Belfast Streets Ahead Masterplan

AECOM

Belfast’s city centre had suffered from underinvestment and its public realm was in very poor condition. This project created a new vibrancy in the City Centre, by bringing a wholly new character to the streets and public realm environment, leading to increased footfall and visitor numbers.

Overview

Location

Location 

Belfast

Category

Townscape

Landscape Architect

AECOM

Client

Department for Social Development (DSD)

Brief

To define a vision for Belfast City centres public realm which would lift the quality and profile of the city as an international destination, attracting new inward investment and tourism. To produce a public realm masterplan report and vision for the entire city centre, identify and design phase 1 projects and oversee their implementation.

Awards

Belfast

Details

Project Team

Masterplan / urban design / landscape architect: AECOM Design + Planning (formerly EDAW). | Quantity Surveyor: Turner Townsend. | Engineering: Mouchel. | Planning: Ostick & Williams. | Contractor: Farrans Construction. | Structural, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering: Atkins.

Local planning authority or government body

Belfast City Council

Year Completed

July 2011 (phase 1)

Project Size

114 hectares

Technical's

Planting

Materials

Contractors 

AECOM

Approximate Map Location


Location

Belfast

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