Imagining Alternative High Street Futures will take place on Tuesday 21st February 2012 (14.00 – 16.00) at The Lighthouse in Glasgow.
Calling on Scotland’s creative entrepreneurs to help contribute your ideas on the future of the Scottish High Street.
Traditional ideas of what the High Street is, its purpose and attractiveness as a place to be are being challenged. What is the modern High Street as a social space, and what are its possible futures?
Architecture and Design Scotland would like to invite you to contribute to a workshop to explore creative and alternative High Street futures. Share your experiences and help shape the emerging action plan on town centres by the Scottish Government. Writer and commentator Julian Dobson will start the discussion with a presentation on re-imagining the High Street as a social space. Julian’s submission with Urban Pollinators informed the recent Mary Portas Review of High Streets.
Event Schedule
- 14.00 Curators welcome: tour of exhibition
Emma Halliday, Exhibition Director, A+DS - 14.15 Purpose of workshop and intended outcomes
Diarmaid Lawlor, Head of Urbanism, A+DS - 14.20 21st Century Agora: re thinking the High Street as a social space
Julian Dobson, Urban Pollinators - 14.40 Workshop group sessions:
What does a modern social public space look like?
What are the creative alternatives for how we could use the High Street as a social space?
What have we got and what do we need in terms of collaboration, innovation and capacity to achieve these futures? - 16.00 Summary and next steps
Diarmaid Lawlor, Head of Urbanism, A+DS - 16.15 Close
The event is free and booking is required. To reserve your place please
RSVP to mark.whitehead@ads.org.uk.
This event accompanies A+DS’s current exhibition, High Street at The Lighthouse in Glasgow, which runs until 17 April 2012.
Venue details:
Education Workshop, Level 2, The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU
