birmingham past present & future

Birmingham Past Present Future

Clive Dutton Director of Planning and Regeneration Birmingham City Council

POLISHING THE DIAMOND

CONTEXT

NEW NEW NEW NEW STREET

Birmingham City University - Eastside

Council House - Image Projection

REALITY

Deprivation spread

Birmingham A world city

FUTURE

“a constantly reinvented city, forever probing the future”

Jim Crace

GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity

(Valuation of Country)

1. United States

2. China

3. Japan

4. Germany

5. India

93. BIRMINGHAM

94. Ivory Coast

95. Panama

96. Uganda

97. Ghana

Birmingham Growing the City Centre 0.8-8 square kilometres

MID-TERM CONFERENCE

NEW NEW NEW NEW LINKS

Canals

Open space

Landmarks

New Street

New Street

Station

Station Square

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3

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4

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2

Eastside:

Planned

Development

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2

3

Eastside

Legibility - a mental map of connections across the city centre, squeezing distance

A corridor of public life – ideal for weekend leisure, with “boho” appeal

working city

sociable city

exchange city

learning city knowledge city

great walks great streets

OUR MARKET

MAKING THE BIRMINGHAM HOUSE

BUILD LOCAL

ABUNDANT

Eastside

Eastside

New Street Station

New Magistrates Court - Denton Corker Marshall

Eastside Multi Storey Car Park

New City Park - Patel Taylor

City Park Gate Plot 01 - Associated Architects

VTP 200 - RTKL

Rotunda - Glenn Howell

Regal Tower - Aedas

V Building - Eric Kuhne

Snowhill - Sidell Gibson & Glenn Howell

Beorma - Trevor Horn

Cube - MAKE

Attwood Green

Park Central

103 Colmore Row - Hamiltons

55 Temple Row - Squire Associates

Connaught Square - RGP

Digbeth Coach Station - SBS

New Birmingham Library - Mecanoo

the journey

MAC - Branson Coates

City Hospital - BDP

Fort Dunlop - SHEDKM

GROWTH

House Building in Birmingham

theBirminghamplan Birmingham's local development framework

theBirminghamplan Birmingham's local development framework

c65k dwellings

theBirminghamplan Birmingham's local development framework

BCC Land Ownership

North

Icknield Port Loop

South

New Selly Oak Centre

Longbridge

Longbridge

Longbridge - Bournville College

East

Bordesley Park

Target: 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2026

CLIMATE CHANGE

Birmingham

London

Manchester Sheffield

Leeds

Newcastle

Birmingham

London

Manchester Sheffield

Leeds

Newcastle

audacity Synonyms: adventurousness, audaciousness, boldness, bravery, courage, daring, dauntlessness, enterprise, fearlessness, guts*, intrepidity, nerve, valor, venturing

World EXPO 2020?

“We shall leave this city more beautiful than we found it”

Pledge of Allegiance Ancient Athenians

BIRMINGHAM

GLOBAL CITY