Beyond masterplanning
Alistair and I are lecturing at Universities throughout the UK and Europe convincing students that masterplanning doesn’t work…
The talks are called ‘Beyond Masterplanning’.
- Beyond Masterplanning views masterplans, as currently conceived and implemented, to be in direct contravention of the incremental urban processes that created our most successful places
- Beyond Masterplanning asks why architects / urban designers / masterplanners have been ordained to lead the masterplanning process
- Beyond Masterplanning asserts that effective political management, community ‘ownership’ and communication throughout the placemaking process are as (or perhaps more?) important than technical disciplines to quality urban development
- Beyond Masterplanning posits that masterplanning as currently practiced is inevitably flawed because it is based on a thin or non-existent understanding human behaviour
- Beyond Masterplanning contends that small and medium sized firms are more important to creating quality urban places than large corporations, big name retailers and property developers
- Beyond Masterplanning shows how we can rebalance urban change so it fully considers the economic, social and environmental qualities of place and is therefore inclusive, deliverable and sustainable
What do all you architects and urban designers think out there??
