Urban Breakthrough

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN DESIGN

Ensuring new developments become an accepted part of the local fabric is a recurring challenge for urban designers.

Along with good stakeholder engagement, one of the most effective strategies is to maintain a sense of place by strengthening visual ties with the neighbourhood. At masterplan scale this can be done by aligning the development with desire lines and landmarks.

At street level, we can create new gateways or remove obstacles to give people better visual and physical access to the new scheme. Sensitive use of paving materials, lighting, tree planting, street furniture and bespoke art further enhance the transformation.