U+I Think - Issue #2

U+I Think is a platform designed to challenge perceptions, drive debate and foster creative placemaking across the property industry.

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U+I Think is a platform designed to challenge perceptions, drive debate and foster creative placemaking across the property industry.

Heritage plays a key role here so our latest newsletter considers what constitutes heritage in the built environment, how to define it in a multicultural setting and, crucially, why heritage assets can help to build a better future.

The newsletter is inspired by a recent U+I Think Event – a talk from Tristram Carfrae, discussing his work on Barcelona’s Sagrada Família.

A sense of connection is integral to who we are. As social animals,
we want to belong. Heritage assets help to create that feeling. They
anchor us and drive a sense of community. But their value is hard to
measure. Richard Upton considers how that could change and what
would happen if it did.

Work began on Barcelona’s world-famous Sagrada Família in 1882.
Tristram Carfrae, deputy chair of international consultancy Arup,
has been charged with helping to finish the project. At our latest
U+I Think event, Carfrae spoke passionately about his task.
Lynda Relph-Knight listened.

Heritage in the built environment can arouse both controversy
and criticism, as recent months have highlighted across the UK.
But, in multicultural cities, how should Black and minority
ethnic heritage be reflected? Thomas Aquilina walks down
Lambeth’s Coldharbour Lane in search of answers.

For most people, heritage conjures up visions of old buildings,
rooted in the distant past. But modern examples of the built
environment need to be preserved and protected too, as
Catherine Croft explains.

Music is an integral part of Manchester’s heritage. Peppered
with bars, clubs and live music venues, the city is known far
and wide for its musical soul. Hacienda DJ turned author and
presenter Dave Haslam explores Manchester’s music past,
present and future.

Greenwich Peninsula has a rich industrial past but recent times
have been less than kind to this part of south-east London.
Now, there is hope for change, with ambitious plans, led by
U+I, to bring Morden Wharf back to life, with new homes,
commercial space and public realm, inspired by the area’s
centuries-old heritage.

When graffiti is first daubed on walls and public spaces, it
is invariably branded as vandalism. Architectural historian
Sabina Andron argues that this is shortsighted, as graffiti
is an essential part of our culture and can become a unique
marker of an area’s identity and heritage.

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