The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has partnered with Hobart City Council to hold events in the ‘City Talks' series with the fourth event to be on February 15 entitled, 'Children in the City'.
Four speakers will be flying in from mainland Australia to provide insights into designing more child-friendly cities.
Dr. Karen Malone of UNESCO will discuss the theoretical and practical framework that informs her work in child friendly cities and child friendliness monitoring and evaluation, drawing on her international work.
Ric McConaghy a landscape designer, who specialises in playscapes, will explore notions of play and playspaces addressing physical, social, and imaginative options with a focus on art, nature and access.
Fiona Robbe, a landscape architect specialising in playgrounds, will offer her insight encompassing public playgrounds in parks (local and state government), as well as play areas in schools, preschools, churches, zoo’s, museums and anywhere children play outside.
Kate Luckraft of ASPECT Studios in Sydney will discuss how children perceive dense city areas, what they do and don't like about city centres, drawing from case studies from around the world.
Last year in November the third event was held called the “Design of the Public Waterfront: the Great Untapped Potential of Hobart’s Foreshore”. The event included over 5o professionals including planners, architects, local government officials and landscape architects coming together to hear two speakers that explored potentials for redeveloping Hobart’s waterfront.
The Lord Mayor of Hobart also was present to introduce the audience to Hobart and its waterfront.
To purchase tickets for the Children in the City event click here. To find out more information about the program click here.
