The day will centre around the opportunity to see Cullen’s original drawings, photographs, and writings which were brought to Westminster from Cullen’s home in Wraysbury in 2015, and which are now held in the University’s Gordon Cullen Archive.
Speakers include:
- Alistair Barr, Barr Gazetas Architects and Academy of Urbanism, on Townscape and current practice.
- Harry Charrington, Professor University of Westminster, on the Cullen Archive.
- Gillian Darley, writer and broadcaster, on Gordon Cullen.
- Ian Nairn; Clément Orillard, Professor Ecole d'urbanisme de Paris, on Cullen abroad.
- Alan Powers, Professor LSA and author, on Cullen the obliging sharrawag.
- Peter Rees, Professor UCL and former Chief Planning Officer of the City of London, on a Good Pub Guide to Townscape, place-making career cast in the Cullen mould.
The event also celebrates the launch of Gordon Cullen's Townscape in USA edited by Carla Molinari and Marco Spada, the first ever publication of Townscape in USA which Cullen wrote in the early 1960s, and the manuscript of which, along with his sketches and photographs, is held in the Gordon Cullen Archive. The book will be introduced by Dr Carla Molinari, Anglia Ruskin University and Dr Marco Spada, University of Suffolk.
Timetable
- 10.30-11am – Registration and coffee in Portland Hall
- 11am-12pm
- Harry Charrington, on the Gordon Cullen Archive
- Peter Rees, on a place-making career cast in the Cullen mould
- 12-2pm – Lunch break
- Visits to Gordon Cullen Archive with the University Archivists
- 2-3pm
- Alistair Barr, on Townscape in the making
- Clément Orillard, on Townscape abroad
- 3-3.30pm – Tea
- 3.30-4.30pm
- Gillian Darley, on Gordon Cullen and Ian Nairn
- Alan Powers, on Cullen the obliging sharrawag
- 4.30-5pm – Panel discussion
- 5pm – Drinks and Gordon Cullen's Townscape in USA Book launch
- Introductory talk by Carla Molinari and Marco Spada
