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The Create Communities mapping project for Tampere West, Finland. Forming part of JTP’s project to create a vision for the regeneration of the western part of Tampere, Finland, known as West+, the Create Communities mapping platform was used to gather evidence for the co-design process. Inviting members of the public to comment on the local […]
The Create Communities mapping project for Albion Waterside regeneration, Gravesend. Using the Create Communities mapping platform we were able to help JTP and their clients Joseph Homes gather early evidence on the local communities vision for the Albion Waterside regeneration project. Click here to view the results. Client JTP Timescale 2020
CULTURE IN CRISIS: DESTRUCTION, PRESERVATION OR EVOLUTION? Retaining the spirit of place in post-conflict communities: lessons from Iraq and Libya Tuesday 1st June 2021 @ 5pm What does the future hold for Middle East’s and North Africa’s historic towns and cities? Conflict over the last 20 years, and particularly following the 2011 uprisings, has done […]
A critical friend review of the Monkton Heathfield Garden Community proposal in Taunton. Our review of the existing plans for the Monkton Heathfield Garden Community set out recommendations to improve the urban design, sustainability and future prosperity of the development. Focusing on the existing ‘Concept Plan’ and ‘Design Guidance’, the report recommendations included humanising the […]
How can we clean the air in Britain’s towns and cities? Thursday 25th March @ 6pm Increasingly people are realising that just because you cannot see pollution, it does not mean it is not there. The genie is out of the bottle. Air in British towns and cities is too polluted and this is killing people. […]
What is digital planning and how can we achieve it? With a reformed planning system on the horizon, there is an opportunity to introduce innovation that can have lasting impact. This session will ask what are the opportunities and risks of a more digital approach to planning. How can local authorities and developers respond to […]
Together with the High Streets Task Force, Create Streets is publishing our new policy paper, Permitting Beauty. This report suggests a better way for the conversion of shops (of which there are too many) into homes (of which there are too few) so as to support the prosperity and sustainability of our town centres. Read […]
Today Create Streets is publishing our new briefing paper, Beauty and the planet, by our director, Nicholas Boys Smith, and the MD of Igloo Regeneration, Chris Brown, which sets out six ways in which Homes England’s existing budget could be used more effectively to deliver better more sustainable places and support levelling-up. Download the full […]
The co-design of an alternative master plan for part of the Earls Court Master Plan. With strong support from the local community and working with Francis Terry and Associates, Create Streets developed an alternative scheme which preserved an existing terraced street and pub, linked into existing streets and matched the number of new homes. Our […]
The co-design of an alternative masterplan for a publicly-owned site in Hampstead, London. In conjunction with the architects Francis Terry and Associates and calfordseaden, Create Streets created an alternative mixed-use proposal for a publicly owned site to show how a different approach could both fit in more harmoniously but also provide more space for shops […]