Role - Senior Urban Designer
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Location – London
Salary - £50K
Our client, a well-established landscape architecture and urban design practice is looking to add a Senior Urban Designer to its team. They work across a varied range of projects throughout the UK and offer a friendly, collaborative environment with good opportunities for career development and progression.
The ideal Senior Urban Designer will have strong design skills, but just as importantly, know how to make residential layouts actually work. This means being able to balance development numbers and commercial requirements with good placemaking, streets, parking, landscape, drainage and the various technical constraints that come with a site. At Senior level, the role needs someone comfortable taking ownership of a layout, spotting what isn't working and finding practical solutions, while still making sure the end result is well designed and deliverable.
Senior Urban Designer Essential Requirements
- Residential Design Experience
- Strong professional experience in residential urban design, masterplanning and detailed layout design, ideally gained within a consultancy, housebuilder, developer or multidisciplinary practice
- A portfolio demonstrating commercially viable, technically considered and deliverable residential layouts across a range of development sizes
- Experience taking projects from early feasibility and capacity testing through concept masterplanning, layout development and detailed residential design
- Good understanding of the priorities and commercial requirements of housebuilders, developers and land promoters
Residential Layout & Placemaking
- Strong understanding of residential layout principles including street hierarchy, blocks, plots, frontage, building lines, density, enclosure and movement xgikmsk
- Ability to maximise development potential while maintaining strong placemaking, landscape and urban design principles
- Good understanding of how housing mix, density, development capacity and design quality work together
- Confidence resolving detailed layout issues including parking, servicing, refuse, cycle storage, amenity space, gardens, overlooking and separation distances
- Ability to interpret site constraints and opportunities and turn them into practical, coherent and deliverable layouts
Technical & Planning Knowledge
* Good working knowledge of the UK ...
Senior Urban Designer employer: LEAD Careers
Join a dynamic design studio in Bristol that champions creativity and sustainability, making it an exceptional employer for landscape architects. With a collaborative work culture, ample opportunities for professional growth, and a commitment to impactful projects, you'll thrive in an environment that values innovation and teamwork. The studio's focus on landscape-led masterplanning ensures that your contributions will not only enhance the urban environment but also foster a sense of community.
