Architecture Open Lecture Series 2010 /11
- University of Greenwich
- School of Architecture & Construction
- Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus
- Bexley Road, Eltham, London SE9 2PQ
- Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre (M055)
Wed 29 September 2010 17.00
Tom Turner
THEORIES OF URBAN DESIGN: AN INTRODUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION
This lecture introduces and demonstrates the theories which societies and individuals have used to plan their cities, with urban design understood along the lines of this 2010 Wikipedia definition: ‘Urban design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space. It has traditionally been regarded as a disciplinary subset of urban planning, landscape architecture, or architecture and in more recent times has been linked to emergent disciplines such as landscape urbanism.’
Tom Turner is Subject Group Leader for Landscape Architecture and Pathway Leader for MA Landscape Studies at the University of Greenwich. He is a member of the Landscape Institute and the Royal Town Planning Institute. Tom teaches landscape planning, garden history and geographical information systems (GIS). He has published books on English Garden Design (1986) Landscape Planning (1987) and City as Landscape (1996), Garden Design: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC‐2000 AD (2005) and European Gardens: History, Philosophy and Design (2010).