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And another one. Issue 2 of the Urbis Research Forum Review is now available to download from our website. “Science and the City” brings together the highlights of the Cyber City and Science of the City research forum sessions that were held in October 2009. The issue features articles by Prof. Greg Keeffe and Martin Dodge.
In his article “Synergetic Cities” Prof. Keeffe presents a ‘utopian vision of a Free Energy City set in Liverpool’ while Martin Dodge examines the prevalence of software codes in our everday urban lives.
January 29th, 2010
It’s out. The first issue of the Urbis Research Forum Review is now available to download from the Urbis website. The Review is the online publication of the Urbis Research Forum and this first issue features articles by Julian Holloway and Maureen Ward. The articles are based on presentations given during the “Mancunian Way: The Alchemy of Concrete” panel discussion held on 26 August, 2009.
In the Review Julian and Maureen explore the layered experience of the Mancunian Way – Manchester’s elevated post-war motorway – and its impact on the places and people of the city.
November 3rd, 2009
Panelists have been confirmed for the next session of the Urbis Research Forum. The Science of the City session is running in conjunction with the Manchester Science Festival and explores themes including architecture, mapping, communication and urban geography. The three panelists taking part are Greg Keeffe (Leeds Metropolitan University), Jon Porter (Technical Director, Countryscape) and Prof. Trevor Cox (University of Salford).
The panel dicsussion will take place on 26 October at 6.00pm. It is free of charge and there is no need to book.
September 23rd, 2009
The Mancunian Way. 2 miles of award-winning elevated concrete and a fine example of urban motorway. It exists not only as a functional passage through the city, but also as a classic example of post-war modernist architecture. And everyone seems to be walking it these days. Especially if the question and answer session following Iain Sinclair’s talk at Urbis last month was anything to go by.
The Urbis Research Forum will be holding its next session, “Mancunian Way: The Alchemy of Concrete” at 6.00 pm on August 27th at Urbis. The session will focus on the impact of the Mancunian Way and post-war planning in general on Manchester and its people. The panelists taking part are Dr. Steve Millington (MMU) Dr. Julian Holloway (MMU) and Maureen Ward (Manchester Modernist Society). The forum is free of charge.
For those wanting a closer look at the motorway, a walk precedes the forum. Meet at 3.00 pm at Room E0.05 (ground floor) in the John Dalton Building (Oxford Road).
August 4th, 2009