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'What is Urban Design?'

Urban designers bring an integrated design approach to cities and neighbourhoods. They understand public space, building types and how the physical form impacts on and is affected by context. At Council, their role is to

  • Assist with Strategic Planning projects
  • Help resolve the impacts of the private domain (which is mainly regulated by the planning system) on the quality and amenity of the public domain,
  • Improve the city by improving the way individual buildings and outdoor spaces can come together to form places, squares and streets.
  • Provide Expert Architectural and Urban Design Advice

Urban Designers take a multi disciplinary, integrated approach to analysing issues and developing options. They understand the wide range of factors that come together to form a place and the interrelationships between these. Using design techniques such as scale, composition, plans, elevations, block models and images they test premises about buildings, neighbourhoods and streets to help determine the best kinds of places to live. At Parramatta Council the Urban Design team is within the City Strategy Team and they prepare Policies and Guidelines to provide clarity and coordination about these matters.

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