Soft Cities

Soft Cities is a boutique consultancy practice offering services to the design, development and construction industries. We provide holistic development management and multi-disciplinary team leadership services, as well as site/market analysis and advice on relationship management and client engagement. Development Leadership • Site finding/appraisal/feasibility analysis • Development narrative and focus • Capacity/efficiency/viability analysis • Planning/regulatory strategies • Public consultation and engagement • Design, Planning and Delivery management • Sales and rental market analysis Professional Clienting • Establishing and leading multi-disciplinary teams through all development stages • Critical friend or development/design guardian role • Stakeholder management – developing/maintaining relationships with stakeholder groups • Continuity management – experienced interim cover for senior roles • Board resourcing – experienced Board Chair and NED Design advocacy • Design review and analysis • Drafting/refreshing design/development vision documents and ERs • Advice on procuring the right design team for the right project • Design leadership and advocacy through all development stages • Acting as a development/design friend for residents/community groups Procurement/tendering strategies • Full brief writing and/or review • Tendering for public work for architects/multi-disciplinary practices/ developers etc • Advice on commissioning multi-disciplinary teams • Evaluation services and membership of expert panels Housing Review and Analysis • Analysis of existing housing strategies • Creating new housing delivery models • Strategic housing design analysis – how to achieve design quality at scale • Housing advocacy and policy development • Comment/analysis/research on housing related issues