Belfast – Emerging from its Troubles

Diana Fitzsimons

The Landscapes of N Ireland

Cultural pursuits …….

An Evolving City

The Inner

City

Central

Shopping

Area

The Port

The harbour

area

Titanic

Quarter

The Suburbs

Improving

design

The Big Issues

1 Local vs Central Government

DoE Planning

DSD Regeneration

DRD Regional Planning &

Transportation

Belfast City Council -

consulted only

Belfast

Metropolitan

Area Plan 2015

Community

Planning

The Big Issues

2. Regeneration

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Sectarian

Geography

of Belfast

The Inner

City

Murals

Wall through

the park

Site clearance for

new build

• Centralised housing

authority funds and

maintains

• Housing

Associations build

• High quality

housing provision

Social Housing in N Ireland

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Intensification of

the Suburbs

Diana Fitzsimons

Social Housing in the Inner City

Intensification of

the Suburbs

Diana Fitzsimons

Social Housing in the Suburbs

2 storey

2 and 3

bedrooms

Visteon

The Port

Titanic Quarter – new urban quarter

30,000 men

H&W Shipbuilding

TQ PHASE II MASTERPLAN

EIA

• Population

• Landscape & Visual

• Contamination

• Hydrology/drainage/flood

• Air quality

• Noise

• Ecology

• Archaeology

• Cultural heritage

• Transport

PHASE II Masterplanning

● Creating community

● Mixed use

● Safety

● Quality of buildings and spaces

● Height, massing and bulk of buildings

● Relating to history, culture and

landscape

● Transportation

● Flooding response

● De-contamination

● Waste Services

● Phasing and delivery

TURLEYASSOCIATES

Sirocco

City Quays

Odyssey

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SIROCCO BRIDGE

Odyssey

masterplan

City Quays

Big issue

3 A Vibrant City Centre

The city

centre as

economic

driver

Regeneration

Strategy 2014

New Grade A offices required

Support for

new

development

More

private

renting

Focus

Retail

activity

Street

Improvements

Events and

festivals

Proposed

interventions

New Visitor

Attraction

Expand

markets

University

relocation to

centre

Green the

City

Connect to

the

surrounding

communities

The city for

people

Any Questions?

Thank you

Diana Fitzsimons