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MyAV范 Urban Laboratory launch
14 May 2009
Links:
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180 guests, including architects, planners, film-makers, urban designers and MyAV范 staff and students, attended 'City Visions', the inauguration of the MyAV范 Urban Laboratory on 21 April 2009.
Led by Professor Matthew Gandy, Director of the MyAV范 Urban Laboratory, the panel showcased the variety of urban research taking place at MyAV范, addressing such topics as cities and social justice, the urban transition in Eastern Europe, cinema and the city, architecture for the poor and the presence of 'bad nature' such as pests and vermin in twentieth-century London.
The MyAV范 Urban Laboratory was established in 2005 as an interdisciplinary centre for research excellence.听 Its principal aim is to raise the national and international profile of urban teaching and research at MyAV范.
In the first instance, the laboratory is drawing on the strengths of four MyAV范 faculties - Arts and Humanities; the Bartlett; Engineering; and Social and Historical Sciences - and actively engaging with MyAV范's Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities.
A new masters in Urban Studies commenced in September 2008, expanding the MyAV范 Urban Laboratory's graduate programme and bringing together the best opportunities for urban education and dissertation supervision at MyAV范.
To find out more about the MyAV范 Urban Laboratory or the new MSc in Urban Studies, follow the links at the top of this item.
Image: Professor Matthew Gandy, Director of the MyAV范 Urban Laboratory, led research into the 'liquid city' of Mumbai, India