Design & Theory Principles
01 Engender Social Interaction
02 Make Places
03 Allow Movement Logically & Legibly
04 Sustain Land Value
05 Design Using Natural Harmonics
06 Build Beautifully
01 Engender Social Interaction
Design which involves the carefully facilitated, early involvement of the local community in order to generate places which meet people’s needs, desires and aspirations, and also encourage civic pride. The design needs to create a clear distinction between town and country and public and private space, consequently encouraging the appropriate activities within each, with acknowledgment that the design of public areas is as important as the design of private spaces and should be designed as part of a harmonious whole.
02 Make Places
Design that respects the complex character of a place and takes into consideration its history, geology, transportation links and its natural landscape. Design that employees and connects a variety of enclosure and openness to make people always aware of being in a place.
03 Allow Movement Logically & Legibly
Design that promotes blocks of buildings that are fully permeated by an interconnected street network, which encompasses a clear and legible ordering system. This system must recognises a hierarchy between urban spatial and building types and their individual parts in relation to the whole.
04 Sustain Land Value
Design that creates streets and buildings that will cope with a variety of uses during their lifetime and that constructs a valuable asset in economic, social and environmental terms. A financial mechanism that encourages long term investments and land stewardship.
05 Design Using Natural Harmonics
Design which relates to its surroundings, blending into the local and natural environment, adaptive to climatic conditions and minimizing energy consumption. Design that has languages based on harmonics and relates to human scale.
06 Build Beautifully
Design which has been created using care and attention, rewarding the maker and users, making it likely to last and be valued by future generations. Timeless design whose decoration enhances the quality and beauty of a building helping provoke an emotional value along with a personal and a cultural relevance. Use of indigenous materials which have a natural harmony and which are selected with care to ensure they improve with age and weathering.
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