Urban Design Forum - Pecha Kucha Series 2024 (PIA Urban Design Related Awards Showcase and Perth Foreshore Plan Discussion)

URBAN DESIGN FORUM PECHA KUCHA SERIES 2024

Planning Institute of Australia (WA) Urban Design Related Awards Showcase and Perth Foreshore Plan Discussion

Join us at the Urban Design Forum WA's Last Forum for the Year. We have created something unique to wind things up. Not only with the forum showcase the Planning Institute of Australia (WA)’s 2024 Urban Design-related award winners, but several leading experts will join us to stimulate discussion on the recently announced Perth Foreshore Masterplan revitalisation.

Supported by:

Planning Institute of Australia

Australian Institute of Landscape Architects

Australia Institute of Architects

AGENDA

PLANNING INSTITUTE OF AUSTRALIA (WA) URBAN DESIGN-RELATED AWARDS SHOWCASE

The Planning Institute of Australia 2024 awards were announced 8 November 2024. The awards have become a treasure trove of design-focused projects, including the Great Place award. Come and hear from the PIA Urban Design-related award winners.

GREAT PLACE - ST. BARBARA’S SQUARE AND LANEWAY

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Element Advisory, Aspect Studio, Iredale Pedersen Hook Architects and Josh Byrne and Associates

Presenters: Andrew Howe - Director [Element Advisory]/ Tom Griffiths - Studio Director [Aspect Studio]

LINK AND PLACE GUIDELINES

City of Vincent, Hames Sharley, UDLA, ARUP.

Presenters: Nicholas Temov – Associate Director (Hames Sharley), Madeleine Ford – Urban Designer (Hames Sharley)

Nic and Maddie will outline the award-winning Vincent Link and Place Guidelines that were created to improve safety and boost green amenity, with easy-to-follow tips to support better road works upgrades and private development along Vincent’s streets.

PERTH FORESHORE MASTERPLAN - PRESENTERS

Dr Julian Bolleter:

Director of the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) at the University of Western Australia, government advisor and media go-to. 

The author of ‘Take Me to the River: The Story of Perth's Foreshore’ will talk us through the evolution of the foreshore and flotsam, and jetsam of the previous plans, review key benchmarks, and discuss some key challenges, including the effects of climate change.

Professor Francesco Mancini – Curtin University

Deputy head of the School in the School of Design and the Built Environment – Curtin University.

The founder of the Perth Urban Research Lab (PURL) will discuss a range of concepts developed by Curtin Architect students with mentors from around the world. How do they see the future, and what can we learn from their investigations?

Don't miss this opportunity to network, learn, and be inspired by the best in urban design.

See you there!

Urban Design Forum [WA] -  Committee