International Conference Longbridge Birmingham UK 24 October 2014
Connect with innovative keynote speakers exploring urban projects
Architecture Technology Innovation Regeneration Artistic Intervention Strategic Policy Placemaking Lighting
Tran si tion Conference Tran-si-tion International Conference will provide a key platform to highlight best practice within regeneration schemes, urban design, strategic planning, placemaking and art within a social urban context. The conference has been developed in response to the transitional complexity that Longbridge has experienced and is currently facing as it regenerates. For nearly a century the area was dominated physically, socially, economically and visually by one of the largest car factories in the world until its devastating collapse in 2005. The Longbridge story is echoed across the world, with numerous cities and communities facing challenging economic and sector shifts, redevelopments, regeneration and master planning. Tran-si-tion will provide an exciting showcase of innovative keynote speakers sharing their vision, approach and experience within an array of diverse urban projects through strategic planning, urban design, architecture, policy, technology innovation, large scale artistic interventions, placemaking, lighting and regeneration.
Longbridge Light Festival WERK developed Tran-si-tion International One-Day Conference to coincide with Longbridge Light Festival. The conference has been made possible through support from Birmingham City University, Bournville College and Birmingham City Council. Longbridge Light Festival’s wider programme will feature multiple urban light and art installations in response to the theme “Back to the Future” created by Longbridge Public Art Project (LPAP) artists and curators Elizabeth Rowe and Chris Poolman. Tran-si-tion and Longbridge Light Festival were conceived by WERK as part of Longbridge Public Art Project (LPAP) on behalf of Bournville College. LPAP aims to support the regeneration and future of Longbridge, whilst recognising its significant past. We are delighted to have engaged some of the best National and International speakers at Tran-si-tion, Longbridge 2014. This is the start of an ongoing conversation, we hope that you can join us.
Keynote SpeakersDaan Roosegaarde
Creative Director | Studio Roosegaarde | Rotterdam In a world shifting between the analog and the digital, Studio Roosegaarde is the social design lab of artist Daan Roosegaarde with his team of designers and engineers. The studio creates interactive designs between people technology and space.
Jean Francois Zurawik Director | Fête des Lumières | Lyon
Fête des Lumières, established as one of the most successful Lighting Festivals in Europe, attracting over 4 million visitors a year. As a result of the festival and numerous benchmark artistic public lighting schemes Lyon is known as the ‘City of Light’.
Michael Arzt
Director | Halle 14 | Leipzig Halle 14 is an independent not for profit arts centre based within Spinnerei; Europe’s former largest cotton mill. The arts organisation were instrumental in supporting Spinnerei’s redevelopment and transformation into a thriving cultural hub through the ‘Second Chance’ EU project involving five European partner cities.
Mike Murray
Senior Development Surveyor | St. Modwen A revolution in regeneration, Longbridge is being transformed from the home of motoring innovation into a vibrant £1 billion new community by St. Modwen. The enormous site steeped in rich, complex history spans 468 acres. Longbridge is a unique suburban major project aspiring to create 10,000 jobs, 2,000 new homes, a new town centre and parks.
Glenn Howells
Director | Glenn Howells Architects | Birmingham | London Established a national reputation over the last 25 years for designing innovative buildings and shaping areas of UK cities through masterplanning projects. Noteable projects include the Savill Building in Windsor Great Park shortlisted for the 2007 Stirling Prize, and the RIBA 2013 award winning Brammal Building, University of Birmingham.
Helen Marriage Director | Artichoke
Awarded a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2013, and Producer of urban spectacle’s, celebration and disruption. Artichoke has produced some of the best large-scale interventions into public space to date, including The Sultan’s Elephant (2006), La Machine Liverpool EU Capital of Culture (2008) and Lumiere Durham.
Nigel Edmondson
Former City Design Manager | Birmingham City Council The first Urban Design Professional within Birmingham City Council and celebrated Arts Ambassador. Involved in the City’s dramatic rebirth radically improving the built environment and public realm. On behalf of the City, Nigel produced Lighting Places (2007) informed through Lighting Urban Community International knowlegde exchange networks.
Gillian Graham
Principal Psychologist & Managing Partner | Cargyll As a psychologist, trainer, coach and facilitator, Gillian delivers a wide range of innovative solutions to transform individuals, teams and organisations to be the best that they can be. Whilst highly qualified, she is not overtly academic and prefers a pragmatic approach to everyday challenges, with her prime focus on unlocking potential.
Councillor Lisa Trickett Councillor | Birmingham City Council
Councillor Lisa Trickett provides strategic leadership of the city’s green environmental agenda including issues around sustainability, climate change, carbon reduction, energy security, food security and green planning and transportation policies.
“Lighting the City is concerned with more than just illuminating an area. It is a key element that affects how we feel about a place. It is also about creating a high quality image of the city at night and about using light efficiently and sutainably.“ Lighting Places (2007) Birmingham City Council
Programme
9.00am
Registration: Light Refreshments
9.30am
Welcome:
Claire Farrell | Director | WERK
Norman Cave | Principal | Bournville College
Gillian Graham | Principal Psychologist & Managing Partner | Cargyll
9.40am
Helen Marriage | Director | Artichoke & LUCI* Member
Vision and manifesto
Ephemeral placemaking
Cross sector partnerships Social and cultural well-being
Commissioning artists and high quality programming
* (LUCI) Lighting Urban Community International
10.25am
Nigel Edmondson | Former City Centre Design Manager | Birmingham City Council
Radical approaches to the built environment
Pushing the boundaries
Pre-conceptions of public art
Lighting strategy and knowledge exchange (LUCI)
Mike Murray | Senior Development Surveyor | St Modwen
Longbridge, a unique suburban major regeneration project
Vision, approach and role of St Modwen
The role of artists within Longbridge regeneration
The future of Longbridge
11.10am
Break: Light Refreshments
11.25am
Glenn Howells | Glenn Howells Architects
Architectural journey, influences and manifesto
The concept of place
Urbanism and regeneration
Urban design and strategic planning
Creativity and risk taking
12.05pm
Michael Arzt | Director | Halle14 | Leipzig
Overview of Second Chance European knowledge exchange project involving five EU
Partner Cities to: support the transformation of Spinnerei, Leipzig’s former cotton mill
from Cotton to Culture
Design, architecture and place
Cultural placemaking
12.35pm
Lunch
1.20pm
Jean-François Zurawik | Director of Events and Fête des Lumières | Lyon
Fête des Lumières origins
City of Light identity
Tourism as an economic driver
Citizens cultural well being
EU Partnerships and LUCI network
2.00pm
Councillor Lisa Trickett | Birmingham City Council
Cultural economy and strategic planning
Knowledge exchange
Innovation and sustainability
2.20pm
Richard Burden MP | Birmingham Northfield
Questions and answers facilitated by Gillian Graham with Councillor Lisa Trickett and Jean Francois Zurawik
2.30pm
Break: Light Refreshments
2.45pm
Daan Roosegaarde | Creative Director | Studio Roosegaarde | Rotterdam
Technology, art and innovation
Architecture
SMART Highway
The Beijing Smog Project
Lighting and sustainability
Partnerships and naysayers
4.00pm
Sophia Tarr | Festival Producer | WERK
Longbridge Public Art Project
Longbridge Light Festval approach
Partnership development
4.10pm
Chris Poolman & Elizabeth Rowe | Longbridge Light Festival Curators
LPAP artists-in-residence programme
Community engagement
‘Back to the Future’ - Longbridge Light Festival theme 2014
4.30pm
Conference close
5.00pm
Longbridge Light Festival in progress preview
Welcome:
Councillor Ian Cruise | Birmingham City Council
Stephen Plant | Chaplain to Longbridge Development
Drinks reception in Urban Flavours followed by an in progress viewing of Longbridge
Light Festival dress rehearsals, Festival atmosphere and in-progress art installations.
Booking Prices
How to book tickets
Organisations:
Please go to:
Limited Early Bird Tickets
£60.00
Standard Price Tickets
£76.50
www.tran-si-tion.eventbrite.co.uk For more information:
Individuals:
Email: info@werk.org.uk
Limited Early Bird Tickets
£36.50
Standard Price Tickets
£45.00
Concession Tickets*
£25.00
Website: www.longbridgelightfestival.co.uk
*Concession tickets, please note that you will need to bring
Please note that the conference programme is subject to
proof of eligibility upon arrival to the event for concession
changes, so please check www.longbridgelightfestival.co.uk
tickets. To be eligible for the ticket you must be one of the following: (1) a full-time student, (2) 65 years or over or (3) unemployed.
Getting Here Transition Conference 9am - 5.30pm Bournville College Conference Centre Longbridge Lane B31 2AJ
Bournville College Conference Centre is the Gold building situated within Bournville College. There is independent access to the Centre. Arriving by Car The campus is located on the junction of Bristol Road South and Longbridge Lane. If you are using Sat Nav, the postcode is B31 2TW. Unfortunately we have limited parking on campus and therefore we would like to encourage you to park at the car park situated on Bristol Road South, just across the road from the campus. A parking fee of ÂŁ1 .50 per day. Arriving by Train Longbridge train station is an approximate five minute walk to the College and is based on a cross city train line from Birmingham New Street and run approximately every 10 minutes and takes 21 minutes. Arriving by Public Transport Bournville College is well situated and easily accessed by a number of bus routes including: Buses: 45, 49, 63, X62, 143, 144 Disability Access Disabled parking and drop off points for guests with mobility issues will be via the rear car park on campus (accessible via the front entrance). Please contact info@werk.org.uk to arrange this in advance of the 20th October 2014.
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