Lumen Lights Up Newcastle Helix
A landmark city centre office building is open for business. Now complete, The Lumen offers 13,935sqm of grade A office space and is surrounded by the innovative community on Newcastle Helix.
The annual event, which includes Ryder as a sponsor, will take place virtually between 30 November and 3 December.
The theme of the conference is ‘Designing Resilient Communities’. This has long been an increasingly prevalent issue, due to climate change and urbanisation, which has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Several Ryder colleagues have contributed white papers, drawing on experience and learnings from projects which embody healthy communities, and will present during the five day event.
These include:
Philip Miller, senior architect, will review a methodology for designing resilient communities, using the Future Homes development at Newcastle Helix as an example for where this methodology is being successfully utilised.
Cathy Russell, associate, and Steve Blacklock, landscape director, will discuss how placemaking and green infrastructure creates resilient communities, referencing Ryder’s work on the Cottingwood masterplan.
Jonathan Seebacher, architectural director, will present an exemplar of sustainable urban development, Newcastle Helix. In addition to Future Homes, the 24 acre area is home to a further two Ryder designed projects – The Lumen and The Spark office developments.
Healthy Cities Design is the second conference organised by SALUS Global Knowledge Exchange that has taken place this year, following on from the European Healthcare Design conference in September.
More information on this eventA landmark city centre office building is open for business. Now complete, The Lumen offers 13,935sqm of grade A office space and is surrounded by the innovative community on Newcastle Helix.
A ground-breaking new vision for affordable homes to suit all generations is being put forward for Newcastle Helix - a 24-acre vibrant innovation district in Newcastle’s city centre.
Cathy Russell discusses recent research into the links between placemaking and wellbeing, referencing key Ryder projects.