Sustainability & Design Compliance
Large-scale urban development, Middle East
Sustainability strategy and design compliance for a large-scale urban development in the Middle East. I helped translate ambitious environmental and liveability objectives into technical guidelines, KPIs and practical requirements for architects, planners and engineers, spanning embodied carbon, circular economy, climate resilience, cultural sustainability and long-term liveability.
Context
Supported the development and application of sustainability and liveability guidance for a major masterplanning programme, translating high-level environmental ambitions into practical requirements for multidisciplinary design teams.
Role
Sustainability strategy · Research · Design compliance
My work sat between sustainability strategy, research and design compliance, helping architects, planners, landscape teams and engineers interpret complex objectives and apply them consistently across the project.
System
Key areas of work included developing and refining technical sustainability and liveability guidelines, translating strategic ambitions into clearer design requirements, criteria and KPIs; reviewing design outputs against established sustainability requirements and identifying compliance gaps, inconsistencies and opportunities for improvement; and contributing research and guidance around embodied carbon reduction, circular economy principles and resource efficiency.
Approach
The work integrated climate resilience and environmental performance into large-scale planning and design guidance, supported approaches to cultural sustainability and liveability, and helped align sustainability requirements across urban planning, architecture, landscape and engineering disciplines — translating complex research, policy and evidence into usable frameworks, measurable indicators and compliance tools that teams at different scales of the development could actually apply.