Cities are here to stay. They represent not only physical infrastructure but also deep social, economic, and cultural investments. Therefore, maintaining and adapting urban environments to address contemporary urban challenges is essential. Downtowns, in particular, play a critical role in this effort. While occupying a small fraction of urban land, they contribute greatly to economic…
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High street regeneration proposals, somewhere in Suffolk
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Suffolk, UK Area of study: 0.14 miles of a high street in a market town Professional work | AECOM | 2021 GENERAL CONTEXT This project is part of a Neighbourhood Planning package funded by the government where AECOM was commissioned to provide technical support to a market town in Suffolk in relation…
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Waterfront regeneration scheme, Northern Ireland
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland Area of study: 2.2 mile stretch of the seafront of Bangor Professional work | AECOM | 2019-2020 GENERAL CONTEXT AECOM was commissioned by Ards and North Down Borough Council to prepare a development framework in partnership with Heminway Design, Jettora Consulting and Savills. For this to be developed AECOM…
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Neighbourhood planning packages including design guidelines, codes and masterplanning proposals, UK
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: UK Professional work | AECOM | 2018 – today Neighbourhood Planning is part of a new approach in planning which aims to give local people more saying about what goes on in their area. This is set out in the ‘Localism Act’ which came into force in April 2012. AECOM has been…
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Proposals for the regeneration of Nea Chora area in Chania, Greece
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Nea Chora, Chania, Greece Workshop project | group project | 2016 DESIGN PRINCIPLES This project explored Chania as an urban laboratory on the sea edge which brought on the surface many issues common to many coastal cities in Greece. For example, abandoned places, urban voids, sites of remembered histories and forgotten stories.…
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Proposals for the regeneration of the old port in Thessaloniki, Greece
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Old port, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop project | group project | 2016 DESIGN PRINCIPLES Under the lens of place-making the group approached the port of Thessaloniki, a non-place, where vast abandoned areas alternate with remaining cargo activities. Place-making is regarded here as a form of urban planning and design that engages with the…
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Vision, objectives and design guidenines for Colindale area, London
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Colindale, Edgware, London Academic work in UCL | group project | master course | exhibited in UCL’s annual exhibition | 2018 DESIGN CONTEXT This project aims to deliver good design by exploring the governance of design in the build environment. In 2012, National Planning policy framework document included a specific section on…
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De_strat [ify] ford, regenerating Stratford area in London
Read moreGENERAL INFORMATION Location: Stratford, London, UK Academic work in UCL | group project | master course | 2018 DESIGN PRINCIPLES This project focuses upon Stratford High Street, an area characterised by a large motorway, disused industrial buildings, modern high rises, canal routes, post-war residential neighbourhoods and an empty High Street. The major issue in the…