1.Developing ‘visions’ for places – using creativity and imagination to invent or reinvent the environments we live and work in.
2.Designing built spaces – from whole towns and neighbourhoods to individual streets or squares.
Advising on the design of developments and regeneration projects.
3.Researching and analysing places and people – understanding the physical political economic spatial and psychological context of the places you work with and the people who use them.
4.Influencing people by using your skills and knowledge to help others make better decisions and teach them how to make successful places.
5.Developing guidance and policies relating to the built environment.
6.Community consultation – helping the public to take part in planning and designing their neighbourhoods.
7.Graphic representation – from sketching and technical drawing to using the latest technologies and packages in visualisation and computer aided design.
Skills
A university undergraduate degree in any subject relating to the built environment or spatial design is a good start. Preferably based in the UAE or else in other GCC countries. Experience in residential retail hospitatlity or education designs.