Feasibility

Urban design studies for the Greenwich Peninsula have had to address a wide range of engineering constraints.

The feasibility of a project, both in economic and practical terms, requires an assessment of:

• Community need
• Market supply and demand
• Funding sources
• Site capacity
• Land ownership, assembly and tenure
• Integration with surrounding context
• Construction costs
• Engineering constraints
• Local planning policy context

Projects must relate to, and be appropriate for, their location and context. A highly urban solution will not be appropriate on a suburban edge-of-town site, and vice versa.

An early assessment of the factors likely to affect a project’s feasibility will form the basis for preliminary designs and testing. These will then require continual iteration and re-evaluation.