This audit of Belfast’s city centre public realm and open spaces established a strategy for new investment, and for management and maintenance. We developed an imaginative plan that conveyed a hierarchy of routes and spaces, and captured the distinctive character of Belfast.

The project included design exemplars to demonstrate how the built and open space form of the area could be developed to maximise its potential in physical, economic and social terms. Projects with a value of approximately £75 million were proposed, many of which have since been realised. Wide-ranging consultation conducted at a high level within both local and central government was key to the delivery of this project.