ARCHITECTURE  AND  URBAN  DESIGN  STRATEGIES

Our experts have been involved in a variety of complex architectural and urban design projects.  We bring that expertise in helping clients (from the public and private sectors) to develop clear visions for their projects.  We also help in negotiating and developing local codes, guidelines, and regulatory instruments for the urban built environment.  Our experts have been invited to review and contribute to different competition’ juries and awards, including the prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture. 

Our services in this field include: 

Research & Analysis 

• We research local contexts of projects to help stakeholder better understand their sites’ history, social and economic environment, and their political sensitivities. 

• We use a variety of digital tools to produce maps of urban areas where cadasters are unreliable.  

• We produce historic mapping of sites to trace their transformations and development to learn the deep patterns of the urban contexts.

Scenario Development 

• LUGARIT offers various visioning exercises to help different stakeholders visualize the outcome of proposed projects from an end user’s perspective.

• We provide social and economic impact analysis, and we integrate findings into feasibility studies to determine best options.

Advice 

•  We advise clients on projects in historically sensitive sites, informed by best practices in the field. 

• We support the preparation of architectural and urban design competitions, and we contribute to juries on major projects. 

• We provide stakeholders involved in urban projects with tools to ensure that their projects meet their needs and expectations in terms of economic impact.   

Stakeholder Engagement 

• LUGARIT’s experts advise clients on engagement with the project’s stakeholders from the local communities.

• Our team helps owners of cultural and social services’ projects to set up institutional and administrative processes to ensure the well-functioning of their projects after completion.

• We help negotiate problems that emerge during the implementation of urban projects in historic areas, and to set up alternatives to litigations. 

Capacity Building

•  Our team provides a variety of training modules for urban managers to set up regulatory frameworks for the design, implementation and sustainability of urban design regulations. 

• We support a variety of alternative educational modules to work with young designers to understand the local contexts, work with communities and develop practical approaches for working in culturally sensitive zones.

Monitoring & Evaluation

•  LUGARIT develops post-occupancy reviews for the social and economic impacts of projects.

• Our experts provide assessments and reviews of the institutional structures responsible for the implementation of urban design projects. We study the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of these institutions and assess their ability to adhere to the agreed standards. 

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