NY-Lon Underground

The International Society of City and Regional Planning (ISOCARP) and the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association’s Committee on Underground Spaces (ITACUS) commissioned Tapestry to research the planning and design of underground spaces in London and New York.  We compared how each city has traditionally approached underground development; gave an overview of the current planning context; environmental, policy and design considerations; vertical and spatial integration – identifying lessons learnt.  Our work contributed to a growing body of research and practice by cities such as Helsinki, Tokyo and Singapore. Our research is included in the publication Think Deep: Planning, Development and Use of underground Space in Cities, which is available to buy through the ISOCARP book shop.