20/20 Visions: Collaborative Planning & Placemaking is now available to order from RIBA Bookshops. In researching for the book, the author, Charles Campion, wrote case studies on Charrette processes from around the world. Many were based on first-hand experience and always with input and guidance from the many people who led…
“Humans are collaborative by nature, people want to be involved in shaping their communities and places”; said Charles Campion speaking on Tuesday 15 May at New Unity, Newington Green London, the first of the Voices of Dissent lecture series. In the lecture, entitled ‘People, Place, Participation’ Charles shared a series of…
20/20 Visions: Collaborative Planning & Placemaking is due to release in mid-May 2018. In researching for the book, the author, Charles Campion, wrote case studies on Charrette processes from around the world. Many were based on first-hand experience and always with input from the many actors who took part in…
Mit gemeinsamer Stadtplanung das Zusammenleben in Vielfalt gestalten by Dr Ulrike Spohn Politicians decide on a project. Experts design the proposals. A committee suggests modifications. Then a compromise is negotiated. Finally, the project is implemented – and then it turns out: the citizens wanted something completely different (and simpler)…
Charles Campion, Partner at JTP, is travelling around the world in 8 days stopping in San Diego, USA and Hangzhou, China to speak about Collaborative Planning & Placemaking. In San Diego Charles has attended the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Grassroots Conference where he partnered with Joel Mills from the…
During 2017 a specialist team from the University of Dundee (led by Dr. Husam AlWaer), Eclipse Research and Kevin Murray Associates, supported by the Scottish Government, undertook ground-breaking research into ‘the facilitation of participatory placemaking’. Dr. Husam AlWaer said, “The publication of the resulting report – ‘‘Shaping better places together” –…
In November Charles Campion attended the Council of Europe Intercultural Cities 2017 Milestone Event in Lisbon to speak about Collaborative Placemaking and Community Land Trusts (CLTs). Focusing on the award-winning project, St Clement’s in Bow, East London he explained the effectiveness of collaborative planning processes in engaging people from all…
On the 17 January, UCL Bartlett hosted a second event in London as part of its Large Scale Urban Development series. This time it was a unique opportunity to compare one of London’s opportunity area developments (Old Oak & Park Royal) with international projects of a similar scale. Of particular…
The first case study in 20/20 Visions: Collaborative Placemaking and Planning is of the Santa Fe Railyard Regeneration. It’s a fascinating story of a town coming together to fight a plan for a disused railway yard drawn up without their involvement, to save its heritage and to radically envision an…
There is an incredible happening in the Upper Calder Valley this midsummer to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Incredible Edible Todmorden (IET) which was founded in 2018 and fifteen years since the Yorkshire Forward Upper Calder Valley Renaissance process which has catalysed so much positive change in the valley. IET…