Length: 1 CEU
Topic: Urbanism
Delivery Mode: Online On-Demand
What's Included: Video, Quiz, & Certificate
Registration Fee: Members $50 | Intern $35 | Student $25 | Non-Member $75
This webinar is part of the RAIC 2025 Conference on Architecture!
This session will explore the intersection of architecture & city planning, with emphasis on understanding the priorities and concerns of our allied discpline of city planning. The session will begin by discussing the importance of city planning concepts for architects in today's urban environments, particularly in light of climate-related concerns, including key urban design principles, including walkability, connectivity, mixed-use development, and the public realm, highlighting how these can enhance livability. Next, we will address zoning and legal considerations, such as zoning regulations, utility easements, & public rights of way, their impact on site planning and building design – and potential conflicts with architectural priorities. We will also cover urban design review processes and community engagement strategies. To illustrate these concepts, we will present case studies of projects in several environments, including London and Winnipeg. We will conclude with a reflection on the architect's role in shaping livable cities, and a session in which participants can share their experiences with the city planning process.
Identify key urban planning principles that directly impact architectural design decisions and incorporate them into their projects.
Recognize the impact of zoning regulations governing set-back, building heights, utility easements, and public rights of way considerations when developing site plans and building designs.
Engage effectively with urban design review processes to refine project development.
Integrate community engagement strategies into their design process to create more contextually appropriate and socially responsive architectural solutions.
Subject Matter Experts:
Dr. Lawrence Bird
PhD, MSc, BArch, MAA, MRAIC, MCIP, RPP, LEED.GA
Architect and City Planner, Independent
Dr. Lawrence Bird is licensed in Manitoba as both an architect and as a city planner. He has practised architecture in London (UK), Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area, and Winnipeg, mainly on culturaI, institutional and educational projects. He has worked in City Planning in London (UK), Montréal, and Winnipeg, on residential neighbourhoods and urban regeneration schemes, including Transit Oriented Developments. He served for six years on Winnipeg’s Urban Design Advisory Committee. He has taken part in urban design related research projects in at Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan; London School of Economics and Political Science; McGill University and the University of Manitoba. He has also worked at the intersection between architecture, city planning, and public art, including at Sputnik Architecture Inc., and on his own media art practise. Lawrence currently teaches a landscape and urbanism studio at the University of Manitoba, and has taught similar studios at McGill University.
Karin Kliewer
RPP, MCIP, MCP, BA, BA
Senior Planner; Project Manager, Winnipeg’s Centre Plan 2050, City of Winnipeg, Planning, Property & Development (Downtown & Neighbourhood Main Streets branch)
Karin Kliewer (MCIP, RPP) is a Senior Planner in the Planning, Property & Development (Downtown & Neighbourhood Main Streets branch), at the City of Winnipeg, and Project Manager for Winnipeg’s CentrePlan 2050. She has worked in both public and non-profit sectors, in research, cross-sector coordination, project planning, community engagement design, and facilitation capacities.
Michael Maksymiuk
MAA, M.Arch, B.FA
Architect, N/A Architecture Inc.
Michael Maksymiuk (MAA) is an architect and artist. He has worked on public art projects for two decades, including Winnipeg’s Warming Huts (for Sputnik Architecture), Fort Ellice II Interpretive Trail and landscape structures. He is currently working independently as a consultant on urban design and analysis projects for the City of Winnipeg.
This webinar is in English. Closed captions have been provided in both English and French.
Member: $50 / Non-Member: $75
Intern Member: $35 / Intern Non-Member: $75
Student: $25 (must be an RAIC student associate member)