Where we live affects how we live and how we live affects everything else including our health, wellbeing, relationships, access to work, social life, and impact on the environment. Wales needs more homes and the future of residential development in Wales must be about more than just the number of ‘units’ that can be built – it must be about creating thriving ‘places for life’.
DCFW’s Places for Life conference will explore the interrelationship between mobility, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, placemaking and the important role of a clear vision in creating great places to live.
We are pleased to welcome the following speakers:
Keynote speech | Lesley Griffiths AM, Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs
Happy neighbourhoods, placemaking and mobility systems | Marten Sims, Senior Design and Engagement Specialist, Happy City
Drawing on the research undertaken and presented in the 2010 publication Happy City, Marten explores the powerful connection between urban design, place-making, mobility and happiness.
Delivering healthy homes | Ashley Bateson, Partner & Head of Sustainability, Hoare Lea
Ashley discusses the role of procurement and management in the delivery of healthy homes, including:
- An overview of UK-GBC research on health and wellbeing in the home
- Designing for comfort and wellbeing
- Getting procurement and delivery right
- The role of management
A vision for life in Cardiff Bay | Mark Hallett, Development Director, igloo Regeneration and Victoria Coombs, Architect, Loyn & Co Architects
The developer and architect of the proposed Porth Teigr residential development in Cardiff Bay will cover how igloo’s FootprintR policy has influenced the scheme in the context of a mixed-use masterplan and the importance of a vision for new homes based on a micro/macro design approach, the needs and aspirations of its future residents and research into “how we live now”.
Why it pays to invest in placemaking | Susan Emmett, Director of Residential Research, Savills
Creating great new places requires a dynamic mix of amenities, retail, employment, education and public realm as well as housing. Susan will focus on what is required to make the sums stack up financially for developers and landowners. By drawing on experience in a number of case studies, Susan will look at what works, examine existing barriers and suggest potential ways forward so everyone wins.
There will be a choice of interactive workshops:
Applying Happy City’s holistic wellbeing framework | Marten Sims, Happy City
Strategic planning and placemaking | James Brown, The Urbanists
Developing a vision for places to live | Mat Jones, Coombs Jones Architects
The event will also provide space for discussion, debate and the exchange of ideas across sectors and disciplines.
By understanding the impact of design on the health, happiness and wellbeing of residents, those who shape the built environment, including planners, urban designers, architects, leaders and developers, can play a lead role in creating better value and better places.
Join us and expect to engage, question, debate, think and contribute.
Book now tickets £98
(Student tickets £45, limited places)
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