Saturday 16 October 2010

T7 Urban Design Roles

Urban Design is a complex process with requires advise and knowledge of many and authority of a few. It is a real interdisciplinary interface and a multidimensional activity.
Urban design takes place between planning and architecture, yet at the same time other seemingly independent disciplines play equally crucial roles in the study and/or creation of cities:

Individuals with their own urban initiatives
Furniture designers,
Architects
Landscape architects,
Structural and mechanical engineers
Communication and transport engineers,

Behavioural studies researchers e.g.:
Sociologists
Economists
Group and individual psychologists

Humanities scientists e.g.:
Artists
Musicians
Historians
Philosophers
Lawyers

Developers
Planning consultants
Politicians

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