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| RIBA Building Futures launches 'The Game' Building Futures, the Royal Institute of British Architects' (RIBA) think tank with CABE and architectural practice The AOC, launches the 'The Building Futures Game' at an event in Daventry, Northamptonshire. The Building Futures Game presents an accessible and innovative new approach to tackling the big issues involved in town planning and development. Essentially, The Building Futures Game is a form of scenario planning. Participants work through a lively and interactive process of 'playing out' a range of possible futures, generating a number of possible resolutions. Working through this process, participants are given a chance to really get to grips with the fundamental issues affecting town planning in their towns and cities. The event features a live game playing exercise based on a real proposed retail scheme for Daventry by Henry Boot developers and MCA architects with the West Northants Development Corporation (WNDC). The proposals will impact greatly on the town centre area and form part of a wider strategy for the town's regeneration and future growth. The Building Futures Game will give stakeholders in this scheme the opportunity to discuss their aspirations for the proposal area in a new and alternative way. There will also be a training session at the RIBA, London on 1 April 2008, where attendees and interested parties can see how the game works in practice, and how they could benefit from its use. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |