Rita Newton speaks at world’s largest eco-construction event
SURFACE team member, Rita Newton, has presented at Ecobuild 2013 in London, the world's largest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment
Participating in the conference stream on ‘Design, architecture & sustainability’, Rita addressed the theme of ‘What about the over 70s?’, drawing on key messages from SURFACE research projects, including Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors (I'DGO) and Go Far.
In a session chaired by Lord Richard Best OBE, Chair of the Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI) Panel and President of the Local Government Association, Rita also shared thoughts on the challenges facing designers in creating inspirational neighbourhoods for ageing-in-place. Joining her in the panel discussion were David Birkbeck, Chief Executive of Design for Homes, and Maria Brenton, Member of the UK Cohousing Network Board and Project Advisor to the Older Women's Cohousing Group.
