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Date: 19 October 2023More info These online training and information sessions aim to provides advice and considerations on making your premises more accessible and your services more inclusive for everyone, including disabled people. The course is free for those eligible (charities and not for profit community groups only). This two hour training session is for people who influence the management of third sector organisation buildings and/or services based in London. Eligible participants (please see below) are welcome from a wide range of…

Start date: 19 October 2023End date: 20 October 2023More info Talks are organized around three themes: shifting societal behaviour to address climate change and sustainability issues, helping communities prepare for the consequences of a hotter world, and promoting well-being through improved human-environment interactions.

Date: 15 February 2024More info Buildings have been traditionally considered static containers for human activities. As such, they do not meet the dynamic and ever-evolving needs of their inhabitants. As buildings become more technology-enhanced, they could potentially be transformed into intelligent and adaptive systems that are aware of – and proactively respond to – the…

Date: 16 November 2023More info Design encompasses a large-scale planning vision articulated through concise socio-economic objectives and broad outlines of mega-infrastructure networks. Such schemes’ values and macro evaluation rarely include the microscopic aspect of walking mode. Using an urban design and transport unifying theoretical framework, the wider economic impact of transport and multi-modal complex network…

Date: 5 October 2023More info One fundamental question that has long perplexed the field of sustainable urban design pertains to the possibility of ‘designing’ neighbourhoods. In other words, does the spatial layout of an area influence social interactions and community cohesion? How can we make walkable neighbourhoods without understanding what makes neighbourhoods? In the pursuit…

Start date: 2 October 2023End date: 4 October 2023More info Come flip the script on urban innovation at WRLDCTY 2023 to explore new approaches to urban innovation through labs, talks, roundtables, experiences and tours in order to build better, more resilient cities that thrive in the face of an uncertain world. Meet the world’s leading…

Start date: 15 November 2023End date: 16 November 2023More info The UK’s biggest Festival of Construction features a jam-packed two days of incredible content with 500+ inspiring speakers across 8 conference stages, CPD training workshops, 350+ exhibitors, entertainment, celebrity guests, networking parties, live music and much more!

Date: 15 November 2023More info In the last few years, a number of high profile murders of women using public space have raised the profile of women’s safety and prompted more conversations across the industry on how the design of the built environment might help or hinder personal safety. Hear from Scott Brownrigg Director of…

Start date: 24 June 2024End date: 27 June 2024More info The Space Syntax Symposium aims to bring together scholars, practitioners and students who are currently working on Space Syntax and related approaches all over the world to share knowledge, to discuss theoretical and methodological advances as well as practical applications, and to explore directions for…

Start date: 16 October 2023End date: 17 October 2023More info Urban policymakers, planners and practitioners keen to chart a path to sustainable development must link the local and global – activating measures that improve the lives of citizens and reduce health inequalities while addressing the wider impacts of planetary health. How can cities walk the…