The Society of Urban Design Students (SUDS) is an education and social network for students at Oxford Brookes University and is affiliated to Oxford Brookes Student Union. SUDS organises regular social events. SUDS is a student run organisation that seeks to supplement the teaching on MA Urban Design course by organising trips, talks, socials and Christmas parties.
SUDS - Society of Urban Design Students
Study Trips
Manchester, Salford, London, Amsterdam & Rotterdam
SUDS organised a number of field trips during 2012/13. Numerous visits to London included a tour around the Olympic Park and its surrounding environs. We also visited Manchester to see New Islington, Media City Salford and the redevelopment of former industrial warehouses.
A long weekend in Amsterdam and Rotterdam was a valuable study tour of new developments and typologies as well as a chance to soak up local culture. (further details can be found in Field trips)
Urbanist Film Nights
Including documentaries, films and TV series
After a hard day in the design studio we would turn the room into a film theatre. Running a series of film nights, complete with popcorn and snacks on the broad theme of Urbanism. The program was suggested by SUDS members and ranged from factual documentaries on housing projects to theatrical films that evoke a strong sense of place.
Practice Lunch Visits
What better way to find out what life is like in some of the leading Urban Design practices working today than having lunch with designers in their offices, while they present some of their current projects. SUDS has utilised the wide Oxford Brookes UD Network to organised visits to ARUP, Allies and Morrison, JTP and Urban Initiatives.
Knowledge Exchange
SUDS believe that some of the best resources you will come across are the people around you. So we aim to share our diverse range of experiences and knowledge with each other through informal peer lectures. This can be a fascinating way of gaining insight into the opinions and professional experiences of your colleagues, from Healthy Places to Buddhist approaches to flood defences.
Get Involved
SUDS have a Facebook Page or if you feel that you can contribute to this society then please forward ideas for activities and suggestions for speakers to suds.brookes.gmail.com