| This component of the UDC's mission is focused on developing a stronger urban design culture in Western Australia, creating a shared sense of responsibility for the quality of the urban environment and encouraging wider community participation in a productive debate about the future of our cities and neighbourhoods.
Advocacy programs include a variety of structured and informal activities designed to promote awareness of the importance of good design in city building and to stimulate a rich and provocative dialogue about significant urban development issues of Perth and the regional communities of WA.
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The
UDC participates in various
design and planning workshops, conferences and forums and hosts
public presentations by
visiting guests. Speakers brought to Perth by the UDC have included
Rob Adams, Director of Design
and Culture at the City
of Melbourne; Jan Gehl,
architect and urban designer
from Copenhagen; KT Ravindran, Professor of Urban Design from the University of New Delhi; Roger Wood, Director of Wood Marsh Architecture in Melbourne; Neil Leach, Professor of Architectural Theory at the University of Brighton and Christopher Charles Benninger, architect and planner from Pune, India. |