Past Activities
AIUS ANNOUNCES FINAL FORUM FOR 2011 - THE MASDAR EXPERIENCE AND ENTROPIC URBANISM - 16 NOV 2011
These two keynote talks by Sasha Ivanovich and Linley Lutton opened up a lively discussion about techniques, successes and failures in delivering rich, rewarding and sustainable urban environments, and how we might introduce these principles to contemporary practice.
AIUS sponsors The New Urbanism and Smart Transport 2011 International Conference
The New Urbanism and Smart Transport 2011 International Conference was held in Perth this September.
This collaborative event aimed to inspire and connect key organisations, academics, public servants, and community members together with international keynote speakers to develop and exchange views on developing an integrated approach to best practice urban planning and transport.
DATE: 26-27 September 2011 VENUE: Pan Pacific Hotel, Perth
JULY AIUS FORUM: LIVEABLE NEIGHBOURHOODS
AIUS's second Forum for 2011 "Liveable Neighbourhoods" was held at the Brass Monkey on the 7th of July.
Liveable Neighbourhoods was released (as a trial document) in 1997, with the vision of tying together the State's ad-hoc design policies into a visionary new form, strongly influenced by New Urbanism and Murrain's Responsive Environments agenda. The strong focus was on creating liveable places. Many professionals question whether this vision has been realised, and if not, why? This forum continued the conversations commenced by the PIA Urban Design Chapter last month, and stimulated further critical debate.
Our key speakers included Professor Richard Weller, Brett Wood Gush, Ian Holloway, Alan Tranter and Emmerson Richardson, asking the question whether LN is achieving its original vision ... or as Dr Linley Lutton poses the question; "Are our neighbourhoods loveable?"
Perth Waterfront - a conversation
AIUS Forum 12 April 2011, at The Melbourne Hotel in Perth
The Perth Foreshore project has the potential to make such a dramatic change to the city of Perth for many years to come. Little is really known about the details so the AIUS invited 5 speakers to speak on 5 points for 5 minutes. The presentations were were followed by a lively discussion from the audience (read more).
Network City Review Forum
On 13 March 2009, Local Government Planners Association (LPGA) in association with the Australian Institute of Urban Studies (WA Division) hosted a review forum to consider the West Australian Government's Network City Strategy (read more).
Perth - a balanced or unbalanced utopia?
The Event
Almost 100 delegates attended AIUSWA's 1 Day Event 09 on 7 October 2009 entitled:
"Perth - a balanced or unbalanced utopia?"
The objective to look at the city through the eyes of users seemed to work well as government representatives, planners and servcie providers presented together, debated together and networked together providing a great understanding of each perspective as it impacted on overall future strategy. (read more)
AIUSWA Fora
AIUSWA is running a number of fora starting in the second half of 2010 and continuing into 2011.
The first Forum, in September 2010, entitled "Consolidating Perth Suburbs: is it really appropriate?" was attended by over 100 delegates and featured presentations from Charles Johnson, formerly with the Department of Planning and now with the Town Planning Group, and Michael Glendinning, General Manager Delfin Lend Lease.
A second Forum, entitled "Small is the new Big: has the McMansion had its day?" was held on 18 November and featured presentations from Alannah MacTiernan, former Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Grahame Searle, Director General of the Department of Housing.