillan, Poet in Residence, The Academy of Urbanism
20.30
BLACK TIE DINNER
21.30
GUEST SPEAKER
Roger McGough CBE
22.00
THE URBANISM AWARDS 2009 CEREMONY
The Finalists
The European City of the Year: Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle/Gateshead
The Great Town: Chichester, Richmond, Sterling
The Great Neighbourhood: Jewellery Quarter (Birmingham), Lace Market (Nottingham),
Stockbridge (Edinburgh)
The Great Street: Kensington High Street, Portobello Road, Skipton High Street
The Great Place: Crosby Beach, Oxford Castle, The North Lanes, Brighton


Thursday 27 November

10.00
STUDY VISIT
Guided tour of Anthony Gormley’s Iron Men on Crisby Beach, New Heartland’s Housing Market Renewal
and a preview of ‘Regeneration Anfield’ at Liverpool Football Club
The RIBA Trust and The Academy of Urbanism are grateful to the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
for their generous support of these events.

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Public enquiries and tickets: T. 0207 251 8777
W. www.academyofurbanism.org.uk
E. info@academyofurbanism.org.uk

Tickets
Symposium (not including The Urbanism Awards): £250 per person or £100 student
The Urbanism Awards 2009: £90 per person
Corb: Hero or Villain?: £15 per person


CREDITS:
Text: The Royal Institute of British Architects