New neighbourhoods in old places: designing and delivering innovative and sustainable housing development
1 November 2024, 10.30 – 16.30
Kellogg College, Oxford
A one-day forum for built environment professionals, researchers, community groups and individuals interested in heritage and sustainable housing.
In a time of interconnected crises, and with economic growth and housing firmly on the Government’s agenda, how can we transform places through heritage? Is it possible to address aspects of the housing crisis and respond to the climate emergency by developing sustainable places that provide for future communities as well as supporting and enhancing existing ones? How can we enable active community involvement in shaping places and community-led development? And last but not least, how do we focus on design, affordability and variety in both rural and urban communities?
Join us for an informal and informative day of case studies, talks, discussion and knowledge exchange.
Programme:
- Introduction and welcome
- Morning session: COMMUNITY.
- A series of short talks, followed by Q&A and discussion. Speakers include:
- Cany Ash (Ash Sakula Architects): Building Profitable Neighbourhoods: from isolated estates to sustainable communities.
- Jo Sofaer (University of Southampton): place perception and heritage values.
- Alex Towler / Wongani Mwanza (Transition by Design): community-led design and working with community land trusts.
- A series of short talks, followed by Q&A and discussion. Speakers include:
- Lunch
- Afternoon session: PLACE, DESIGN AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
- A series of short talks, followed by Q&A and discussion. Speakers include:
- Robin Nicholson (Cambridge Quality Panel & Cullinan Studio): high-quality new neighbourhoods.
- Fredrik Carlsson (ADAM Architecture): case studies from Cornwall.
- Harrison Symmonds (Proctor & Matthews Architects): combining housing with heritage.
- A series of short talks, followed by Q&A and discussion. Speakers include:
- Closing remarks
About the Historic Towns & Villages Forum:
The focus of HTVF’s work is on understanding, caring for and making use of heritage assets. This includes exploring the ways in which heritage can enhance and enable sustainable development. A current project is our NLHF-funded ‘Reaching Rural Communities’, which includes a focus on community-led development, and the value of heritage assets for social, environmental and economic well-being. This work also includes:
- Community involvement in equitable and sustainable development.
- Rural housing needs and development in smaller towns and villages.
- How heritage and historic places can inform housing development.
- What we can learn from historic places to promote sustainable development.
- How housing can contribute positively to existing settlements by reinvigorating places and providing much needed affordable homes.
(Top image: Modern Architecture in London. Photo by Piotrek Wilk via Pexels.)
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