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URBAN DESIGN AND TOWNSCAPE Gordon Cullen Tribute Practice Profiles of Colin Buchanan, ECD, PRP and WML International Plus Design in the Countryside UDQ Issue 52 OCTOBER 1994 ISBN 0266-6480 UDG News Silvertown in London's Docklands. The experts representing the seven schemes AUTUMN PROGRAMME 1994 included Lucien Kroll, masterplanner for the Wed 16 November Prof Doreen Massey Ecolonia project in Holland and Barbara "Lefebvre & the History of Space" Able from the practice Joachim Eble, who are involved in permaculture in Germany. The UDG events are held on Wednesdays Other leading roles were played by Margrit at the London Exchange, 77 Cowcross and Declan Kennedy from Germany, Street, London EC1 at 6.00 pm for 6.30 Marilyn Mehlmann from Sweden and pm. Tickets are available at the door - £2 Robert Fowles from Cardiff School of members, £3 non-members and £1 for Architecture. students/concessions. The two days of presentations, working groups and late night discussions led to Other Events positive conclusions for "Building for Thur 17 November Tomorrow". Joint RTPI/RIBA Conference supported The Workshop's final conclusion stemmed by UDG from an accord struck between "Spirit of Abercrombie" opening address will be delivered by the Rt. representatives of the 'people and process' To be held at the RIBA. Details Hon. John Gummer MP, Secretary of State movement and representatives of the more described separately on this page. for the Environment. Professor Sir Peter technical, product related approach: - where Fri 18 November Shepheard, CBE, FRTPI, PPILA, PPRIBA, participatory and ecological processes are Joint RTPI/UDG Conference HonFAIA - Dean Emeritus, Graduate School initiated from the outset, with respect for "Design, Crime and Vandalism" of Fine Arts University of Pennsylvania, will contributions from all participants, Details from Linda Cox 071 636 9107. present the keynote address. Sir Peter was frameworks for physical, social and one of the original members of the economic and ecological change can be There is a 'Landscape Matters' exhibition Abercrombie design team. He will give agreed and initiated by consensus. Lucien at the Building Centre which continues valuable insight into the influences that led to Kroll, architect and urban designer, until 11 November. Associated with the the design and production of the plan, as well Belgium, expressed this in the following exhibition arranged by the London as his vision with hindsight for the next fifty way: "The people possess the knowledge Chapter of the Landscape Institute are the years. Other speakers include Professor how to live, to dwell, to organise cities. I following lectures: Peter Hall of the Bartlett (formerly Professor always try to understand it, to translate it of Planning at the University of California) and to build it poetically and go deeper, 31 October and Architect Cedric Price of the more completely into that civilised Kansai Airport Architectural Association. Paul Finch, AJ landscape. Architecture can help." Alistair Guthrie Ove Arup Partnership editor and Planning in London co-editor is John Thompson summarised the findings 7 November the conference chairman. The cost of this full of the Workshop to the Eco-Cuitat (Eco- Hampton Court Garden Restoration day conference including lunch is £35 per City) Conference in Barcelona: - "If the Jan Woudstra and Marylla Hunt delegate. A date not to be missed. Further technical and human sides of ecology remain 9 November information from RIBA London Regional separate they can easily be side-lined - but Thames Landscape Initiative Director: Meta van der Steege on 071 580 fused together, they can and will become the Dr J Gardiner of the NRA 5533. most powerful movement for beneficial All lectures are at the Building Centre change". beginning at 7pm. BUILDING FOR TOMORROW Copies of the Report of the Barcelona An international Workshop held in Workshop, Building For Tomorrow, are THE SPIRIT OF ABERCROMBIE' - Barcelona in April brought together obtainable from Sue Hargreaves at Hunt PLANNING & DESIGN CONFERENCE participants from thirteen different European Thompson Associates, price: £9.50. The RIBA - London Region and the RTPI - countries to see how the lessons from seven London Branch are organizing the fourth experimental settlements involving ecology SOURCE BOOK annual planning and design conference at the and community planning could be brought Members should have received their copy RIBA on Thursday 17th November 1994 and from the fringe into the mainstream. of the 1994 Source Book. Additional copies have invited the Urban Design Group to be The organisers of the event, the European are available at £5 for members and £8 for associated with the event. The conference Academy of the Urban Environment in Berlin non-members. entitled 'The Spirit of Abercrombie' will invited Hunt Thompson Associates to commemorate fifty years of the ' 1944 London facilitate and report on the process, having QUARTERLY PRODUCTION Plan' produced by architect/planner Sir previously worked together on a study of the Any people interested in helping to Patrick Abercrombie, and with a view to October district in Moscow and at the produce the Quarterly, i.e. editing and doing projecting the wisdom forward to 2044. The Community Planning Weekend at West layouts, are asked to contact the editor. • UDQ Issue 52 October 1994 URBAN DESIGN GROUP CONTENTS CHAIRMAN Jon Rowland Tel: 071 6370181 COVER Porto Santo International Competition Entry 1975 ENQUIRIES and CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Gordon Cullen, David Gosling 140A The Broadway, Didcot, Oxon 0X11 8RJ. Tel: 0235 815907 Fax: 0235 819606. NEWS 2 Forthcoming Programme RIBA RTPI UDG Conference PATRONS Alan Baxter EVENTS 4 Zaha Hadid Annual Urban Design Group Lecture given in June Honor Chapman Sir Philip Dowson and Urban Design Tomorrow Panel Discussion held in October Terry Farrell VIEWPOINT 5 RURAL DESIGN AND URBAN DESIGN: THE MISSING LINK Peter Hall Simon Jenkins Jeff Bishop of BDOR argues the need to move beyond the term urban to consider Jane Priestman application of design principles in the rural situation. John Worthington REGIONAL 8 GLASGOW AND ITS TOWNS UDG REGIONAL ACTIVITIES Hildebrand Frey describes a series of seminars in Glasgow concerning the role of REGIONAL CONVENORS urban design in the regeneration of the city. Scotland Mike Galloway 041-429-8956 INTERNATIONAL 10 NIMES- DESIGN LED PLANNING North Alan Simpson 091-281-6981 Yorks/Humber Tony Dennis 0904-613161 Chris Couch analyses what has happened in Nimes as part of the French North West Stephen Gleave 061-491-0972 approach to their development plan system. East Midlands Merideth Evans 0533 549922 West Midlands John Peverley 021-235-4188 BOOK REVIEWS 12 Reviews by Neil Parkyn, Philip Cave, Francesca Morrison, Tim Catchpole, Peter South Wales Gordon Lewis 0222-231401 Howard and Helena Webster. South West Andy Gibbins 0272-222964 East Anglia Alan Stones 0245-437642 ISSUE TOPIC 15 INTRODUCTION South East Roger Evans 0869-350096 GORDON CULLEN The topic was originally intended to celebrate Gordon Cullen's 80th birthday which occurred in August. Sadly he died during that month and so the issue becomes URBAN DESIGN QUARTERLY one of a tribute. David Rock with whom Cullen worked on the Ware study, Vivat EDITORIAL BOARD Derek Abbott Ware, remembers his unique contributions. John Billingham TOWNSCAPE AS A PHILOSOPHY OF URBAN DESIGN Kelvin Campbell Roger Evans William M Whistler and David Reed produced this text as an Exchange Tony Lloyd-Jones Bibliography for the Council of Planning Libraries in the 1970s on Townscape. Bob Jarvis TOWNSCAPE REVISITED Tim Catchpole Marion Roberts Bob Jarvis, topic editor for the Cullen articles, rereads 'Townscape', compares it JudithRyser with other literature and concludes that it emerges enhanced. Alan Simpson EDITOR 23 WORKING WITH CULLEN John Billingham David Gosling describes his association with Cullen on Maryculter, on competitions TOPIC EDITOR Bob Jarvis and lastly on proposals for the Isle of Dogs. BOOK REVIEWS 28 PROJECTS 1981-1991 Tim Catchpole, 56 Gilpin Ave, London SW14 8QY David Price worked with Cullen since 1981 and formed the Price and Cullen LAYOUT John Billingham Partnership in 1985. He refers to work in Scotland and in London. DTP KEVIN LYNCH LECTURE 31 ENGLISH POST WAR PLANNING: A GOLDEN AGE? Kingston Type, Oxford PRINTING Sir Peter Shepheard gave this years lecture in July, reported by Tony Lloyd-Jones Constable Printing PRACTICE PROFILES 32 COLIN BUCHANAN & PARTNERS COPYRIGHT Urban Design Group 34 ECD ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS ISBN 0266 6480 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 36 PRP ARCHITECTS The topic for this issue was originally suggested by 38 WML INTERNATIONAL John Scott Davies MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION PRACTICE AND This should be addressed to: The Editor, 26 Park EDUCATION INDEX 40 Road, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 1DS. Tel: 0235 526094. ENDPIECE 43 STUDY VISIT 1994 SUBSCRIPTIONS Alan Stones reports on the tour to the Harz Region of Germany. The Quarterly is free to Urban Design Group Members (Subscription £25.00 with students £14). The Urban Design Group is not responsible for views expressed or statements made by individuals FORTHCOMING ISSUES 53 URBAN COMPONENTS Topic Editors Jon Rowland and Kelvin Campbell writing in this journal. 54 SMALL TOWNS Topic Editor Alan Simpson URBAN DESIGN QUARTERLY OCTOBER 1994 1 7 Events another innovative landscape around the proposals in a London Borough which did magnificent Fire Station at Vitra. Again a not happen because the two committees structured, geometric and artificial scheme, involved failed to agree; he instanced this as Zaha Hadid well suited to its purpose, the almost a lack of vision and compared it to Europe, Remember those sweltering evenings in choreographed rituals of fire drill. The more specifically France, where the strong June? It was on such an evening on June scheme also sets the pattern for future mayor system showed direct results; in the 29th that Zaha Hadid spoke to an buildings which "will grow like furniture in a USA, apart from the mayors the Chambers undeservedly small audience about her large room".