How do architects collaborate with communities to enhance local buildings and spaces?
Austerity—a set of economic policies governments implement to control public sector debt—has significantly impacted the architecture industry. Reduced funding for public projects, constraints on social programs, and tighter budgets have placed new pressures on architects, demanding innovative approaches within financial and regulatory limits.
This lecture series delves into how architects creatively respond to austerity by collaborating closely with communities to design spaces that meet local needs and are resilient to future challenges.
Featuring insights from three award-winning architects, we will explore their unique approaches to collaborative design, discovering how they work with local stakeholders to reimagine existing buildings and public spaces to fulfil functional, aesthetic, and social aspirations.
GT3 Architects and Leonard Design, Paul Reed of GT3 Architects discussing:
The recently completed Morpeth Leisure Centre, a riverfront scheme that brings together urban and suburban, woodland and water. The lecture will detail the community and stakeholder engagement sessions, the benefit of the facilities to the local community and impact as a designated warm space.
Steven Lane of Leonard Design Architects discussing:
The initial stages of the Broadmarsh Green Quarter Masterplan, leading a coalition of Nottingham community organisations, residents and businesses to integrate nature with affordable eco housing, green business premises and urban agriculture to convert a failed 1970s shopping centre into multi-purpose development and restored public realm and green space.
