Planning – Setting of parameters that define how a built form is developed, in consideration of its historical context and current surroundings.
Spatial Planning – Improvement of a space used by the public, from small to large scale, assessing its social use and movement patterns, to optimise its environment.
Design – Creative thinking regarding all facets and use of an object or space, allowing for ease and comfort when experienced.
Urban Design - Strategically creating a set of rules or ‘framework’ on a wider scale that, through analysis of context, user groups and infrastructure, protects existing attributes and culture, yet allows for the development of new routes, public and private architecture, and the spaces inbetween.
Context – Researched information regarding the surroundings of a site, that can be approached from many aspects: historical, environmental, social, economical, political.
Edges – An area or border line that exposes a contrast between contextual issues ie Religious boundaries, old and new, rich and poor.
Scale – The ratio at which an area is observed, that dictates how detailed the observation is, and how large an area is viewed.
Urban – Classification of a type of settlement, different to a rural area due to an increase in built form and public space and amenities.
Aesthetic – How an object, graphic, building or any visual is evaluated in terms of its appearance.
Infrastructure – An arrangement of services connecting to feed a space or building.
Façade – Materiality of the external envelope of a building.
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