Designing in public lecture- Laura Paterson

 Today I went to a lecture by a lady who studied architechture and currently works for URBED (urbanism, environment and design). She told us they had recently designed a bus tour for the public which takes people around Manchester and gives a talk about its history - I thought this would be quite good for me as i am focusing on Cities. She also talked about the density of Manchester and how in the past flats were demolished and rebuilt.

We were told about Jeanne Van Heswick who designed 'The resistance of small happiness'. This was a huge horse shoe shaped table he made so that people in the town could gather round and socialise at BBQ's etc. I like the idea of different people in cities and towns coming together as i think it creates a contrast between rich and poor, old and young etc.