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Design-Led Approach to Housing in Urban Areas
DCAN 8 promotes design-led development in existing urban areas that works with local context and character to safeguard quality, promote sustainability, and reinforce sense of place.
DCAN 8 advocates a design-led approach to new housing in existing urban areas. It promotes the philosophy of working with context, and fitting development in with the prevailing character and appearance of the neighbourhood. A design-led approach helps to safeguard urban and environmental quality, promotes sustainable development and reinforces civic pride and a sense of place.
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