Park planning and design will

• Embrace first a comprehensive knowledge of resources and attributes.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of the problem.
• Draw upon best available science and research.
• Apply the knowledge in the planning and design process.
• Be open to new information and inclusive at all levels
• Ensure research is done to professional standards

This is important because

• Increases potential for long-term success.
• Roots planning and design in an understanding of the site - its history, resources,
• Makes designs more sensitive to place.
• Informs and strengthens the design process.

Core design considerations are

• Encourage healthy, opposing views and debates.
• An integrated research, planning, design, and review process.
• Research done to professional standards.
• Embed climate change and sustainable practices in design and planning.
• Designers should eat, sleep, know the site.
• Return to roots of detailed, infield analysis to best integrate systems, sustainability, and design.

• Consider preservation as first step towards sustainable design.
• Engage in close, interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Create solutions based in comprehensive knowledge that ensures stewardship of resources.

Outstanding Examples

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