Urban design for sustainable communities
Abundant accessible public conveniences are an essential feature of human centred urban design.
Rain gardens benefit sustainable urban drainage systems and boost health and well-being through additional greenspace.
Urban design for health and well-being is our aim. For too long ego and engineering got in the way of ecology and economics.The Renaissance in urban design finally encompasses attention to user needs as well as aesthetic considerations. Human centred design informs everything we do, how we manage community consultation and our signature citizen engagement.
Our salutogenic urban design approach uses holistic 'joined up thinking' to meet public health needs. Urban design as a public health promotion tool is nothing new. In the 18th Century concern for fresh air and water supplies dictated provision of greenspace. We add mental health and well-being to physical health requirements of our communities. Contact Us for well-designed accessible greenspace healing gardens, sensory gardens and therapeutic horticulture settings; urban design for healthy cities and liveable cities.
With an ageing population, levels of disability in the community are rising. Vision, hearing and mobility impairments increase as communities age. The epidemic of lifestyle related diseases such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, stress and depression can be mitigated through effective urban design.
Human centred design allows us to focus on user needs. We encourage meaningful, healthy, active lifestyles and move people away from private car use towards active transport options. As a result of changing transport patterns we need a concomitant increase in regularly spaced comfortable, accessible seating and public toilet provision.
Inclusive urban design means that we acknowledge and provide for all members of the community, regardless of age, culture, ability or sex.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, CPTED, is of increasing interest. To date most interdisciplinary approaches have revolved around the built environment. We work with city planners and others to advise on urban design through landscape forms to prevent crime through environmental design.
We offer a cost effective, cost efficient way of mitigating depression, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other lifestyle related health conditions.
Greenstone Design is at the forefront internationally of research and delivery of salutogenic, inclusive urban design. Our Director, Gayle Souter-Brown, was invited to address New Zealand's inaugural Universal Design Symposium, in May 2013 via camera from London. Her co presenter, Sam Martin, is a fellow New Zealand landscape architect also working from London. Design for human health and well-being, works on the triple bottom line. Socially, economically and environmentally, we all win with a salutogenic approach to urban design.
Our salutogenic urban design approach uses holistic 'joined up thinking' to meet public health needs. Urban design as a public health promotion tool is nothing new. In the 18th Century concern for fresh air and water supplies dictated provision of greenspace. We add mental health and well-being to physical health requirements of our communities. Contact Us for well-designed accessible greenspace healing gardens, sensory gardens and therapeutic horticulture settings; urban design for healthy cities and liveable cities.
With an ageing population, levels of disability in the community are rising. Vision, hearing and mobility impairments increase as communities age. The epidemic of lifestyle related diseases such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, stress and depression can be mitigated through effective urban design.
Human centred design allows us to focus on user needs. We encourage meaningful, healthy, active lifestyles and move people away from private car use towards active transport options. As a result of changing transport patterns we need a concomitant increase in regularly spaced comfortable, accessible seating and public toilet provision.
Inclusive urban design means that we acknowledge and provide for all members of the community, regardless of age, culture, ability or sex.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, CPTED, is of increasing interest. To date most interdisciplinary approaches have revolved around the built environment. We work with city planners and others to advise on urban design through landscape forms to prevent crime through environmental design.
We offer a cost effective, cost efficient way of mitigating depression, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other lifestyle related health conditions.
Greenstone Design is at the forefront internationally of research and delivery of salutogenic, inclusive urban design. Our Director, Gayle Souter-Brown, was invited to address New Zealand's inaugural Universal Design Symposium, in May 2013 via camera from London. Her co presenter, Sam Martin, is a fellow New Zealand landscape architect also working from London. Design for human health and well-being, works on the triple bottom line. Socially, economically and environmentally, we all win with a salutogenic approach to urban design.
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