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At this point in the process, the urban designer can define the project goals and strategies with considerably more precision and thus can arrive at the preliminary draft plan for the study area. Such a concept plan may be viewed as a sketch of possible futures. The designer works with the client to select an option from these possibilities or to create a new option. The designer, in this phase, must characterize preferences and priorities. The outcomes of the environmental context analyses, as well as the assumptions and results from the synthesis, have to be considered. The options the designer develops should be based on clear reasons that can be communicated to the client so that the options can easily be amended, enhanced, or rejected.
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Adapted from Steiner et al. 2010. See also SITES 2009. Danielle Pieranunzi of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center was responsible for compiling this case study.
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