Co-Presenters: Foundation Certificate in Urban Design

Introducing some of the amazing co-presenters that will join me to deliver the Foundation Certificate in Urban Design in 2024.

You’ll have the chance to develop and perfect your urban design skills in a supportive and friendly environment, where you’ll get to work alongside these amazing experts!

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·     Rob Cowan, urban designer, writer, editor, speaker, cartoonist, illustrator and lexicographer. From 2000 to 2007 Rob was the first director of the Urban Design Group, and since 2007 a director of the consultancy Urban Design Skills.

·     Laura Alvarez – PhD, Senior Principal Urban Design and Conservation Officer at Nottingham City Council, and Urban Design Group East Midlands. With an impressive range of experience and knowledge behind her, Laura’s many interests include sustainable, collaborative urban design. Her focus is at the heart of this program, where the goal is to understand how to make urban design safe, sustainable, and people-centred.

·     Claire Harper is a founding partner of Harper Perry Architects, with a particular interest in the design and procurement of new housing. Claire has previously worked for architectural practices in The Netherlands, and London, is an experience tutor in architecture and design, teaching for six years at the University of Westminster, and currently is a Lecturer at Newcastle University.

·     Michael Jones is manager of City of York Council’s Housing Delivery Programme where he is setting ever-higher benchmarks in housing design and zero-carbon homes.

·     Ian Morton – Lecturer in planning and development. His main focus is the role of public spaces in the life of the city, a topic we’ll deal with in depth during this course.

·     Rob Beardsworth – Urban Design Works Founder with over 15 years of experience in urban design and creator of this course. His experience in both local and national urban design roles with the cities of York and Hull, and the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) makes him a great analyst of urban design projects big and small. His focus in creating people-centric developments was at the heart of the creation of this program.

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