The City Canvas: Colour with Care

Legibility is a key principle of urban design and crucial to the human experience of ‘place’.

In this webinar, Axalta will explore how using colour in architectural design can enhance our understanding of a place, by bringing order, comfort and identity to an urban environment which helps build a relationship of care and respect between buildings and their users.

Our panel will offer different perspectives on urban design architecture and colour.

Speakers:

Harbinder Singh Birdi, Partner at Hawkins\Brown

Widely regarded as an expert in major engineering-led civic projects, Harbinder leads the Hawkins\Brown Infrastructure and Transport team, providing design leadership on all projects within the sector.

He is a chartered architect and a member of the previous Architects’ Journal 40 under 40 list. He is a fellow of several esteemed organisations, including the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Institution of Civil Engineers, in recognition of his ongoing mentorship of new talent in architecture, and for his expertise in the design and delivery of major infrastructure projects.

Patricia Brown, Director at Central

Patricia advises civic and business leaders on the dynamics of urban change, working across the public and private sectors on people-centred real estate development, regeneration and economic development, and is valued for her ability to bring together the different elements and people that are essential in shaping successful places.

This is based on her wealth of experience in thinking about, influencing and improving London and pioneering a number of ground-breaking initiatives that have put people and liveability at the heart of the city’s successful urban evolution – such as prioritising and delivering more enjoyable, legible, public space and the Legible London concept, the capital’s connected wayfinding system.

Cath Carver, Founder of Colour Your City

Cath Carver is a multimedia artist, colour researcher, writer and DJ from London. Cath is the founder of Colour Your City, which uses colour to enrich urban design and community. She curates and produces public art, installations and cultural programming; gives colour talks and workshops; writes about colour and conducts civic and chromatic research.

Collaborations include: V&A Late x Commune, Camille Walala, Hackney WickED, Museum of Colour, PatternNation, TEDx Tottenham, The Cause and the Social Art Network. Cath is the Editor-in-Chief of COLOURWORXX, a new magazine dedicated to a full-spectrum exploration of colour. Cath is the show hostess and DJ for the COLOURWORXX Show on Netil Radio.

Moderator:

Eva Woode, Director and Curator at Studio Woode

Studio Woode is a curating studio working within construction, architecture and design. With a particular interest in sustainability, wellbeing and innovation in the built environment, the studio develops exhibitions, conferences and publications.