Registered Members
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The eligibility criteria to award professional membership is based on the completion of an ‘accredited’ Urban Design qualification. UDISA will grant automatic professional membership to applicants that hold a qualification that comprises at least one year of study and includes an urban design studio component (as compared with pure research).  Â
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES
ÂMembership of the Institute shall be open to any individual deemed by the Executive to meet the minimum standards set out in the Institute’s accreditation system. To accomodate the wide rangeof interest groups assosiated with urban design, UDISA shall consist of the following six categories of membership:Â
1. PROFESSIONAL MEMBER shall be a qualified urban designer who has attained an accredited urban design qualification. UDISA shall maintain an up to date register of accredited qualifications that may be updated from time to time. The membership committee may consider alternative criteria for membership that shall be made known to applicants by the membership sub-committee.Â
2. STUDENT MEMBER shall mean a person registered in an accredited urban design programme at a tertiary institution.
3. IN-TRAINING MEMBER shall mean a person who has graduated from an accredited urban design programme at a tertiary institution. In-training status is valid for a period of 2 years from the date of graduation. Â
4. RETIRED / NON-PRACTICING MEMBER shall mean a person who has obtained a professional urban design qualification but is retired or no longer practicing but wishes to remain a member of the Institute. Â
5. OVERSEAS MEMBER shall mean a person who ordinarily would qualify for membership but may temporarily or permanently reside outside South Africa and wishes to remain a member of UDISA. Â
6. HONORARY MEMBERÂ shall mean a person who in the view of the membership has made a significant life contribution to the field of urban design and is nominated and awarded honorary membership.
THE FIELDS AND PRODUCTS OF URBAN DESIGN
The urban designer should be able to contribute to the various fields within the activity of urban design and to formulate urban design products. These fields and products vary in scope and nature and include the following:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
- Input towards spatial structure and local area plans
- Rural settlement design
- Visual impact assessments
- Conservation
- Heritage and special place assessments
- Integrated urban design and landscape frameworks
- Policy formulation,
- Development and design frame works
- Precinct plans and action areas,
- Urban layout and subdivisions
- Development and design controls and guidelines
- The formulation of design briefs for development
- The formulation of architectural briefs
- Housing and the design and layout of subdivisional patterns and housing types according to urban design and architectural principles and guidelines
- Implementation structures, mechanisms and techniques
- Design and implementation of the public environment   Â
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