National Library of Singapore: Four Conversations
I am very honoured to join the National Library Singapore as part of the panel that will discuss ‘How can urban design for public spaces be reinvented against the backdrop of a pandemic and how will it affect the community?’ Read more…
Book recommendation: ‘101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School’, by Matthew Frederick
101 Things I Learned in Urban Design School by Matthew Frederick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Very useful and straight to the point advice about urban design. Read more…
Urban Design and Town Planning in response to COVID-19
I have recently started a new project which looks into adopting Human Factors and Ergonomic & Sociotechnical Systems (HFE & STS) methods to assist in the exploration and description of COVID-19 lockdown impacts on public spaces in Australia. Read more…
Urban climate awareness and urgency to adapt: An international overview
I have had the honour of being part of a research team led by Professor Sanda Lenzholzer and Professor Robert Brown. In this research we investigated the awareness of typical urban climate phenomena and sense of urgency to adapt through expert interviews in several countries worldwide. Read more…
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
A little snippet of beautiful Brisbane’s central area. Read more…
7 principles of building better cities, by Peter Calthorpe
I am preparing a ‘Planning Theory and Governance’ course at USC, and as a warm up for my students I shared this TEDTalk by Peter Calthorpe. Read more…
Upcoming Webinar: Creating accessible and inclusive public spaces with/for resilient communities
I am very honoured to share that tomorrow I will participate in the seminar series ‘2020: A Year without Public Space under the COVID-19 Pandemic’.
Nick Stevens and I will be part of the panel and we will present and discuss a project we have been working on.
Planning and designing multi-services green infrastructure: The case of Cairns, published in My Liveable City Magazine
In April this year Karine Dupré and I published an article entitled Planning and designing multi-services green infrastructure: The case of Cairns in the Indian magazine My Liveable City. Read more…
Healthy, happy and tropical – world’s fastest-growing cities demand our attention
Karine Dupré, Griffith University; Jane Coulon, École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Montpellier, and Silvia Tavares, James Cook University
What does it take to be a happy and healthy city? In any city, myriad factors go into the mix – and of course we are not dealing with just one kind of city. But, due to the world history of colonisation, models are still too often European-centric. In particular, we need to adjust how we think about cities in the tropics. Read more…
Making a global agenda work locally for healthy, sustainable living in tropical Australia
Silvia Tavares, James Cook University and David Sellars, James Cook University
Life in the tropics is often seen as “living in paradise”, a place where everything grows and flourishes. This picture-postcard environment is not the year-round reality. At certain times of year, intense heat, humidity and the wet season affect liveability, making outdoor activity unattractive and thereby reducing social cohesion. Read more…
