Understanding: Public Domain

A KEY FACT - Best practice public domain should form a seamless extension to the natural environmental systems.

A quality public domain beyond providing an aesthetic component for town centres, can support a legible, safe and well connected network of streets and public spaces. It is important that a town centre’s public domain responds to the local user requirements establishing a responsive town centre environment. Key points to consider when evaluating and strategising ‘Public Domain’ are as follows:

– Open Space Network

– Safe and Unsafe Zones

– Streetscape Elements

– Streetscape Materials