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Master Planning - Professional Services

What is master planning?

Master planning is the formulation of an overall concept or overall strategy for the development of a region, a city, a precinct, a campus, or a project. Such area or project normally involves staged development and future expansion. Staged development requires a framework to follow and to make development happening at different times co-ordinated. Master planning is about defining a visualized vision of a project's conceptual ultimate state.

Master planning objectives

The objective of the master planning process is to achieve a master plan which will guide land use, height, size, form, density, utility infrastructure layout, circulation routes, and development character within the area or project being planned. The master plan will co-ordinate the preparation of more detailed plans of various purposes by different designers and planners at different times in future.

Master planning services

AAPAC master planning services include urban master planning, facility master planning, university master planning, airport master planning, industrial park master planning, hospital master planning, theme park master planning, amusement park master planning, port master planning, college master planning, and church master planning.

As multi-discipline master planning firm, we provide master planning architects and master planning consultants with relevant expertise to form master planning group for master planning projects. We provide strategic master planning, master planning architecture, sustainable master planning, eco master planning, architectural master planning and stormwater master planning services.

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East Darling Harbour Sydney - Master Planning & Urban Design Competition Entry
The northern part of the site is retained as open space for large scale event involving large number of participants. The shape of previous piers and land before reclamation is rediscovered and illustrated on the ground with different finish material, pattern, border and levels. New buildings on the site are to be integrated with the existing city centre by following and extending existing major streets to the waterfront. Buildings are stepped down towards the water while preserving existing view to the water from city centre and nearby buildings as much as possible. A building in the shape of a cruise ship is proposed to remind the previous existence of a cruise ship terminal on the site.

Master planning benefits

AAPAC master planning service benefits include:

addressing concerns of interest groups
providing a blueprint for future development
ensuring changes are directed, purposeful and focused
maximizing value of a site
minimizing conflict and contradiction between components of a development
establishing a framework for implementation
providing a basis for scheduling of development activities
enabling co-ordinated planning of services infrastructure and circulation routes
avoidance of obsolete spending and effort
identifying issues and problems in early stage of developments
providing a goal and framework for project financing and fund raising
encouraging discussion and consolidating client group members support, staff support, public support; facilitating achievement of consensus

Master planning considerations

AAPAC master planning service is normally carried out with the following considerations:

site features and attributes
site resources and favourable aspects
site limitations and restrictions
logicality of staging of development
interface between built environment and construction work at each phase of the implementation
integration of planned development with projected growth and predicted functional change / operational change of the client community, client group or client company
flexibility of the master plan to adapt to change
value optimization of the master plan
implication of planned development on utilities services infrastructure, circulation and support services
safety and emergency response ability
aesthetics and cultural sensitivity
balanced and sustainable use of natural resources available to the site