Trevor Skempton - University of Liverpool · Trevor Skempton •Council Member, Merseyside Civic...

Trevor Skempton

• Council Member, Merseyside Civic Society

• Consultant Urban Design Advisor to

Liverpool City Council, 2003-2008

• trevor@skempton.info

Liverpool City Region

Population

• Liverpool within City Boundary: 460,000

• 1930 Peak within City Boundary: 860,000

• Five Boroughs of Merseyside: 1,350,000

• The Liverpool City Region: 2,300,000

• Daily Post Circulation, Manweb: 2,700,000

• Liverpool One Catchment: 4,900,000

Urban Design

Revolution: Liverpool Uni c.1950

Revolution: Liverpool Uni c.2010

Permeability

S = D x P x Q

•S = Sociability, Sustainability, Success

•D = Density [measured simply as people per acre, but when

combined with ‘permeability’ reflects the number of people

within easy reach of any desired place or facility]

•P = Permeability [easy movement in all directions –

warming up the molecules. Not the same as connectivity]

•Q = Quality [design, mix and management]

Conservation and

Sustainability

Planning Challenges: Change vs Permanence

Jonathan Brown MA MCD MRTPI 2nd October 2012

World Heritage Site

Design Review

Recommendations

Further Discussions

MCS Green Paper 2:

Population Growth

MCS Green Paper 3:

City Spatial Structure