Louisa Facchino-Stack

Prior to joining Public Practice, Louisa was an urban planner with an MsC in Urban Design and City Planning from UCL. Most recently she worked at a townscape and heritage consultancy, assessing the townscape, heritage and visual impacts of new development. Her MSc major research project explored through design how infill development on high-rise post-war estates can improve estate spaces and the relationship that estates have with the wider area.

London Borough of Hounslow

As part of the fourth cohort of Public Practice, Louisa took on the role of Urban Design Project Officer at London Borough of Hounslow, project managing consultants to develop a new GIS-based Design and Capacity toolkit for unlocking sustainable growth in the borough. She procured and managed the contract with Urban Intelligence to create an interactive digital evidence base of sites for development, translating the information into maps and 3D models. The tool has saved officer time in data entry and appraisal, as well as simplified the process for landowners and other stakeholders submitting sites to help Hounslow achieve their housing delivery targets.

Louisa also worked on a public realm strategy for the Great West Corridor (Golden Mile) Opportunity Area, and worked with the Conservation team to develop a borough-wide Heritage Strategy.