Does health really matter in our daily lives? Yihan He (Jason) Author’s Introduction From Tim Townshend’s lecture on the 6th of October, we will generally acquire some effective knowledge that the environment should keep healthy for people’s daily use because a part of the group requires some degree of health care. They are the Read the full article…

For my final contribution to this column, I feel compelled to adopt a slightly different approach. At this stage in my journey, I believe it is important to consider Urban Design and what it means to me. To be clear, I do not claim to have a complete understanding of the industry. Nor do I Read the full article…

“Gender equality is the goal that will help abolish poverty, that will create more equal economies, fairer societies, and happier men, women, and children.” Graça Machel (2015) As a former freedom fighter, prominent educator, and philanthropist, Machel was the only woman in modern times to serve as the first lady of two nations – Mozambique Read the full article…

The High Street is Dead, Long Live the High Street. Lockdown – March 2020. This mandate single-handedly halved footfall across UK High Streets (Enoch et al, 2021). However, the decline of our High Streets was a reality that predated the pandemic. The ‘death of the high street’ is a notion being used by many experts Read the full article…

Rewilding. Photograph by Luke Leung Greening urban design As cities around the world grow, it is curial to consider the impact these spaces have on nature and ecosystem. Furthermore, how greenery affect our health and wellbeing. Building greenery can be more inclusive, including among streetscape and urban neighbourhoods. People of all ages and the spaces Read the full article…

I have delved more deeply into urban design and architecture during this year of study. My previous study in Birmingham was landscape design. I have a strong interest in ecological design, but I have developed a strong interest in housing and climate in urban design during this study. Last year our work and tasks were Read the full article…

Photograph by Luke Leung In the recent decade, community planning has been rising in popularity as planners and local authorities, architects and other practitioners can all benefit from social discussion into shaping their local environment. Wates (2014) suggested, growing numbers of residents and communities are getting involved with professionals in shaping their environment. These involvements Read the full article…

This semester, blogging provided a form of escape from all the coursework we needed to produce for other modules. As I mentioned in my previous reflective blog Looking Back, I saw this opportunity as a way to broaden my reading on a variety of subjects in which I had long been interested but had never Read the full article…

I can’t believe it’s been nine months since I first arrived in Newcastle. It just feels like yesterday when I visited Newcastle University for the first time. And yet here I am almost done with my second semester of the course. The pleasant and thrilling process of creating blogs was a constant thread that ran Read the full article…

  As Europeans have gradually lost their religious faith, countless grand and culturally interesting ecclesiastical buildings all over Europe have progressively become vacant and disused (Fiorani, et al., 2017). While these contain great heritage, numerous European countries have fought to maintain them afloat as expenses as well as other obstacles arise. As the quantity of Read the full article…

The Government state that inactivity contributes to 1 in 6 deaths across the UK (Public Health England, 2016). Additionally, it is reported to cost an estimated £7.4 billion yearly (Public Health England, 2016). Active travel is defined as physical travel such as walking and cycling. With over a quarter of adults reporting less than 30 Read the full article…

Each country has a unique history and culture, and this ‘uniqueness’ influences the way of life of everyone in the region. I have explored this ‘uniqueness’ in Newcastle in this course. This uniqueness is most visibly demonstrated by the spatial standards associated with architecture between different regions and countries. I will start with what I Read the full article…