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How architecture can contribute to better book quality and good neighborhoods throughout the country is a question that concerns many. We are therefore creating an input forum that will provide advice on how both the municipalities the state and private actors can ensure quality in this work says Minister of Local Government and Modernization Nikolai Astrup.Architecture and urban development affect everyone. In a broad sense architecture encompasses all man - made environments. It is about individual buildings buildings and landscapes in interaction and about what it is like to live and work in cities and towns around the country. The Planning and Building Act gives the municipalities a clear responsibility to facilitate good shaping of the built environment good living environment and growing up conditions in the planning. The municipalities are both responsible for and have room for maneuver to set requirements for development projects. And more and more municipalities are setting clear expectations for local architecture and building customs and for the collaboration and dialogue to be conducted with architects and developers. However there are many indications that many municipalities do not use this room for maneuver well enough. It is a topic I am interested in and which I will follow up more closely in the future says Astrup. There are many considerations to take into account in urban and local development. One of the most important things is that what is built is sustainable both socially economically and environmentally. Therefore the Minister of Local Government and Modernization is now creating an input forum for architecture book quality and neighborhoods. And he is clear on what he wantsI want input on how we can ensure book quality and good neighborhoods in cities across the country what provides lasting and inclusive qualities and how to achieve good interaction between private and public actors. I also want to get an answer on whether there is a need for changes in the states instruments to strengthen architecture book quality and neighborhoods in cities and place development says Astrup.The input forum will consist of members with different experience from planning and development projects. They will be familiar with the many challenges and opportunities that exist in urban and local development which actors are relevant and current laws and regulations.The input forum shall provide specific advice and show how the room for maneuver in the Planning and Building Act can best be utilized to promote lasting solutions for people and the environment. The forum will give its first recommendations in August and a final delivery by the end of 2021.
