To address densification challenges in West End, Kurilpa Futures, a local community association, is taking on board planning solutions proposed by UQ|UP students in the advanced planning studio PLAN-MAKING coordinated by Dr. Sebastien Darchen. Read the full story in the Westneder: westender.com.au/uq-students-plan-west-end-with-a-human-face Continue reading
“Electronic Cities: Music, Policies and Spaces in the 21st Century” is a welcome contribution to the ‘urban turn’ in popular music studies. It moves beyond the analysis of styles and venues, setting musical practice within complex networks of policy, economic history and metropolitan politics. These fascinating case studies take us beyond the self-proclaimed ‘capitals’ of … Continue reading
The Companion to Public Space (Routledge), edited by Vikas Mehta and Danilo Palazzo, draws together an outstanding multidisciplinary collection of specially commissioned chapters that offer the state of the art in the intellectual discourse, scholarship, research, and principles of understanding in the construction of public space. UQ|UP team members have contributed two chapters: Chapter 14: … Continue reading
A student is sought who can film and edit: A community co-design workshop. Time & place: August 5th 9-11am, AHEPA Hall, 128 Boundary St, West End. ~20 hours. UQ Placemaking Summit. Time & place: November 20th, UQ. ~20 hours. Pay scale: HEW level 3.4 (approx. $40/hour). If you have the relevant skills, please contact Dr. … Continue reading
Dr. Darchen presents on “Local planning innovations and governance for water sensitive cities” as part of the Urban Design Challenge organized by the CRC for water sensitive cities. Read the full story here Continue reading
The article entitled “Contextual and external factors enabling planning innovations in a regeneration context: the Lyon Confluence project (France)” has just been published in International Planning Studies. Read the full article. Continue reading
Dr. Sebastien Darchen will present a paper entitled “Governance Innovation for Urban Regeneration: A focus on Nantes (France)” at the Transformative Urban Governance Conference, hosted by RMIT in Melbourne. The paper focuses on the Ile de Nantes regeneration project. This is one of the largest regeneration initiative in Europe: 330 hectares of former industrial land … Continue reading