Welcome to the Recap - a short weekly update blog from Architecture and Design Scotland. This is based on our internal blog that is shared with staff and board members on Fridays. This blog is for the week ending 26 July. Plenty of people are still on annual leave so the blog is short and sweet!
Our work with QMU mentioned in dispatches
Our work with Queen Margaret University featured recently in the Times Educational Supplement in a piece written by Patrick Boxall, lecturer in initial teacher education, on the importance of outdoor learning.
Redesigning cities: learning from Barcelona’s Superblocks
This week, we published a new blog by our Director of Design Heather Claridge in which she shares her experiences on a study trip to Barcelona. She explores how the city has been redesigned with people and climate in mind, highlighting the value of design.
Barcelona is one of the cities leading the way in creating better places. In particular, its Superblocks are transforming neighbourhoods into people-friendly spaces. A recent study trip with the Academy of Urbanism offered a first-hand look at how design can create more liveable, sustainable, and inclusive communities.
You can read the blog here.
Coming up...
Next week we have a couple of meetings with fellow inhabitants at EFI and preparing for our July newsletter, initial judging for the student awards as well as finalising details for an event happening in late September (more news of that soon...)
Image by Architecture and Design Scotland from Barcelona blog.