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Urban Design and Place making


My mission in this service area is to advocate and deliver excellence in Urban Design to create sustainable, liveable, viable, responsible and memorable places locally and globally. I apply these universal design principles to create local, distinctive design solutions.

Services in this portfolio include:
  • Urban design consultancy to statutory authorities-
    • Urban design expert testimony;
    • Urban design development assessment;
    • Design input into strategic and local community plans;
    • Design guidelines preparation and implementation;
    • Co-design facilitation with stakeholders;
    • Peer review of urban design policies and planning instruments;
    • Formulate Urban Design Frameworks and Development Briefs for key sites or places;
    • Public Space Audits and Placechecks
  • Master plan activity centres and their urban improvement programs;
  • Educate and train clients about sustainable urban design principles and best-practice;
  • Develop and integrate urban design agendas within government decision-making processes; and
  • Design and delivery of "place" visioning projects
  • Place audits and place making strategies

Architecture

My mission in this service area is to create authentic spaces that make people feel wonderful by combining rich poetic ideas, pragmatics, economy, local landscape and climate.

Architectural services include:
  • Site assessment and feasibility studies
  • Concept design
  • Design Development
  • Construction drawings
Areas of Specialty:
  • Ecological Sustainable Design and Passive Solar Design
  • Residential
  • Public Architecture (social infrastructure)
  • Education facilities
Areas of Interest:
  • Living Buildings
  • Resilience and adaptive capacity
  • Sacred Geometry
  • Positive Development - holistic design