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Ruth Durack
After
25 years of
experience as
an urban design
consultant,
government planner
and part-time
academic, Ruth
is a staunch
advocate of
a non-profit,
collaborative
approach to
achieving urban
design excellence.
"The combination of professional and academic resources in a non-profit organisation like the UDC provides a powerful structure for the kinds of design innovation and research that is necessary to advance the state-of-the-art in urban design.
The private
sector is too
risk sensitive
to experiment;
government agencies
are constrained
by their statutory
obligations;
and without
rigorous practical
application,
the investigations
of the academy
may be of only
theoretical
interest. Put
them all together,
however, and
you get a design
practice that
stretches the
boundaries of
convention,
within an ethic
of public responsibility
and pragmatism
- or one that
dreams with
its eyes wide
open."
Before returning to Perth in 2004, Ruth spent six years in Cleveland, Ohio, as Director of a design centre with a similar mission to the UDC, attached to Kent State University.
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