Future Bayswater
Speaker Series #2
"Best Practice Urban Design & Community Visioning"
Speakers:-
Malcolm Mackay - Urban Designer & Infill Expert
James Best - Community Visioning & Collective Impact Facilitator
Q & A follows
4 August 2016
Bayswater Hotel.
78 Railway Pde Bayswater
6.30 for a 7pm start
Seats are limited - Don't miss out!
Malcolm Mackay
Urban Sustainability: Why, What and How?
We take the urban environments in which we live, work and play for granted. We assume that they are the best they can be and always will be. But that’s a dangerous assumption.
Urban environments are created as a response to needs and those needs change over time. Furthermore, the way in which an urban environment works also changes as it grows
If we want our city to sustain itself and be the best it can be in the future, it needs to be planned and designed differently from the way it has been done in the past.
Malcolm Mackay provides an insight into the issues that out city faces, the elements of urban sustainability and best-practice urban design, and some of the things we need to do to make our city a better place.
James Best
Why Does Baysie Need to ‘Evolve with the Times’ and be Thoughtful About the Future of our Descendants ?
How can the community, business and governments work together through a shared vision, collaborative action and good governance to achieve a positive future ?
Community Visioning acts as a catalyst in bringing people together, developing relationships, building trust and getting ‘buy-in’ about what we are for.
What can we do to ensure Bayswater does not become a place that is unsafe and unfriendly; divided socially, culturally and economically; with housing that is increasingly unaffordable for families, the young and old – and a town centre that lacks community soul…
James will talk about how Community Visioning puts locals at the centre of the conversation, using an approach that is safe (civil), informing, positive and future focused on what we need to do to make our place livable and resilient in the face of increasingly complex challenges.
Seats are limited.
Thursday 4th August, Baysie Hotel, 6.30pm
Meet The Speakers
Malcolm Mackay
Director of Mackay Urbandesign
Malcolm Mackay is a director of Mackay Urbandesign, and Western Australia’s leading urban designer. Malcolm also spent 4 years as a DAP member and currently sits on Design Advisory Committees for the Cities of Perth, Melville, South Perth and the Town of Victoria Park.
Malcolm originally trained, qualified, and practised as an architect before using his architectural skills in the planning realm, both in the public and private sectors, to ensure that planners have a better understanding of how buildings work and to demonstrate how urban and architectural design can contribute to the creation of a functional, sustainable and desirable urban environment.
In short, Malcolm is one of the few architects who really understands the bigger picture and one of the few people in the planning realm who truly understands the details.
Over the last fifteen years, Malcolm has focussed heavily on the related issues of urban structure, transport and built form, and how they can optimally accommodate the growing pressures of increasing density in existing areas whilst retaining the values that are important to the community.
In addition to his work in the planning, urban design and architectural realms, Malcolm is also a professional artist and uses his art to promote a better understanding and appreciation of the lost art of traditional architecture.
James Best
Executive Director, Strategic Teamwork Accountability Results Pty Ltd (STAR Consulting)
James is a futurist and business professional with more than 25 years experience in leading people and organisations to deliver successful outcomes.
As an active community member, James is passionate about cohesive and resilient organisations and working to ensure the future is as good as stakeholders imagine.
In 2012 James was awarded the PIA National Planning Champion commendation (Planning Institute of Australia).
James specialises in the areas of strategic business planning, leadership coaching, visioning, stakeholder & issues management, & corporate governance and ethics.
Between 2011 and 2013 James was Director Futures & Ideation at Hames Sharley a national firm at the forefront of its profession delivering architecture, urban design, interior design and town planning.
James is a former Commissioner of the Shire of York, Mayor of the City of South Perth, Chair of the John Curtin Leadership Academy and executive director of the Karratha Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.
Seats are limited.
Thursday 4th August, Baysie Hotel, 6.30pm
Future Bayswater Speaker Series
Thursday Nights, 6.30 for a 7pm start
Guest Speakers include
Piers Verstegen - Conservation Council WA
Chiara Pacifici - Head of Sustainability at
Jemma Green - Research Fellow, Curtin Uni, Councillor, City of Perth, Co-Founder and Chair, Power Ledger
Samantha Reece - WA Apartment Advocacy
Phil Griffiths - Phil Griffiths - Heritage Architect and member of The Heritage Council WA
Kylee
Professor Peter Newman - Curtin Uni Sustainable Policy Institute ( CUSP)
James Best - STAR Consulting - Community Visioning & Collective Impact Expert
Malcolm MacKay - Urban Design & Infill Expert
Bill Hames - Planner, Urban Designer, Architect, Developer
Phil Gresley - Director, Gresley Abas Architects and Urban Designers
John Del Dosso - Director Valuation and Advisory Services at Colliers International Australia
Stewart Doran - PIA Young Planner, WA, 2015; Co-founder 'Perth Urbanist' website
Keiran Wong - Architect, Co-author of #designperth
Marion Fulker - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at UWA & CEO Committee for Perth
Trevor Shilton - Director of Cardiovascular Health at the National Heart Foundation (WA) & the Foundation’s national lead for Active
Save these dates for the next sessions (Thursdays):-
18 August
8 September
29 September
13 October
10 November
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Future Bayswater: Future Vision
What is wanted? A livable, vibrant and connected Town Centre.
Why? To become a "go-to" destination rather than a "go through" in desperation.
How to do this? By supporting a comprehensive Future Vision via an Activity Centre Plan.
Why Bayswater? It's a strategic inner urban hub that hasn't realised its full potential ... yet.
Guest Speakers include
Piers Verstegen - Conservation Council WA
Chiara Pacifici - Head of Sustainability at
Jemma Green - Research Fellow, Curtin Uni, Councillor, City of Perth, Co-Founder and Chair, Power Ledger
Samantha Reece - WA Apartment Advocacy
Phil Griffiths - Phil Griffiths - Heritage Architect and member of The Heritage Council WA
Kylee
Professor Peter Newman - Curtin Uni Sustainable Policy Institute ( CUSP)
James Best - STAR Consulting - Community Visioning & Collective Impact Expert
Malcolm MacKay - Urban Design & Infill Expert
Bill Hames - Planner, Urban Designer, Architect, Developer
Phil Gresley - Director, Gresley Abas Architects and Urban Designers
John Del Dosso - Director Valuation and Advisory Services at Colliers International Australia
Stewart Doran - PIA Young Planner, WA, 2015; Co-founder 'Perth Urbanist' website
Keiran Wong - Architect, Co-author of #designperth
Marion Fulker - Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at UWA & CEO Committee for Perth
Trevor Shilton - Director of Cardiovascular Health at the National Heart Foundation (WA) & the Foundation’s national lead for Active