Riba research symposium 2014 design for ageing

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Design for Ageing RIBA Research Symposium 18 November 2014 RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1 www.architecture.com/ageingsymp

Convened by NĂ­all McLaughlin (UCL and NĂ­all McLaughlin Architects) and featuring a keynote by Stephen Witherford (Witherford Watson Mann winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2013), the RIBA Research Symposium 2014 addresses design for an ageing population.

Design for Ageing

RIBA Research Symposium 18 November 2014 RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London W1

The over-60s age group in the UK is set to increase by 40% in 20 years. How can we design inclusive places, spaces and communities that support healthy and happy later lives?

Afternoon session 2–6pm Wren Room

Evening session 6–9pm Florence Hall

Part 1: Homes for older people

Part 1: Publication launch, exhibition viewing and drinks

1:45 Registration 2:00 Welcome Murray Fraser (UCL, Chair of RIBA Research and Innovation Group) 2:05 Introduction Níall McLaughlin (UCL, Níall McLaughlin Architects) 2:15 Leigham Court Kate Macintosh (saveleighamcourt.wordpress.com) Chris Phillipson (University of Manchester) 2:40 Pilgrim Gardens, Evington Clare Cameron (PRP) Judith Torrington (University of Sheffield) 3:05 Hawkes House Dean Hawkes (University of Cambridge) Jeremy Porteus (Housing LIN) 3:30 Questions 3:50 Tea/coffee

6.00 Registration (evening-only delegates) 6.15 Welcome Anne Dye (RIBA Head of Research) 6.20 An alternative age-friendly handbook Sophie Handler (University of Manchester)

Part 2: Occasional spaces, care and outdoors

Part 2: Keynote and debate 7.00 Welcome Stephen Hodder (RIBA President) 7.05 Keynote Stephen Witherford (Witherford Watson Mann Architects) 7.35 Panel debate Níall McLaughlin (Chair) Stephen Witherford, Baroness Greengross, Rama Gheerawo (Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at RCA), Ann Marie Connolly (Public Health England), Mark Tuff (Sergison Bates Architects) 8.00 Questions 9.00 Close

4:10 Introduction Níall McLaughlin 4:15 Barking Town Centre Liza Fior (muf) Catharine Ward-Thompson, (University of Edinburgh) 4.40 Stratheden Dementia Care Richard Murphy (Richard Murphy Architects) Richard Pollock (Dementia Services Development Centre, University of Stirling) 5.05 North London Hospice Susan Le Good (AHMM) Sheila Peace (Open University, President of the British Society of Gerontology) 5.30 Questions Further information and booking at www.architecture.com/ageingsymp Sponsored by

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