Established in 2018 by the RIBA Young Architectural Practitioner's Forum, Skills for Success is now in its fifth successful year. Skills for Success aims to provide young architects with additional skills to excel their professional development and benefit their practices. It is an annual celebration of knowledge sharing in the region delivered across four events with a unified theme.
This year, the YAPF is organising open public lectures and discussions focusing on ‘Brown to Green’ regeneration stories from four architectural firms. Due to the inherent complexity of urban brownfields and their intermediate scale at the neighbourhood level, regeneration initiatives do not unfold spontaneously. In fact, urban brownfield redevelopment projects often face various types of impediments and obstacles, which can be categorised into four distinct groups: sociocultural hindrances, governance complications stemming from the involvement of multiple stakeholders, legal and regulatory constraints, and financial deterrents.
In two sessions of ‘Urban Rejuvenation: Transitioning from Brown to Green’, we will invite four award-winning architectural studios to share their regeneration stories on the ‘Brown to Green’ transition, tackling four different themes – ‘Culture-driven’, ‘Sustainability’ ‘Mixed-use’ and ‘Livable’.
These sessions will provide useful insights for young architects and urban planners to implement and embrace planning regulation, policy, finance and government for people-centred and sustainable regenerations in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Speakers:
Eugene Mullan - Architect, Urban Designer & Director
A qualified architect and urban designer, Eugene is a founding director of architectural practice Smith Scott Mullan Associates in Edinburgh.
He has a particular interest in the effective regeneration of neighbourhoods and the creation of successful places. He has significant experience of residential design across a range of tenures, most recently in design for older people and those with dementia. Eugene has recognised expertise in stakeholder and community consultation having organised a number of programmes and lectured on the subject.
David Gibson - Architect, Hawkins\Brown
Dave is an Architect and Urban Designer at Hawkins\Brown based in the Manchester Studio.
Dave has a wealth of experience spanning across a spectrum of sectors and scales, he has an aptitude towards creative re-use of existing buildings and heritage assets alongside complex urban regeneration masterplans bringing forward mixed-use, workplace and residential development, often focused around infrastructure nodes. He is driven in exploring holistic design solutions that exceed expectations and deliver socially and sustainably responsive design outcomes that enhance the lives of the peoples they support.
Everyone is Welcome: This event is open to everyone with an interest in exploring and developing key themes of urban waterfront regeneration. This encompasses architects and urban planners, academics and postgraduate researchers, as well as policy makers in the region.
Online event links will be sent out once you have purchased your tickets. This page will be updated regularly with seminar content.
