Swindon Civic Trust

In this podcast of Kevin McCloud’s talk he and his team set out the principles that underpin the approach of there company, HAB (Happiness Architecture Beauty) and how these may be applied to their Swindon development.

Read more at http://www.habhousing.co.uk

Here is a recording of the talk by Holly Huber Swindon Borough Council to the Civic Trust on June 5th 2008 on Building Communities That Work.

She talks about how the design of the built environment affects how well communities form.

The more doors and windows that face the street and the slower the traffic is, the better the community spirit tends to be.

Listen to the full talk here!

Here is a recording of the talk by John Ball who developed FAB (wild Flowers And Butterflies). He explains how amazing abundance can be generated by helping wildflowers fill the spare nooks and crannies of an urban environment.

John also describes what has been achieved at The Haven and many other Swindon sites to prove the leading edge ‘FAB’ concept, which aims to turn cities into bio-diverse reservoirs, to bring nature to peoples’ doorsteps.

We recorded the talk by Paul Davies of the Civic Trust on their Night Vision Project, the planned Purple Flag Awards and the Swindon pilot study.

There are links on the Civic Trust’s Night Vision webpage to powerpoint slides and the full report etc.

The Night Vision project attempts to provide a framework and set of standards to help regenerate town centres in the evening .