Construction Of Urban Regeneration Projects - 1648 Words

Urban renewal or also known as urban regeneration project are driven by the importance of urban design and aspiration which is important as the independent world moves further into the 21st century. As the world undergoes rapid globalisation, people may experience challenges at a point that demand for their awareness especially towards the evironment and social. Therefore, it is important that part of an architect to practise practical solutions that brings advantage of the existing urban assests in a smart and sustainable way. Although an architect alone could not maintain a sustainable urban regeneration from an architecture perspective, the role of an architect may contribute to a sustainable urban regeneration projects. From my†¦show more content†¦Therefore, part of an architect in creating a design for a building and producing an effective usage of land is stunted as they do not have full access to unleash their creativity in creating a proficient land use that contrib utes to a sustainable environment. It may be true that architects have limited influence, which inhibits the goal of creating a sustainable urban redevelopment especially in managing an efficient use of land, as they do not have access to certain sector such as choosing a specific building site. However, architects are able to contribute to an efficient usage of land, as they are usually part of a large committed group, which consist of an architect, engineer and developer. In ‘architect’s role in urban regeneration, economic development and sustainability’, Fred W (2012) Clark promotes that great architecture requires great clients where the architect works along with the engineers and developer to achieve sustainable development. Therefore, most of the decisions made are discussed collectively as they would consider the ideas from an architecture perspective, engineers and also developers before making a final conclusion. For example, engineering plans will be issued to an architect before beginning of a new project where architects will survey for quality control. Other than that, the