Cassie Branum, Associate-Senior Urban Designer, Perkins+Will, USA

Speaker Biograghy: Cassie is a multi-faceted designer with expertise in the fields of interior design, architecture, city planning and graphic design. As an urban designer, she draws on her knowledge of these disciplines to solve specific problems and challenges that cities face at every scale. Directing large and complex interdisciplinary efforts, Cassie works with clients and design teams that span continents and project types. Globally, she is respected for her ability to build strong relationships, synthesise ideas, achieve consensus and forge new strategies to make great design happen. She drives the creative process towards inventive, implementable design solutions. Cassie is the person you want on your team to ensure vision becomes reality. An emerging thought leader on the Perkins+Will Cities+Sites team, Cassie frequently lectures on the Future of Cities, specifically as it relates to research, innovation and aviation environments, and has been a guest lecturer at the Georgia Institute of Technology since 2010. These opportunities allow her to link her passion for unique places, experiences and cultures with current urban issues.


Day 2 - 15 March
Session: Airport Cities, Transport Connections & Tourism

15:15 - 15:45 - Airport city performance criteria and characteristics
Synopsis: There is generally limited consensus on what constitutes an 'airport city', but in reality there are a number of criteria that can be designed for and measured against to determine if a project is actually a city, supporting the airport operations, but also bringing all the value that a typical urban environment brings. This presentation represents global research and benchmarking, as well as performance modelling to determine how to design and implement the highest and more comprehensively performing districts that find themselves contiguous to, or extremely proximate to, the airside operations of an airport.

Audience will learn: