Spatial Strategy and Urban Design

Our era has demonstrated the importance of the strategic approach as a way of tacking problems and backing spatial decisions with view to maximizing benefits and making effective use of a territory’s long-term benefits beyond the ‘tyranny’ of individual decisions. Spatial visioning and strategy making that rest on informed analysis of problems do not only provide a guiding framework for more detailed design proposals but they are also extremely useful as communication tools for consensus building.

TP & D has worked extensively with strategic planning tools in various scales and project contexts, such as preparation of city visions, territorial strategies, strategic urban projects, design guidelines and masterplans, as outlined below:

Preparation of spatial visions for cities and coastal municipalities

Preparation of Territorial Strategies (urban metabolism)

Strategic Urban Design and Innovative (Pilot) Projects

Urban Regeneration and Requalification

Concept Design and Design Guidance