Design invention. Urban equity. Climate justice. Land rights.
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Wider than Metropolis – new city form
Last week new winds has shaken urbanism theory. Widely known urban geographer Edward W. Soja presented ‘The End of the Metropolis Era‘. Following Ed Wall’s overview I give more personal reflections on the lecture. Firstly, we should understand processes shaping the city. City is an agglomeration of people, who shear expenses, and being in close…
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Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias
Making Belief: Public Imaginaries and New Eutopias Tim Waterman Open Lecture 6:00pm, Wednesday 27 November Avery Hill, Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre University of Greenwich Tim Waterman, beginning with gastronomy and landscape, and through analysis of taste and media apparatuses of tastemaking, examines our urban future imaginaries to discuss how new beliefs can be nurtured that…
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Open Lecture :: Helen Castle :: Canny Communication in Architecture in the Age of ‘Messy Media’
Open Lecture Series 2013/2014 Norbert Singer Lecture Theatre / M055 Mansion Site, Avery Hill Campus Wednesday 27th November; 6PM In the last decade, the proliferation of digital media has been a game changer shifting the way that we think about communication and the dissemination of ideas and images. The words that we commonly use…
Learn to DESIGN landscapes
The Landscape Architecture and Urbanism programmes (BA, MA, MLA, MSc and PhD) at the University of Greenwich, London, are focused on the speculative design of future landscapes and cities informed by site-focused research and live projects.
History of innovation
Programmes encourage design invention and experimentation from within one of the oldest schools of landscape in the UK, with notable lecturers such Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe and renowned graduates such as Marti Franch Matllori.
Programmes are based in the award-winning Stockwell Street building within the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO World Heritage Site. Students have gone on to lead design and planning studios such as Gustafson Porter + Bowman and delivering projects like the London Olympic Park.
The Landscape 