Projects

We engage in a broad range of urban design-focused projects funded by a range of partners and sponsors.

All of the projects we engage with have a practice-based element to them, considering urban design as an applied field with the aim to provide outputs and publications that make a difference to professional practice.

You can read about some of the active projects that are ongoing within the Manchester Urban Design LAB (MUD-Lab) below.

Visual representation of Applied Urban Design.

Applied Urban Design

The Applied Urban Design framework promotes the practice of contextually responsive urban design.
View of a crossroad outside Flinders Street Railway Station in downtown Melbourne, Australia, at night.

Cycling and Urban Design

We have a long history of cycling and urban design research across a number of projects.
The John Rylands Library, Manchester.

Design Quality Evaluation

We regularly conduct studies and publish outputs on the issue of design quality and evaluation.