Place Profile is an auditing, diagnostic, benchmarking and briefing tool that measures cities using empirical evidence.

It provides a process for consistently measuring urban patterns, forms and functions that generate rich data sets. This data allows for:

Accurate diagnosis of urban issues and potential for change

Objective benchmarking between similar urban areas

Empiric inspiration for transformational city design

URBAN PATTERN

We have identified nine urban parameters to describe urban space that are divided into three categories:

01

Allocation

Definition of public and private land expressed as a ratio of the area

02

Permeability

The extent to which private space is accessible to the public

03

Granularity

Aspects of the urban pattern relating to the way in which land is subdivided

URBAN PATTERN

URBAN FORM

04

Site coverage

The extent an individual building fills out the area of the plot of land on which it is built

05

Density

A measure of the floor area of buildings within a given area of the city

06

Height

The measurement of building height in metres and/or by number of floors

URBAN FUNCTION

07

Use Mix

Percentage of ground floor uses

08

Connectivity

Spatial / Infrastructure connectivity of a given area

09

Intensity

Measurement of intensity of use of public space over time

URBAN FUNCTION

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