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The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking
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The Design Companion for Planning and Placemaking

by TfL and TfL and UDL
August 2019
Intermediate to advanced
192 pages
7h 13m
English
RIBA Publishing
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7Understanding plans and drawings

Many different types of drawings and graphics are used to represent planning proposals. They include two-dimensional drawings to communicate technical information; three-dimensional imagery to represent character and social potential; and physical forms of representation, such as scale models, used in testing spatial relations between proposed and existing environments. Different methods of visual representation are appropriate at different stages in the design process, and are useful for communicating with different audiences participating in the planning process.

To support design quality through the planning process, planners need to feel confident to request and interpret drawings and visual materials produced ...

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ISBN: 9781000701487