Name: Reimagining Broadmarsh
Start: 2022-06-16T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2022-06-16T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Keighton Auditorium

Reimagining Broadmarsh

University of Nottingham

Lisa Finlay, Group Leader, Heatherwick Studio, will outline the studio’s ethos and design process and present the new vision for Broadmarsh

Keighton Auditorium

Reimagining Broadmarsh - a Guest Lecture by Lisa Finlay, Heatherwick StudioUrban centres in this country have been failing fast through a combination of conventional high street shopping that’s been swallowed up by the online world and bland gentrification, which has eliminated local character. Added to this, the pandemic has made many people feel lonely and isolated. We need to regenerate the hearts of our cities and towns as places for us all to come together. Urban green public spaces can also play an important part, not only socially and experientially, but also by contributing something towards solving the climate crisis.Lisa Finlay, Group Leader at Heatherwick Studio, will outline the studio’s ethos and design process and present the new vision for Broadmarsh, discussing the early thinking behind how to bring this part of Nottingham’s city centre back to life. 
Lisa Finlay 
Partner 
Group Leader
Since joining Heatherwick Studio in 2011, Lisa has led a diverse range of projects 
that are each socially-minded and have a strong community focus. 
Currently, Lisa is responsible for wide range of projects, including a vision for 
the future of Nottingham City Centre, the transformation of a life sciences research 
hub in Surrey, and a pioneering new office building in Madrid that is on target to 
be net zero-carbon. 
In 2021, she delivered Phase 1 of 1000 Trees, which is part of a 3 million sqft mixed-use 
development located next to Shanghai’s M50 art district that includes retail, 
workspace, a hotel, parkland and the conservation of four historic buildings within 
two tree-topped mountains. Lisa has worked on the project since concept stage. 
Phase 2 will be completed in 2024. 
Prior to this, Lisa completed the transformation of London’s Coal Drops Yard, which 
comprised the restoration and redevelopment of two Victorian industrial buildings 
to create a new retail quarter and public space in King’s Cross. Throughout the 
project she worked closely with the developer, local authority, community groups, 
heritage bodies and stakeholders to introduce a unifying public space through the 
addition of a curving roof that stitches the buildings and the site together. 
Lisa has also led several research studies within the studio, including a piece 
of work exploring a community-based alternative to prison for women, and a 
proposal for the integration of people-centred national health services on the high 
street. She is currently a member of the Redbridge Design Review Panel in London. 
In Lisa’s role as a Group Leader, she is responsible for leading all aspects of a 
portfolio of projects from concept development through to delivery. Lisa is also part 
of the studio’s senior management group, guiding business strategy, planning and 
process. 
Prior to the studio, Lisa founded 7N architecture practice in Edinburgh in 2009, 
where she delivered two award winning projects in social housing and public 
realm, whilst leading large scale cultural-led regeneration projects for Scottish 
Enterprise, British Waterways and the Glasgow Canal Regeneration Partnership.

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