Alain Chiaradia is a director of Space Syntax – the urban design consultancy who previously led the field of spatial network analysis, that is, until Alain commissioned the sDNA project!

Alain has experience of working on award winning public projects (Stockwell, Elephant & Castle and Ilford) and private sector projects, undertaking work ranging in scale from architecture options studies to strategic urban design and regeneration projects and large scale spatial strategy.

In recent years Alain has worked on masterplanning projects for a wide range of clients in a number of contrasting locations. Recent projects include Area Action Plan (part of the Local Development framework) Ilford Town Centre, an East London opportunity area,Oxford West End, Croydon, Walthamstow and Ealing Town Centre, Elephant and Castle (London opportunity area, SPG), Borough Framework, Urban II Safe and Easy movement in Stockwell project EU funded, Millennium Quarter, and Stratford City in London. He was a steering group member of The Joseph Rowntree Foundation research on public spaces and of CABE research of the economic value of street design. He is part of the team that is preparing the emerging GLA wide Public Realm Strategy advising on the creation of the GIS evidence base.

Alain has recently won the Urbanbuzz largest project award funded by the Higher Education Innovation Fund. The aim of the project is to transfer to the public sector knowledge and practice essential to deliver sustainable community.