Ministerial Advisory Group. Architecture and the built environment for Northern Ireland
[edit] About
The Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and the Built Environment in Northern Ireland was established to advise the Minister for Communities on the implementation and development of the Architecture and the Built Environment policy (currently under review).
[edit] Objectives
- Identification and promotion of best practice in the design of urban and rural places through strategic advice into spatial policy making
- Identification and promotion of best design practice in landscape, urban, and building design, with particular reference to the climate crisis
- Identification and promotion of procurement models that recognise the qualitative value of good design
- Identification and promotion of best practice in design-review procedures to ensure design quality is ultimately delivered through individual design proposals
- Identification and promotion of civic stewardship as an integrated concept ensuring the sustained viability of well-designed spaces, places, and buildings.
- Promotion of design as a creative approach to place-making with widespread potential benefit for society.
This is done by providing independent, constructive, and expert advice on development proposals to facilitate the planning process and deliver results. The advisory group exisits to promote successful: cities, towns, villages, streets, communities, buildings, and landscapes.
MAG seeks to address the challenges in the built environment and facilitate efficient design and development through a variety of offers and facilitation approaches:
- free and impartial design advice from experienced professionals, including those in the fields of architecture, landscape, planning, transport and community engagement.
- independent advice to mediate and expedite the engagement between local authority planners and developers.
- a design review process that facilitates best outcomes quickly.
- educational outreach to schools and communities.
- best practice guides.
- annual conferences and regular seminars.
For further information visit the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and the Built Environment in Northern Ireland website here. Or for an overview of its support to download the How MAG can help guide.
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