Delivery
The sheer scale of masterplans meansthey have to be divided into variousphases so that they can be funded andimplemented to suit evolving social,political and economic conditions.
Sequencing is crucial to managing viability and risk, andeach piece in the jigsaw has to stand on its own, as well asfit in with the changing pattern of development around it.
Bringing a viable amount of new accommodation to themarket at any one time is important. A 'critical mass'is essential to attract an effective balance of users andinvestors, but too much will dilute value.
Once the urban vision begins to take shape it becomespossible to consider how the physical development of ascheme can move forward and how its architecture canhelp to maximise issues such as sustainability and value.
On larger schemes a 'palette' of architectural styles andbuilding types is preferable to a 'mono-cultural' singlearchitectural hand. Society benefits from architecturalvariety in our best established urban centres and it seemssensible to maintain this approach in major new schemes.