Mixed Use + Residential

Mixed use development and its relationship to urban regeneration are now established in government policy and at the heart of the Urban Renaissance. It is expressly recommended in the UK guidelines PPG 3 and PPS 1: ‘Policies should promote mixed use developments that create linkages between different uses and create more vibrant places.’

The mixing of different uses creates attractive, successful and sustainable developments. For policy makers and town and city managers, a mix of uses is the backbone of sustainable urbanism, providing opportunities to reuse redundant buildings and offering a vision of how to transform brownfield land into places that work. It offers people access to a variety of different facilities, limiting the need to travel, making schemes feel safer and more vibrant. For developers, this ultimately underpins a case for higher development densities and creates value.

Llewelyn Davies Yeang has the multi-disciplinary architecture and planning expertise to respond to these critical issues in creating and implementing schemes that uplift, inspire and provide places for people and commerce. We deliver major mixed use development projects worldwide with an understanding of the various levels of mixed use development: from a strategic perspective of how a town or city works, through to the detailed design of individual buildings and places.