Extracts from the Urban Design Compendium
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Urban Design Compendium
The Urban Design Compendium was published by English Partnerships in partnership with The Housing Corporation and examines the factors that make neighbourhoods stimulating and active places in which residents feel comfortable and safe. It aims to provide accessible advice to developers, funding agencies and partners on the achievement and assessment of the quality of urban design for the development and regeneration of urban areas. It is written to provide a source of best practice to all those involved in the regeneration and development industries. The Compendium was produced by consultants Llewelyn-Davies.
RUDI includes selected parts only of this document. The full version of The Urban Design Compendium is available free of charge from English Partnerships.
Published August 2000 – English Partnerships
Contents
The fundementals
The Importance of Urban Design
Key Aspects of DesignHow the Compendium is organised
Appreciating the context
• Community
• Place
• Natural Resources
• Connections
• Feasibility
• Vision
• The Movement Framework
• Movement Assessment
• The Walkable Neighbourhood
• Street Network
• Types of Grid
• Mixing Uses
• Density, Facilities and Form
• Energy and Resource Efficiency
• Landscape
• Landmarks, Vistas and Focal Points
• Blocks
• Parcels and Plots
Making the connections
• Walking
• Cycling
• Public Transport
• Streets and Traffic
• Parking and Servicing
• Utilities Infrastructure
• Positive Outdoor Space
• Animating the Edge
• Building Size and Scale
• Building for Change
• A Thriving Public Realm
• Safety and Sense of Safety
Managing the Design Process
• Stage One: Getting Started
• Stage Two: Appreciating the Context
• Stage Three: Creating the Urban Structure and making the Connections
• Stage Four: Detailing the Place
• Stage Five: Following Up
