Prof Matthew Carmona
The Bartlett School of Planning is a world centre for learning and research about the form, planning, design and management of cities. Our location, history and expertise have made our programmes and research among the most stimulating and sought-after in the field of planning. We are part of The Bartlett: UCL's global faculty of the built environment.
Profile
Biography
Matthew Carmona is Professor of Planning and Urban Design at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL. He has previously lectured at the University of Nottingham and before that worked as a researcher at Strathclyde and Reading Universities and as an architect in practice.
His research has focused on the policy context for delivering better quality built and natural environments, having worked on a range of research projects examining:
design policies and guidance
design coding
residential design and development processes
delivering urban renaissance
the value of urban and architectural design
the working relationships between housing providers and planners
measuring quality in planning
managing external public space
local environmental quality and standards
London squares and high streets
Matthew is on the editorial board of ‘Urban Design Quarterly’, is European Associate Editor for the ‘Journal of Urban Design’, and edits the ‘Design in the Built Environment’ book series for Ashgate. He is a regular advisor to government and government agencies both in the UK and overseas and writes a column for Town & Country Planning, the journal of the Town & Country Planning Association.
Between 2003 and 2011 Matthew Carmona was Head of the Bartlett School of Planning. He now leads on urban design across the Faculty.
Research Summary
Prof Matthew Carmona has undertaken a wide range of research projects including:
London Development Agency, London’s High Street Agenda, Nov.2009-May 2010
European Union (URBACT), Housing Praxis for Urban Sustainability, Nov. 2008-March 2010
Economic & Social Research Council, Global Place, Contested Space, The case of the New London Squares, Aug. 2007- Dec. 2010
Department for Communities, Local Environmental Quality: Establishing Acceptable Standards, Jan. 2006-Sept. 2006
Audit Commission, National Planning Study, April 2005-October 2005
CABE, Design Policy and Local Development Frameworks, Nov. 2004-Jan. 2005
Office for the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM), Design Code Pilot Programme Evaluation, June. 2004-Nov 2005
CABE Space, Managing Public Urban Green Space: An International Comparative Study, Sept. 2003-March. 2004
CABE Space, The Value of Public Space, Oct. 2003-Dec. 2003
CABE, The Economic Value of Design in Commercial Office Developments, Jan 2004-June 2004
CABE/ODPM, The Development and Use of Design Codes in the UK, Jan 2004-June 2004
ODPM, Managing External Public Space, April 2002-Dec.2002)
ESRC, Measuring Quality – Best Value in Planning and Urban Design, Oct. 2001-Dec. 2002
Research outputs
| Public Places Urban Spaces, 2nd Edition (traditional Chinese edition) | 2013 | Carmona MP,Tiesdell S,Heath T,Oc T |
| Public Places Urban Spaces, 2nd Edition (simplified Chinese edition) | 2013 | Carmona MP,Tiesdell S,Heath T,Oc T |
| Performance Measurement in Planning – Towards a Holistic View | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| Capital Spaces, Testing Public Space Critiques | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| Capital Spaces, the multiple complex public spaces of a global city | 2012 | Carmona M,Wunderlich FM |
| Designing the Japanese City – Part 1: An Individual Aesthetic | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| As-of-right – is the time right? | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| Designing the Japanese City – Part 2: A Collective Neglect | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| Towards a Charter for London’s Public Space | 2012 | Carmona MP |
| Performance Measurement Innovation in English Planning Authorities | 2012 | Carmona MP |
