Make better design and planning decisions, faster.

How can I use VU.CITY?

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VU.CITY is transforming cities through greater understanding, collaboration and trust to help you turn possibilities into realities.‍

‍‍Test ideas instantly and visualize schemes in accurate, up-to-date context, with functionality and data that helps you make better decisions, faster.

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Project teams can better collaborate and expedite decision-making; and communicate the compelling story of proposals to win over stakeholders.

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VU.CITY means that architects, developers, planning consultants and local authorities share a clear path in mapping out a city’s future. Now everyone can work together to deliver the best possible city for all.

Create smart cities the smart way

VU.CITY helps you visualize, organise and analyse data clearly and easily so that everyone involved can make better and quicker decisions.

VU.CITY covers the whole of London and 25 major UK and international cities.

Quickly identify and appraise sites. VU.CITY's visualization, design functionality and planning data, allow you to optimise your designs.

Transform design and planning

Now everyone involved can have a clear, universal understanding of what’s proposed and why, in a single, secure place. VU.CITY makes decision-making democratic and fair.

Build trust and collaboration

Remove barriers and minimise risks early. Have confidence in your designs and plans. Increase buy-in for project success.

Improve
outcomes

Test out ideas in situ, from one building to a masterplan. Create your vision and submissions with confidence.

Collate site information in one place

Communicate complex spatial arrangements

Make documentation stand up and stand out

Speed up planning conversations

Strengthen relationships

Create winning submissions

In your words

“We’re bringing in architects and our clients and different consultants in one room and we’re viewing the drawing, the architecture and the massing through VU.CITY.”

Charlotte Orrell

Senior Planner at Iceni Projects

“The Royal Borough of Kingston have been using VU.CITY to review major applications for a few years and it helps us to get a quick understanding of a proposal's height, scale and mass at an early stage which is invaluable in aiding discussions around context, appropriateness and agreeing key views required for visual impact assessment.”

Chloe Clay

Urban Design Manager - Kingston Council

"VU.CITY allows us to convey ideas when physical engagement is not possible, assisting the decision-making process in a way in which all stakeholders can relate to the proposal and its impact in the surroundings."

Rosa Gonzalez

Consultant, Landscape, Townscape & VIA - Turley

“It’s great to be able to view context and emerging adjacent planning proposals and has excellent compatibility with our software, it’s literally plug and play. The detail of the model is quite amazing and the ability to accurately measure relationships of other buildings, topography, and datums is a key feature. The variety of views that can be created within the platform allows for multiple testing of design options, it's a great design tool and can save valuable time, I particularly like the ZTV feature.”

Richard MacDonald

Director - Keppie Design

"VU.CITY software allows for students' creativity to be displayed to full effect. The user-friendly tool enables students to demonstrate urban design & planning in a new interactive experience, bringing their proposals to life in real-time in multiple expansive urban environments."

Jack Madden

BSc Spatial Planning and Environmental Management / Urban Planning - Technological University Dublin

“VU.CITY is a valuable tool used in the development of our Local Plan at a time of unprecedented growth. It has brought a level of transparency that has helped us understand the impact of development on the character of our areas. This in turn is allowing us to create policies and develop aspirations for sites that are robust and tested, and is helping us to meaningfully engage with our communities.”

Tania Drew

Urban Design Officer - Waltham Forest Council

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