A: Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, Scotland, United Kingdom

T:   0131 221 6000

W: http://www.eca.ac.uk

I: Edinburgh College of Art, has an international reputation as one of the most successful independent art colleges in the UK. We have won that reputation by offering the highest quality of experience for our students and staff, and by providing a learning environment that is both supportive and challenging. The College is known for its creativity, its co-operative atmosphere and its people - one recent graduate described the College as ‘an ideas factory’. Edinburgh College of Art is an accredited institution of the University of Edinburgh.

OPENspace - the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments

In association with Landscape Architecture, Edinburgh College of Art and the School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University.

W: http://www.openspace.eca.ac.uk/

I: OPENspace research centre focuses on inclusive access to outdoor environments - our work covers all types of landscape, in urban or countryside contexts, the benefits it can offer and the barriers to access. We recognise the potential offered by urban and green open space at all scales to provide opportunities for outdoor activity, positive engagement with the natural environment, and to build social capital and social inclusion while contributing more generally to people’s health and wellbeing. Our research contributes to practical guidance on accessible environments for planners, designers and managers, working in partnership with professionals and community groups to bridge academia and practice.

See also:

• Professor Catharine Ward Thompson