NUDA redefines itself
15. April 2011
After four years of operations mainly focused around conferences and academies, NUDA is finally taking the step into becoming a fully operational organisation. NUDA have defined four main focus areas that will be the core of the organisational structure.
After four years of operations mainly focused around conferences and academies,
NUDA is finally taking the step into becoming a fully operational organisation.
NUDA have defined four main focus areas that will be the core of the organisational
structure. The NUDA circle is focused around four core units: CONFERENCES, CONSULTANCY,
ACADEMY, RESEARCH and within these four segments the NUDA consultancy team specializes
within the fields of: Urban & Regional Branding, Urban Design Strategies,
Technology & Green Innovation and Placemaking & Sustainability
NUDA is an organization with a clear scope and mission: to establish a leading
presence on a pan Nordic level with the ambition to influence and determine the
roadmap for urban design in the region, promote education and skills in the field
of urban design and be a clear voice in the landscape of sustainable development
and planning.
In 4 years NUDA have established a solid ground to become an effective voice
and engaged participant on a global level by hosting international and regional
NUDA Conferences and academies.
The starting point has been set and NUDAs participation in the global network
of urban design organisations have proven to execute and influence urban design
also exceeding the Nordic regions.
Some might claim that Urban Design is generally unrecognized as a profession.
Moreover, both local authorities and property developers are now facing a call
for better and integrated urban design and planning, with master plans covering
long term visions and sustainable development and thorough analysis of how the
built space integrate with its surroundings, its inhabitants and its progress
to wealth. As tools are needed within the various fields of professions linked
to urban developments, NUDA will continue to promote urban design as an important
contributor in the process of planning our cities and the integration of public
life and wellbeing.
To take on the responsibility to engage strongly with a focus on green development
and the use of sustainable energy and adjust urban developments to climate changes
is also a stronghold and an ambition for the NUDA organization.
NUDA will sustain its position to promote how urban design methods can generate
sustainable city planning and urban transformations, create great places and with
foresight manage and discuss important contemporary and future issues related
to the public domain. It is paramount for NUDA to manage complex urban and social
issues giving urban design the necessary acknowledgement within the Nordic countries.
Integrated Urban Design will influence our society. By empowering people, organizations
and businesses with urban design skills, the future cities, spaces and places
will meet the requirements, wishes and needs of its users. NUDA will committ to
support and develop new approaches to urban design and create influence of urban
design both in professions and in the way of thinking.
Through continuous development of the organization, its programs and projects,
NUDA aim to become the leading Nordic player in its field of operation.
The NUDA book will highlight the visions of NUDA manifested in the focused four
programs. The book will present strategies for 2011-2015 and present the first
NUDA sponsor together with the 2011 agenda. The book will be ready end of April.