Open Space events

Evening seminar: "Slums or emerging economies?"

8th July

This evening seminar took place at Space Syntax's London ofice on Tuesday, 8th July. Dr Kayvan Karimi and Ed Parham of Space Syntax described their experience of applying a new approach to the replanning of informal settlements in
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The approach is focused and incremental, allowing communities to retain the buildings, street systems and social networks that work, while introducing the new infrastructure that will help them to grow.

Kayvan and Ed were joined by Sunil Kumar from the London School of Economics and Tony Lloyd-Jones from the University of Westminster who provided their own perspective on the issues facing urban growth in world cities today.

To download .pdf version (12 MB) of the "Slums or emerging economies?" presentation, please click   here.

Space Syntax regularly hosts evening Open Space events at its London studio. The aim of these events is to bring together decision makers in the fields of urban development and workplace design, to present and debate key issues affecting the social, economic and environmental sustainability of buildings and cities.

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From the left: Sunil Kumar,
London School of Economics, Dr Kayvan Karimi and Ed Parham, Space Syntax,
Tony Lloyd-Jones, University of Westminster, discussing innovative approaches to the replanning of unplanned settlements.

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Royal Borough of
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