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Urban Design - Professional Services

What is urban design?

Urban design is concerned with purposeful arrangement of form, shape, appearance, spatial quality and function of public spaces in urban centres. Buildings are important elements that shape urban spaces and give them particular character. Urban design is also about design of groups of buildings that form a neighbourhood in an urban context.

Urban design objectives

The objective of the urban design process is to achieve an urban design plan which will guide land use, height, size, form, density and development character of buildings and other elements, utility infrastructure layout, circulation routes, and landscape design around the urban space being designed. The urban design plan will co-ordinate the architectural design of individual buildings and structures which define the particular urban space.

Urban design services

AAPAC urban design services include urban design planning, urban design architecture, landscape urban design, public space urban design, downtown urban design, city urban design, and water urban design.

As multi-discipline urban design company, we provide urban design architects, urban design masters and urban design consultants with relevant expertise to form urban design collaborative and urban design group to handle urban design projects and new urban design development. Our urban design studio provides urban design town planning, urban design landscape architecture, water sensitive urban design, sustainable urban design services. Our urban design consultancy emphases climate considerations in building and urban design, and relationship between urban design and people. Our urban design process helps to set up urban design strategies and urban design guidelines for improved urban developments.

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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.

Urban design benefits

AAPAC urban design service benefits include:

addressing concerns of interest groups
providing a blueprint for future development surrounding or fronting urban spaces
ensuring changes to urban spaces are directed, purposeful and focused
enhancing value of urban areas and properties
minimizing conflict and contradiction between developments defining urban spaces
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 development of urban space
providing a goal and framework for project financing and fund raising
encouraging discussion and consolidating property owners support, local community support, public support; facilitating achievement of consensus

Urban design considerations

AAPAC urban design service is normally carried out with the following considerations:

site features and attributes
site resources and favourable aspects
site limitations and restrictions
integration of the urban design with projected growth and change of the community needs
flexibility of the urban design to adapt to change
value optimization of the urban design
implication of planned development on utilities services infrastructure, circulation and support services
safety and emergency response ability
aesthetics, local character, cultural sensitivity and sensory stimulation
balanced and sustainable use of natural resources available to the site
connectivity, circulation and traffic routes
mixture of different uses with balance between variety and consistence
quality of physical expression of the urban design
identity, orientation, landmark and sense of place