NLA on Location Westminster: Creating Places for People Tuesday 19 November 2019, 12:00-19:00 Regent Street Cinema, Marylebone, London W1B 2HW
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@nlalondon #WestminsterOL NLA On Location Westminster: creating places for people Tuesday 19 November 2019, 12:00-19:00 Regent Street Cinema, Marylebone, London W1B 2HW Quadrant Arcade, Crown Estate © Philip Vile In association with: Sponsored by: CONFERENCE 12:00 PROGRAMME Registration and lunch 13:00 With 55,000 business enterprises providing Welcome from Chair 754,000 jobs and generating an annual economic Peter Murray, Curator in Chief, output of £55 billion, Westminster is the largest New London Architecture employment centre in the UK. Given that 85 per cent of businesses in the borough employ fewer 13:05 than 10 people, there is greater need for the built Welcome address from Council environment to reflect the different demands of a range of sectors. Deirdra Armsby, Director of Place Shaping and Town Planning, City of Westminster The current daytime population of 1 million in a borough of 248,000 residents and the resulting increased pressures on infrastructure, coupled with Session One: Curating Place changes in mobility patterns, necessitate change and futureproofing of transport systems and public realm. 13:20 Heritage and the Diversity of Place: In the face of environmental, social and economic One Heddon Street and Regent Street challenges, how is Westminster evolving? How James Cooksey, Director of Central will Westminster’s City Plan shape the borough? London, The Crown Estate In an increasingly competitive environment, how is Westminster evolving to nurture growth and 13:30 support a thriving economy while maintaining its position as a world-class destination? Retail’s Future and Business Community Engagement How is the borough building communities and Jace Tyrrell, Chief Executive, New creating greener and healthier spaces that inspire West End Company and enhance quality of life? How can local neighbourhoods such as Soho and the West End 13:40 retain their distinct character? What is the role of Placemaking Strategies and The Role the local authority in curating a place? Can lessons of Creative and Cultural Enterprises be learned from the Great Estates in responding Paul O’Grady, Director of South to the needs of local resident and business Belgravia, Grosvenor communities? This afternoon session will bring together local 13:50 stakeholders including council representatives, Panel Discussion developers, investors, architects and occupiers Speakers above plus: to look at the future of this area. Lunch and Natalie Thomson, Senior Associate, presentations will take place at Regent Street BuckleyGrayYeoman Cinema. Study tours will then explore the key development sites in the local area and the day will 14:10 end with networking drinks. Q&A 2 NLA on Location Session Two: Infrastructure - Connecting People and Place 14:30 Victoria Place Plan Ruth Duston, Chief Executive, Victoria BID The Strand, Aldwych Sophie Thompson, Director, LDA Design Piccadilly and St James’s Ros Morgan, Chief Executive, Heart of London Business Alliance 15:00 Panel Discussion: Connectivity, Mobility and Flexibility Alexander Jan, Director and Chief Economist, Arup 15:20 Q&A Study Tours 16:00 Tour A: Regent Street, Soho and Oxford Street Tour B: Mayfair and St. James’s, Piccadilly Tour C: Victoria Tour D: Covent Garden and The Strand, Aldwych 17:30 Networking drinks Hosted by Market Hall West End, 9 Holles Street, London, W1G 0BN 19:00 Close Westminster: creating places for people 3 BIOGRAPHIES Deirdra Armsby James Cooksey Ros Morgan Peter Murray Director of Place Shaping and Director of Central London, Chief Executive, Heart of Curator in Chief, New London Town Planning, The Crown Estate London Business Alliance Architecture Westminster City Council James joined The Crown Estate in Ros has over 10 years’ experience Peter was editor of Building Design Deirdra provides strategic 2009 and was promoted to the in delivering successful destinations and RIBA Journal before starting leadership on the form and function role of Director of Central London and is a leading figure in London’s Blueprint Magazine in 1983. He of a City for All. She is responsible in 2015. He is responsible for all West End. At successive is President of Wordsearch, the for integrating Place Shaping aspects of the Central London organisations, Ros’s leadership has global communications and design principles throughout the Planning portfolio, which includes taking a produced award-winning teams, consultancy. He has curated many decisions process and an eclectic lead on stakeholder and customer driving measurable results and architectural exhibitions at the Royal range of programmes including relationships whilst delivering the return on investment for local Academy as well as exhibitions held Oxford Street District Strategy and overriding portfolio strategy. businesses and investors alike. at NLA. He is founder of the London delivery, Strand Aldwych, Harrow James is a former Chair of the Before moving to the West End Festival of Architecture and is Road and Victoria. Deirdra also Westminster Property Association in October 2016, Ros headed up author of various architectural books sits on the Board of the Dolphin (retaining a Board role), a Board Kingstonfirst, securing two of the including “The Saga of Sydney Opera Foundation. Previously, Deirdra member of the New West End largest redevelopment projects House” and “A Passion to Build”. He was Director of Regeneration and Company BID and Chair of the to be brought to the area for is a Past Master of The Architects’ Planning at Newham, and worked at Property Steering Group, also decades. Since joining Heart of Company, a visiting professor at IE Hackney & RBKC gaining experience a member of the West End London, Ros successfully led the University in Madrid, Chairman of in strategic and local mixed use Partnership. James holds a degree occupier renewal ballot in 2017, The London Society and a development, conservation, in Land Management, is a member achieving the backing of 92% of its keen cyclist. neighbourhood advocacy, transport, of both RICS and the IPF, and has businesses and is now driving the @nlalondon public health and strategy. passed the full IMC. team on in meeting its members’ @pgsmurray @CityWestminster @TheCrownEstate priorities across a range of strategic initiatives. @HOLBID Sophie Thompson Ruth Duston OBE, OC Alexander Jan Director, LDA Design Director and Chief Economist, Chief Executive, Victoria BID Paul O’Grady Arup Director of South Belgravia, Grosvenor Sophie is a director at LDA Design and lead for some of the UK’s most During a 30 year career Alex is chief economist at Arup, exciting and challenging street, in regeneration, Ruth has the leading built environment waterfront and park projects. established several BIDs and consultancy. He leads projects that Paul O’Grady is responsible for Adopting a people-first approach, business partnerships. She has often involve economic analysis managing the overall strategy the practice has developed new leveraged over £30m of private with a financing and funding focus. and performance of Grosvenor’s models for the design of London’s sector funding, becoming the Alex has worked extensively with South Belgravia portfolio, worth streets in places as diverse as catalyst for generating more business improvement districts, approximately £1.3bn. Strand-Aldwych, Seven Dials and than £6bn of further investment local authorities and governments He has previously held roles in Euston. Sophie is currently leading for redevelopment across major internationally on their growth investment, asset and portfolio the design for 4km of new seafront parts of central London. Driving and economic development management for Grosvenor across in Portsmouth and Camden Council’s value, delivering good growth and strategies often with a transport Europe. Between 2010 and ambitious £35m West End project. enhancing socio-economic outcomes component. Last year, he was 2015, he managed three cross- She is part of several design panels through partnership is at the project director for the West End border retail funds on behalf of and NLA Future Streets think tank. heart of Ruth’s approach to urban Good Growth study for the GLA various international investors, @LDAdesign renewal. @RuthDuston and City of Westminster. Alex led during which time he also set up work on the GLA’s original London Grosvenor’s Stockholm Office. 2050 Infrastructure Plan and has Paul is a Member of the RICS and a overseen subsequent commissions Board Member of Victoria BID. to help develop the authority’s @Grosvenor_GBI infrastructure capital strategy. @Arup 4 NLA on Location BIOGRAPHIES Natalie Thomson Jace Tyrell Senior Associate, Chief Executive, BuckleyGrayYeoman New West End Company Natalie has led a diverse range Jace has been Chief Executive of of projects in London. In 2018 New West End Company for three she completed Eccleston Yards, years, representing Europe’s largest a new public space and creative retail destination. His brief covers hub in Victoria, whilst in 2016 600 businesses in London’s West she led the major renovation of End, a property portfolio of £3.5bn St Vincent’s Centre in Victoria: a and an annual turnover of £9.2bn, series of distinguished Victorian including Bond Street, Oxford Street buildings which houses the UK’s and Regent Street. Over the past largest homelessness charity, three years his work has generated The Passage. Frequently leading over £30m investment into the residential and workplace projects area. Previously, Jace was Executive within Westminster, Natalie Director of the