{"id":73881,"date":"2016-09-07T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=d1c8c3fdd6bd6d395df994bf56e4511f"},"modified":"2016-09-07T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T08:30:40","slug":"news-story-national-infrastructure-commission-visits-publica-urban-design-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=73881","title":{"rendered":"News story: National Infrastructure Commission visits Publica Urban Design Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Commissioners from the National Infrastructure Commission today (Wednesday 7 September 2016) visit \u200ethe Urban Design Team at Publica to discuss how cities can use infrastructure efectively to become more liveable, sustainable, productive and resilient places, focusing on four principles for integrating infrastructure within high-quality urban design.<\/p>\n

These principles are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Increasing capacity for future generations<\/li>\n
  2. Creating liveable neighbourhoods (and cities)<\/li>\n
  3. Supporting and promoting density and diversity<\/li>\n
  4. Animating the ground plane and creating a sense of civic identity<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Ahead of the visit, National Infrastructure Commissioner and leading architect, Professor Sadie Morgan said:<\/p>\n

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    We have to stop thinking about good design as a luxury \u2013 it\u2019s essential and doesn\u2019t need to cost more. In fact, good design can often save money in the long term.<\/p>\n

    The urban environment in which we live shapes our everyday lives. Good design can make an enormous difference to everything from helping to cut crime and congestion to improving an area\u2019s sense of community and even our general quality of life.<\/p>\n

    As the National Infrastructure Commission seeks to transform the way we plan and deliver major infrastructure projects in this country, harnessing high quality design will be absolutely crucial. That\u2019s why today\u2019s event is so important.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Further information:<\/h3>\n

    Professor Sadie Morgan BA (HONS), MA (RCA), FRSA is National Infrastructure Commissioner and a co-founding director at the award-winning practice, dRMM Architects. She became the youngest and only third ever-female President of the Architectural Association in 2013. In March 2015, Sadie was appointed as Design Chair for High Speed Two (HS2) reporting directly to the Secretary of State.<\/p>\n

    Publica is a design agency which specialises in strategies and design for public space, urban design and masterplanning. It works with major landowners, developers, local authorities, architects, and community organisations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Commissioners look at integrating infrastructure with high quality urban design at London based firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}