November, 2007

 

Bologna Visit

We have just returned from a trip to Bologna, a fantastic city in northern Italy. The visit was part of the the EU Grow Relemcom Project.
We were given a tour of the Mercato regeneration project in the northern part of the city, more info on this can be found here.

The Moving Gallery is Moving, but where………?

The Moving Gallery is looking for a new home, anyone want it? Do call us!. Please see the design report for more information.

City Growth Portsmouth

Deer Park Alpha have had a mention in Portsmouth City Growth Summer 2007 Newsletter. Check out Page 7 of the PDF.
DPA Director Carl Leroy-Smith sits on the City Growth board in Portsmouth, which is leading a process of research, consultation and strategy building with a number of Portsmouth’s 6,500 businesses.
This is a private led approach [...]

Shinjuku, Tokyo

Deer Park Alpha’s Health & Safety Consultant, Jon Skipper has just come back from Japan with some amazing pictures of urban chaos. The picture above was taken in Shinjuku a district of Tokyo.

Thematic Urban Dictionary

Deer Park Alpha have been commisioned by the Solent Centre for Architecture and SEEDA to write and design an introduction to Urban Design. The book will be aimed at lay people involved in urban regeneration projects in their area. To achieve this the publication will have two sections 1) a narrative based on four study [...]

South Coast Design Forum Launch Event

Nearly 100 designers and supporters attended the launch of the Portsmouth Branch of the South Coast Design Forum (SCDF) at The Spinnaker Tower last week. Supported by Portsmouth City Council, the University of Portsmouth and the Portsmouth and South East Hants Partnership the branch has 40 members and meets regularly on the 2nd Thursday of [...]