Architecture jobs –
a role in urban regeneration
If you are looking for an architecture job, you could be about
to play your part in a cultural revolution in urban regeneration
A new form of art
Everyone working in an architecture job hopes that they
will contribute an aesthetic and/or artistic vision to their project.
Many architects regularly experience severe restrictions imposed
by a plethora of regulations, town planning committees or clients
without ‘vision’. However, the tide is turning and many
developers and agencies are looking to their architects for innovative
design for the urban landscape.
Moving with the times
Urban regeneration no longer necessarily means bland tower
blocks where nobody wants to live. There are some inventive design
schemes taking place, with architecture jobs specialising in refurbishment
of warehouses, hotels, factories, churches, department stores, mills,
rows of terraced houses, dilapidated blocks of flats, and even a
former shipyard. This regeneration is transforming our inner cities
and reforming communities. This is in part due to an openness on
the part of planning authorities who are now more concerned with
the quality of life of residents and reducing crime rates, and partly
due to innovative companies making their mark with high quality,
imaginative design specs at an affordable price.
Contemporary and affordable
In some regions of the country, private developers are joining forces
with local authorities to change the face of the landscape by producing
affordable housing and office space with a difference. Candidates
applying for architecture jobs will also need to be concerned with
‘the bits in between’ as urban regeneration is concerned
with public spaces as well as the architecture of buildings.
Urban Task Force
In 1999 an Urban Task Force reported on causes of urban decline,
addressing the following issues:- creating conditions for change,
management of urban areas, the use of brownfield sites and recycling
of existing buildings, and sustaining the renaissance over the next
25 years. It concluded that good design and layout can help to make
the best use of developed land and improve the quality and attractiveness
of residential areas. It recommended that those applying for architecture
jobs in the future will need to achieve an overview of large sites
earmarked for regeneration, so that new buildings fit in with the
existing landscape whilst providing a framework for the design of
the area as a whole.
The importance of consultation
If you are applying for an architecture job on a refurbishment project
or new build, you should be comfortable having a dialogue with the
customer, whether the existing people within the area or those likely
to move in. The users are the people who know how an existing area
works, its needs and its possibilities. Collaborative planning ensures
attention to local concerns.
To discuss the architecture jobs KTP has on offer today, call now
on 0115 946 9034 or e-mail us at recruit@ktp-recruitment.com
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