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Find a selection of short pieces written by us and other students on topics relating to Urban Design, Planning and other disciplines within the built environment.
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7th March 2022
A Landscape-Led Approach
Becky Wakelin, Second Year UDP
Sustainable placemaking is a hot topic and rightly so, but what does this really mean in...
14th February 2022
Collage Workshop
Nadine Alnajjab, Third Year UDP
Last Tuesday, UrbOx hosted our first in-person workshop titled 'The Post-Pandemic Learning...
7th February 2022
Diversity in Planning
Ingrid Mankelow, MA Urban Design
Perez's (2020) book Invisible Women seeks to expose the data bias that exists in a world...
31st January 2022
From Architecture to
Urban Design
Huda Hameed, MA Urban Design
I remember one evening working with my studio mates in the undergraduate studio...
25th January 2022
Shared Streets
Julia Szczesna, Third Year UDP
Based on the recent events many local authorities, people and organisations felt the...
15th November 2021
The Great Outdoors
Becky Wakelin, Second Year UDP
It is estimated that on average people spend 90% of their day inside and since hearing this...
8th November 2021
Planning for Who?
George Atzev, Second Year UDP
The relationship between people and place is one of an affective bond. For too long our...
1st November 2021
COP26
UrbOx Committee
Yesterday was the first day of COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference...
25th October 2021
Adapting to Studying Part Time & Working in Practice
Nick Humphries, MA Urban Design PT
When I began to consider an MA in Urban Design I hadn't thought about studying part...
18th October 2021
The Effects of COVID-19
Nadine Alnajjab, Third Year UDP
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic can be seen throughout cities and towns, with shops...
11th October 2021
Cities are Solutions
Tim Abidovs, MA Urban Design
I'm Tim, an enthusiastic and creative postgraduate student, with a BA in Urban...
4th October 2021
The Wonderful Oxford
Cam Abbey, MA Urban Design
'That sweet city, with her dreaming spires
She needs not June for Beauty's heightening'...
27th September 2021
All Things Urban
Joe Bonomo, Third Year UDP
Urban Designers, Architects and Landscape Designers all tend to view the world around...
20th September 2021
Climate Conscious Places
Ingrid Mankelow, MA Urban Design
In their report 'Designing for a Changing Climate', Architecture and Design Scotland...
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