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We develop responsive masterplans and visions for urban areas with a strong public conscience.

We aim to create distinctive places of exceptional quality through a socially engaged design process.

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We are an independent consultancy of urban designers working to create robust and imaginative contributions to the built environment.

We develop responsive masterplans and visions for urban areas with a strong public conscience.

We aim to create distinctive places of exceptional quality through a socially engaged design process.


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Hiedanranta Watermarks Masterplan prize


Tampere is a city undergoing intensive growth and responding to the challenge through city centre densification and brownfield regeneration. The city has acquired ownership of the former Lielahti pulp mill on a lake shore, where a 20 000 inhabitants district of Hiedanranta will be built.

AR Urbanism’s masterplan won a special award and was praised in particular for the way our proposed artificial islands and the shoreline area are skilfully linked with the former pulp mill. The formalistic approach creates a stylish composition, which consists of alternating zones of urban blocks and parks.

01/2017