Students of Harvard University are set to conduct an analysis of the North West City Region in Donegal, Tyrone and Derry to examine its potential and the impact of Brexit.
Representatives from Donegal County Council, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, and the Irish Centre for Local and Regional Development visited Harvard Graduate School of Design in Massachusetts, US last week to set a context for the work being undertaken by the school.
In examining the region and its potential, the school are preparing an analysis of the North West city regions landscape and looking at the potential future scenarios for the area in a post Brexit era.
Atlas for a City Region Lead Investigator Prof. Gareth Doherty speaking at workshop in Harvard Graduate School of Design last week where representatives from Donegal County Council, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Letterkenny Institute of Technology met with students who will be undertaking field work in the North West in late March.
Eunan Quinn Senior Planner with Donegal County Council explains that the work brings a fresh perspective on the regions landscape and seeks to define the place-based issues that the two local authorities’ can continue to work together on.
An intensive series of lectures and workshops by the representatives from the North West provided the students with local perspectives, challenged assumptions and worked to bring added value to the extensive work already undertaken by the GSD under the guidance of the projects Lead Investigator, Prof. Gareth Doherty.
Representatives from Donegal County Council, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Letterkenny Institute of Technology, and the Irish Centre for Local and Regional Development visiting Harvard Graduate School of Design last week for a series of workshops and seminars with students who will be undertaking field work in the North West in late March as part of the Atlas for a City Region project.
Karen Phillips, Director of Environment and Regeneration with Derry City and Strabane District Council believes that this is a unique project and has the potential to bring new thinking and fresh insights that can only enrich plans for the future development of the city region.
The Graduate Design School are undertaking field work in the North West in late March during which the students will get the opportunity to engage with local communities and organisations and to examine the rich landscape of the North West at first-hand.
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