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hosted by the Architectural Association
Night School Edition - Run Club
Explore historic and contemporary development in and around Kings Cross – at night and at speed. If you love to run and experience London’s urban environment, then join Ade and Michael on their Run Tour of Kings Cross.
Starting and ending at the AA, the 10 – kilometre (6 mile) run will combine a story of Kings Cross – through its colourful history and the challenges of new architecture, development and public and private space – with a decent run workout. Regular pauses (up to 3 minutes) along the route provide opportunity to to rest, stretch and to talk about what we’ve seen or about to see.
If you’re comfortable running 9 minute miles then please come and join us.
Find out more about urbanists Ade Aboaba and Michael Owens below.
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Ade Aboaba from FIT CITY is an urbanist. She is passionate about creating better places and healthier communities. She works as an independent consultant for a range of public, private and charitable organisations to engage people in making decisions about how places work and to support people to become more active in them.
Ade studied Architecture at Manchester and North London University. She has over 10 years experience in regeneration, urban design, masterplanning and events – with engagement and involvement at the heart of her working practice.
Ade studied Architecture at Manchester and North London University. She has over 10 years experience in regeneration, urban design, masterplanning and events – with engagement and involvement at the heart of her working practice.
Ade, working for Walk England, has delivered a series of walking maps in London tailored for use in the health sector, she managed the Green Chain Walk in South East London, and developed a Walking Action Plan for Greenwich.
She is currently supporting organisations to widen local community access to green space and London’s waterways, and she is helping people to get fitter in their everyday environments.
Ade is also a Personal Trainer and a keen runner, and she will continue to energise projects and people in the urban context.
Ade is also a Personal Trainer and a keen runner, and she will continue to energise projects and people in the urban context.
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Michael Owens from London Urban Visits is a chartered planner with over 30 years experience in urban regeneration, economic development and planning. Through his early experience of community development in Battersea, South London, Michael developed an interest in and passion for how people are affected by, can engage in, and benefit from, development. As Head of Development Policy at the London Development Agency, Michael worked to the Mayor and Minister for London to develop London’s Thames Gateway housing and economic growth strategy; he also supervised work on the planning and investment documents for the Lower Lea, the regeneration area that was chosen as the site for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
He was formerly Chief Executive of Leaside Regeneration Company in East London, where he established an imaginative strategy combining community development with large-scale physical change. He currently works as a consultant, and over the last two years he has contributed to the development of a number of strategies and masterplans in inner and outer London, leading on their social and economic dimensions. He writes and speaks regularly on cities and urban development.