City Discourse

The Company is to host its annual Peter Milo Memorial Lecture in the City Marketing Suite at Guildhall on Monday 26 April 2010. Details of the event which will take the form of a discourse are as set out below.

Quality Streets, Quality Townscapes

 

PETER MILO MEMORIAL LECTURE 2010 - Monday 26 April 2010

As a Company we are keen encourage good architecture and planning in the Square Mile. One of the ways in which we can do this is to foster discussion and debate about architecture and urban planning. With this in mind the Master has arranged for the Milo Lecture to be a discourse this year dealing with the topic of creating identity in city townscapes.

There are to be two speakers – Professor Georgia Butina Watson – Professor of Urban Design and Head of Department of Planning at Oxford Brookes University and Joe Weiss – Strategic Transportation Director at the City of London Corporation. 

 

Professor Georgia Butina Watson BA MA PhD

Georgia’s professional expertise lies in the area of urban morphology, urban regeneration and in developing approaches to involve local com-munity groups in the improvement of local urban areas. She was involved in setting up a database system for recording and analysing vacant and underused land and was a project co-ordinator of the DoE sponsored study on ‘Quality in Town and Country’.

She is Director of CABE’s Built Environment Virtual Teaching Package Project and a major contributor to CABE’s digital library of urban design good practice

 

 

Joe Weiss MSc FICE FCIHT

Joe Weiss is a Chartered Engineers and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Highways & Transportation. Over the past 35 years his time has been split between jobs in central government, the priv-ate sector and local administrations.

London’s employment model has resulted in greater pressures on public space and rail transport due to increased commuting. This, while it contributes to climate change, may still be more desirable than dispersed jobs which are mainly car dependent. Joe believes he has been able, occasionally, to chart a politically acceptable course through this maze.

Professor Butina Watson will present some conceptual models that allow us to understand the nature of identity in the urban scene and Joe Weiss will demonstrate the ways in which the City Corporation works to encourage distinctive townscape quality in new building developments. There will be time for discussion after the presentations and it is hoped that the speakers’ contributions will stimulate a healthy debate on the issues raised.

The lecture will be held in the City Marketing Suite at Guildhall commencing at 5.00 for a 5.30pm start.  Wine and nibbles will be available to allow informal association from approximately 6.40pm. The event is will finish at 7.30pm. 

The City Marketing Suite can be found at the corner of Basinghall Street and Guildhall Buildings, behind the Guildhall Art Gallery. It is opposite no. 8 Basinghall Street and within easy walking distance of all public transport

The event will be open to members of the City Architecture Forum and other allied organizations and to London Region architects generally. Tickets charged at £15.00 per head (£4.00 for Company students) will be allocated on a first come first served basis – as space is limited, early application is encouraged by application to the Clerk - David Cole-Adams - on 020 8292 4893 or by email to wccaclerk@blueyonder.co.uk.