Delivery
The sheer scale of masterplans means they have to be divided into various phases so that they can be funded and implemented to suit evolving social,political and economic conditions.
Sequencing is crucial to managing viability and risk, and each piece in the jigsaw has to stand on its own, as well as fit in with the changing pattern of development around it.
Bringing a viable amount of new accommodation to the market at any one time is important. A 'critical mass'is essential to attract an effective balance of users and investors, but too much will dilute value.
Once the urban vision begins to take shape it becomes possible to consider how the physical development of a scheme can move forward and how its architecture can help to maximise issues such as sustainability and value.
On larger schemes a 'palette' of architectural styles and building types is preferable to a 'mono-cultural' single architectural hand. Society benefits from architectural variety in our best established urban centres and it seems sensible to maintain this approach in major new schemes.