Mark Foley has been invited to join the Shape East
Design Support Steering Group. The
group consists of a group of respected built environment professionals from a
range of fields including development, architecture, engineering, planning,
transport, ecology, heritage, sustainability and energy efficiency, landscape
architecture, urban design, public art and leisure.
Shape East is a Centre for Design Excellence and
Sustainable Innovation based in the East of England and a part of the
Architecture Centre Network. They seek to provide a positive influence on the
quality of urban design and the built environment through supporting the
professional community, engaging the public and educating the future
generations. They promote
sustainable and high quality living, providing people with both the knowledge
and passion to participate more actively in changes and developments in their
local and global built environments.
Mark
brings to the panel his experience of undertaking studies to explore cultural
regeneration working closely with arts business and management consultants to
develop strategies and establishing the feasibility of particular cultural
projects and his specialist expertise in the design of theatres, auditoria
spaces and buildings for the performing arts.