FUTURE CITIES FORUM

Arup will be speaking at our June forum at London City Hall on providing state-of-the-art sustainable new electric charging infrastructure across the UK. The Electric Forecourt is the new generation of filling station designed to meet the demands of the electric vehicle market. Arup's Lead Designer, Ricky Sandhu who will be speaking at our forum said: ' Our design for the Electric Forecourt enables electric vehicle utilisation for all making it easier and more accessible to c

Post Brexit, how will Britain create a new tourism offer and will our music scene draw visitors as it does currently? These and other questions about creating go-to cultural destinations were debated at our forum held at Goldsmiths' Hall, City of London. Karine Lepeuple of the Goldsmiths' Centre, whose previous roles include Head of Product at Eurostar and Commercial Director of the Old Royal Naval College (Greenwich), was asked about the tourist prospects for Britain post-Br

Our forum this week will look at the importance of a sustainable greening strategy for London which encourages an environment where people want to live and work and will do so for decades to come. This month, the Mayor of London announced the next step towards making London the world's first National Park City, with plans for a week-long festival in July, with the aim to get people more in tune with nature, improving health, wellbeing and social cohesion. The Mayor has also u

Consultations with stakeholders will take place this autumn on the Waverley Station Masterplan that is being led by Arup with a group of highly experienced professionals for Scotland's second busiest station. Led in partnership by Network Rail and City of Edinburgh Council, the Waverley Masterplan will take shape over the next 12 months and will consider future growth at the station, the impact of city centre developments, urban planning trends and how Waverley can be enhance

Cross River Partnership and Arup joined our recent electric vehicle and mobility round table to discuss the difficulties for freight lorries switching to electric power and how our cities will cope with the disruption of retro-fitting new electric infrastructure. Tom Linton Smith, Transport and Sustainability Officer, from Cross River Partnership said switching to electric power for freight vehicles poses a host of challenges: ' The whole logistics sector isn't going to go el

We will be holding our next transport research round table at EY's More London Place offices where discussions will centre on expanding the topics of infrastructure around electric vehicle adoption and the use of new technologies in transport fuels, which were discussed initially at our City Hall, London event, 'The Making of the Modern City' last month. The Guardian newspaper reported in April this year that a '£400 million government plan to build electric car charging poin

The head of Arup’s Infrastructure Design Group, Tim Chapman, has been speaking about the power of sustainable infrastructure to change societies for the better, at our recent ‘The Making of the Modern City’ forum at City Hall, London in May. The forum was opened with a key speech by National Infrastructure Commission's Chief Executive Phil Graham talking about the need for joined up infrastructure and housing. Tim gave a presentation which ranged from unlocking the regenerati

As opera and art exhibitions are able to be viewed by a wider public through cinema, how is a high level of cultural experience maintained? Arup's Principal - Art, Culture and Entertainment - Tateo Nakajima, says that it is still possible to create a unique and emotional experience for the audience even if they are not sitting in the opera venue or gallery. Tateo talks about using 'acoustics in tandem with the spatial geometries, textures, light and colours to create spaces t

Tateo Nakajima, Director - Arts, Culture and Entertainment at Arup, will be speaking at our 'Art Investment and Cities' Forum on 25th January at RIBA, London. Previously he was one of the leaders of Artec Consultants and has worked on venues such as La Maison Symphonique in Montreal, Musikkenshus concert hall in Aalborg and the renovation of the Salle Pleyel concert hall in Paris. Upcoming projects include the Muskkenshus Nordijland in Aalborg, the Grande Theatre de Rabat in

Arup's transport expert, Susan Claris, has been speaking to Future Cities Forum following this autumn's Budget, saying that she would like to see more attention given to healthy city street initiatives as much as funding for electric cars. Funds of £540 million in the budget have been given to support the growth of electric cars, including more charging points. However Susan believes that supporting 'healthy streets initiatives that can be implemented relatively quickly, that