The Trust's awards'
scheme seeks to promote interest in and understanding of Geddes principles.
It invites participation by students in Planning, Architectue, Geography
and Environmental Studies
attending Scottish universities. Monetary prizes up to £100
are awarded under three main categories.
Objectives
· To raise interest in and awareness of the Patrick Geddes
principle of "Place, Work, Folk"
· To promote the importance of place and its relevance to-day
· To identify examples of distinctive and sustainable places
in which to live and work
· To embed Geddes thinking in the basic training of planners
and of those in related disciplines.
Eligibility
· Undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Planning,
Architecture, Geography, Geosciences or Environmental Sciences at
a Scottish university.
Categories
of Award
· Category 1 An award for a piece of course work reflecting
the Geddes principle of
"Place, Work, Folk"
· Category 2(a) An award for the best dissertation by an
undergraduate student reflecting some aspect
of the Geddes principle
· Category 2(b) An award for the best dissertation by a postgraduate
student reflecting the Geddes
principle
· Category 3 An award for the best first year undergraduate
student
Submissions
· Category 1 submissions may be made by Departmental nomination,
or by a student directly
· Category 2 submissions should be by Departmental nomination
only
· Category 3 submissions should comprise one nomination only
by each Department on behalf of an
individual student
Form
and Content
· Any format is acceptable for Category 1 and Category 3
entries provided it is manageable and
presentable for consideration by the panel of judges. Any supporting
/illustrative material should
preferably be in the form of images on CD-Rom in jpeg format with
image resolution of at least 300dpi.
· Category 2 entries will comprise copies of dissertations
as submitted for graduate and
postgraduate degrees.
Source
of Work
· Previous academic year and winter term/semester of the
current academic year.
Judging
· An independent panel of judges will be appointed by the
Trust to whom recommendations will be
made on the awards under all categories.
· Final decisions on the awards under each Category rest
with the Patrick Geddes Trust.
Awards
· Category 1 £100
· Categories 2 (a) and 2 (b) £100 each
· Category 3 £50
Timing
The closing date for entries this year will be 19 November 2010.
Nominations/entries should be submitted to: Stephen Hajducki, Secretary,
Sir Patrick Geddes
Memorial Trust, 53, Albany Street, Edinburgh EH1 3QY
email: geddes@imaginise.net
or stephen.hajducki@edinburgh.gov.uk
Awards'
Ceremony
The Scottish Government have kindly supported the Trust's awards
scheme since its inception by agreeing that we can join their Scottish
Awards for Quality in Planning ceremony. This is planned for 10
March 2010 at the Hub, Edinburgh.
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August 2010
2009/10
Awards

On 11 March
2010 , as part of the Scottish Government's Scottish Awards for
Quality in Planning, John Swinney, Cabinet Secrertary for Finance
and Sustainable Growth, presented certificates to winners of awards
in the Sir Patrick Geddes awards' scheme.
Entries were
received from students studying Town Planning, Architecture, and
Creative Writing. There was considerable competition this year for
awards, in categories 1 ( a piece of course work demonstrating the
Geddes principle), 2a and 2b (undergraduate and post graduate dissertations
respectively, reflecting some aspect of Geddes thinking) No entries
were received in category 3 (best first year student). Five awards
were made in total and Trustees attending the awards' ceremony,
were delighted to meet and congratulate those students who were
able to attend the ceremony held at the Hub. The panel of judges
also met entrants beforehand at the Saltire Society's premises in
High Street.
The Category
1 award went to Fiona Russell of University of Glasgow at Dumfries,
Crichton University Campus for her Master of Literature degree in
Creative Writing. Her work was entitled "Where Clouds come
to die". The panel of judges considered it a beautifully crafted
piece of non fiction about life on a sheep farm in Dumfriesshire
where the link between work, place and natural history was skilfully
observed and illustrated in written word, poetry and artwork throughout
the seasons of the year.

Sarah Jane Laverick
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In Category
2a the judges acknowledged the work of two students: Sarah
Jane Laverick of the Department of Architecture at the University
of Strathclyde provided a challenging appraisal of planning
and design of the northern waterfront of the River Clyde in
her dissertation on "A River for Citizens" She concluded
that while much had been achieved much more requires to be
done to secure a more complete and lasting regeneration of
this important river frontage. Murray Hope's dissertation,
under the intriguing title of "Cinderella goes to the
Ball", addressed how the extent of people's perception
of the enforcement system is directly affected by the level
of participation enjoyed. Following a clearly outlined methodology
he demonstrated how limited involvement in the process undermines
understanding and perceived fairness in the system
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Emma Rigg
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In
Category 2b prizes go to two students: Anne Raines of the School
of Architecture at Edinburgh College of Art and Emma Rigg of
the School of the Built Environment at Heriot-Watt University.
The first entitled "Wandel durch (industrie) kultur. Conservation
and Renewal in Rhurgebiet" provided an expansive, well
researched narrative of the issues arising for conservation
in an area of industrial decline and how through the development
of a conservation ethic the normal approach of major demolition
had been set aside in favour of a regionalisation of an ongoing
process of conservation and change. While many questions remain
to be answered about how much of past industrial landscapes
can be sustained the conclusion was that the area's future could
only evolve in response to ongoing social, economic and political
change. Emma Rigg's study was on a quite different scale and
asked "Are Design Codes in Scotland promoting successful
places through good urban design?" The judges felt that
her work had a well founded and structured methodology with
a number of examples exploring whether design codes do (or don't
) relate to sound urban design principles. Her conclusions highlighted
the dangers of over prescriptive codes that could lead to an
architectural determinism so restricting the scope for more
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The Trustees
are pleased at the continuing level of interest in their awards'
scheme and most grateful to all those universities that submitted
entries. The work received varied from the regional to the local
scale and was of a particularly high standard. Our thanks go to
the Scottish Government for their continuing kind support in letting
us join their national awards' ceremony and also to our sponsors,
The Economic Development Investment Group, for their financial support.
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