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Bristol riots (2011)
Book
Rice, L., Davies, J., & Cains, M. (2011). Bristol riots. Bristol: Tangent Press

BRISTOL RIOTS is an examination of the demonstrations in Stokes Croft and the riot in the Spring of 2011 which took place after police raided a squatted building opposite the Tesco store. Where the national media failed to report the event that night... Read More about Bristol riots.

Informal/peripheral production (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2011, October). Informal/peripheral production. Presented at Architectural Humanities Research Conference, Belfast, UK

This research project explores a four-year (and on-going) research project into the production of informal spaces. Informal spaces (or something akin to informal spaces) are known variously as: autonomous, transgressive, or loose spaces; or terrain v... Read More about Informal/peripheral production.

Black-boxing sustainability (2011)
Journal Article
Rice, L. (2011). Black-boxing sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Development, 4(4), 32-37

The term ‘sustainable’ has rapidly become a ubiquitous prefix for many contemporary issues, professions and disciplines. This paper contextualizes the debate by exploring how the term ‘sustainable’ has emerged within the field of architecture. The pa... Read More about Black-boxing sustainability.

Crit(ical) encounters (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L., & Sara, R. (2011, August). Crit(ical) encounters. Presented at Architectural Education Encounters Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka

The crit forms the primary narrative through which architectural education is operationalized. The crit or ‘design review’ inhabits a liminal space through which the process of learning architecture and development of professionalism are curated. For... Read More about Crit(ical) encounters.

Reshaping suburbs (2011)
Report
Barton, H., Grant, M., Rice, L., & Horswell, M. (2011). Reshaping suburbs

A report produced as part of the EPSRC solutions project - the sustainability of land use and transport in outer neighberhoods.

Slum genealogy (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2010, December). Slum genealogy. Presented at Destination Slum! International Conference, Bristol, UK

The slum is consuming the world. Thus slums by virtue of their presence: as a utopian model – always present, everywhere and always the same: have power. They have become more powerful than the formal city, princes and philosophers alike are drawn to... Read More about Slum genealogy.

Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible? (2010)
Journal Article
Rice, L. (2010). Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible?. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 163(4), 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.2010.163.4.193

This paper examines the role of retrofitting existing suburbs to deliver more sustainable lifestyles. The policy of intensification of existing urban and suburban areas, referred to as a 'compact city' strategy, has been promoted by the UK government... Read More about Retrofitting suburbia: Is the compact city feasible?.

Towards a suburban renaissance (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2010, January). Towards a suburban renaissance. Paper presented at Urban Planning and Environment International Conference, Kaiserslautern, Germany

Playful learning (2009)
Journal Article
Rice, L. (2009). Playful learning. Journal for Education in the Built Environment, 4(2), 94-108

This paper explores the use of playful learning as an approach to teaching and learning. The research used the playful aspects of the 'dérive' (an approach to understanding an environment developed by the Situationists group) as a vehicle to examine... Read More about Playful learning.

Urban design (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. (2008, July). Urban design. Paper presented at The Oxford Conference: Resetting the Agenda for Architecture Education., Oxford, UK

Mental, social & physical aspects of a healthy city
Digital Artefact
Rice, L., Antonopoulou, G., Chu, K., Green, R., Hilliard, D., Ma, K., …Watson, J. (2018). Mental, social & physical aspects of a healthy city

Can we design healthy cities or healthy architecture? There are claims that architects and urban designers can make people healthier and happier, but the evidence for this is contested. Meanwhile the general population is getting unhealthier and a p... Read More about Mental, social & physical aspects of a healthy city.

Adaptable DIY urban spaces and social capital: Investigating the reciprocity of spatial and social affordances
Presentation / Conference
Joachym, K., Williams, K., Rice, L., & Sara, R. Adaptable DIY urban spaces and social capital: Investigating the reciprocity of spatial and social affordances. Presented at CA2RE Conference for Artistic and Architectural (Doctoral) Research

In recent decades, adaptable do-it-yourself (DIY) urban spaces have proliferated in many cities across the world. Such spaces have become solutions to local problematic, misused or underutilised spaces. Citizens have taken power into their own hands,... Read More about Adaptable DIY urban spaces and social capital: Investigating the reciprocity of spatial and social affordances.

Healthy city: Masterplan codesign
Digital Artefact
Rice, L., Allen, C., Beaument, B., Cox, M., Finnerty, D., Morthan, S., …Wye, A. (2019). Healthy city: Masterplan codesign

The research focuses on a codesign project in an urban area in Bristol (UK) that is facing rapid regeneration and redevelopent. The study area contains some of the most socially, economically and environmentally deprived neighbourhoods in the UK. The... Read More about Healthy city: Masterplan codesign.

Informal urbanism
Presentation / Conference
Rice, L. Informal urbanism. Paper presented at Arts and Humanities Association International Conference - Edinburgh, Scotland