Launch of the Sustainable Toolkit for the Assessment of Master Plans (STAMP)
ALA Planning Partnership is delighted to announce the launch of STAMP! The Sustainable Toolkit for the Assessment of Master Plans. Created through a collaboration between ALA Planning Partnership Consultancy L.L.C., the Society and Urban Form (SURF) Research Lab and the Software Engineering and Internet Technologies Lab at the University of Cyprus, which started in the framework of KAEBUP.
https://www.kaebup.eu/index.php/stamp/
STAMP is an online toolkit which aims to assist practitioners and students in the built environment field in assessing the degree of sustainability of proposed masterplans and to incorporate sustainability into their design.
The tool is designed to assist:
Built environment professionals to self-assess their masterplan design throughout the design process from initial design to final design and construction.
Academics as a teaching and learning tool to assist the teaching of architecture, planning and masterplanning students and inform them about sustainability principles.
Professionals in the public and private sectors (planning/permitting authorities, consultants, etc.) closely involved in the masterplan design process to support them assess the sustainability of a proposed master plan.
The toolkit allows for the creation and storage of various masterplan projects, which can be evaluated at different phases of the design process. It provides a visual summary (chart) of each evaluation, as well as comparative charts of multiple evaluations of different stages/versions of the same master plan. The master plans are evaluated across 14 categories which include vision, governance, health, mobility, air, climate, nature, water, soil, landscape, waste, land use, construction and community.
The toolkit is designed to be a time-efficient and easy to use instrument to foster consideration of different sustainability aspects within master plans. It can be completed within 30 minutes, providing immediate feedback for decision-making and clarity on the actions needed to improve the sustainability of a project.