Seminar Series 2004

Wednesday 21 January 2004
6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Urban Environment: Redeveloping City Centres

Daiwa Foundation Japan House

Organised by the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

To inaugurate the 2004 Seminar Series, UK-Japan Cities of the Future: Regeneration and Urban Life, two major urban regeneration projects currently underway in London and Osaka were discussed. Roger Madelin focused on the King’s Cross project in London, and Peter Carl and David Height discussed the planned redevelopment of the northern Osaka Station area.

The seminar was followed by a private view of Osaka Urban Metabolism, an exhibition of Japan-based project work of the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.

About the contributors

Roger Madelin

Chief Executive, Argent Group plc

David Height

Architect, Arup; Daiwa Scholar ’93

Peter Carl

Lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge

Ron Marsh

(Chair) Former Export Promoter – Design & Construction Japan, Trade Partners

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