{"id":1897,"date":"2017-04-18T14:17:24","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:14:25","slug":"luke-hillson-bsc-2004-ma-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/2017\/04\/18\/luke-hillson-bsc-2004-ma-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Hillson (BSc 2004, MA 2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luke Hillson (BSc 2004, MA 2005)<\/span> completed both his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the School of Geography and Planning. His career since has seen him design an Olympic venue.<\/p>\n

I studied Geography and Psychology at A-Level and enjoyed both. The BSc City and Regional Planning<\/a> appeared that it might combine the two so I chose that. A large part of the decision was based on Cardiff as a city and the university buildings; both the Bute and Glamorgan buildings are fantastic!<\/p>\n

The MA Urban Design<\/a> combined graphical skills, understanding and analysing place and, most importantly, understanding people. The course was wide ranging and varied, with a number of approaches to learning. There were often visiting lecturers practising\u00a0consultancies, in addition to the tutors who were leading academics within their field.<\/p>\n

In addition to the great reputation that Cardiff University and the particular courses had, I chose Cardiff as it’s such a fantastic city to live in.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Soon after university I became an urban designer and have been doing that for over ten years. In that time I’ve also created a graphic design business, carried out masses of fundraising for Cancer Research UK, run with the Olympic Torch in the 2012 relay and had a fair few cups of coffee!<\/p>\n

My days are varied – they might include a site visit to potential development or to undertake contextual analysis and gain a greater understanding of the area. Otherwise, in the office, it’d be a case of getting the magic markers out and marking development frameworks on a plan or sketching up a new public realm scheme.<\/p>\n

My most memorable project to date has been master planning the London 2012 Olympic Shooting Venue. It was great to design a venue that had so much worldwide coverage. It was a rewarding but testing project, which included developing a ballistic shot-capture system, designing advanced security measures, intuitive way finding and ultimately ensuring that the athletes had a world-class environment in which to compete and that the spectators had a world-class environment in which they could enjoy the Olympics. The cherry on the cake was when GB’s Peter Wilson won a gold medal within our venue!<\/p>\n

I was offered a number of urban design jobs upon graduating from Cardiff University – the Planning and Design courses at Cardiff University\u00a0are highly respected throughout the UK.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My BSc means that I’m able to be a member of the RTPI, and my postgrad has enabled me to become one of the first recognised practitioners in urban design in the country within the Urban Design Group.<\/p>\n

I would thoroughly recommend the School of Geography and Planning<\/a> to anyone! The staff have a\u00a0genuine enthusiasm for their areas of expertise and that enthusiasm will soon inspire the same in you.<\/p>\n

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