RSA Challenge: Building With Nature
Schedule
Thu May 28 2026 at 05:30 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
University of Southampton, Sir James Matthews Building | Southampton, EN
About this Event
Southampton Collective, Southampton National Park City and RSA Southampton are presenting this event with support from Savills Urban Design Studio, as a part of the 2026 Urban Wild Festival in Southampton.
Southampton is building. New housing, commercial space, infrastructure. But growth doesn’t have to mean grey.
Across Hampshire and the South Coast, architects, landscape architects and developers are already proving that green roofs, living walls, biodiverse courtyards and rewilded public spaces aren’t luxuries — they are critical approaches that can reconnect people and the environment, increasing ecological resilience.
The event will include short talks by urban development professionals, natural world experts, community groups and others with a role in shaping our city environment. They will showcase inspiring work that welcomes nature into urban spaces to inform our reimagining of Southampton. Following the talks, we will discuss together what this means for the vision of Southampton, its people and wildlife.
Other events are happening throughout the Urban Wild week including the family friendly Wild City Workshop with Alice Louisa on Monday 25 May 11.30am -1.30pm. The creative ideas from that previous workshop will be on show at Building With Nature.
Get in touch with Rebecca Kinge ([email protected]) if you know of good work that should be included in this event or would be like to be involved.
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Where is it happening?
University of Southampton, Sir James Matthews Building, 157-187 Above Bar Street, Southampton, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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