Robert Lipka, MURP, MCIP, RPP

Area of Study / Keywords

Urban Design City/Town Planning Universal Design Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

About

Robert is currently a Principal Urban Designer with the City of Edmonton who has 20+ years working in various cities and countries providing designs and reviews that focus on an array of perspectives including urban design, universal design and crime prevention through environmental design.

He has worked on projects of various scales including master planned communities, transit oriented developments, corridor studies and a number of smaller pilot projects to assist in challenging current thinking.

He provides advice, support and reviews on development applications, city policy documents (eg. Accessibility for People with Disabilities Policy, the Access Design Guide, City Plan, Zoning Bylaw Renewal  and many others), neighbourhood renewal, public transport (LRT), street design, traffic safety and much more.

Outside his regular work at the City of Edmonton, he is a volunteer member who provides advice, reviews and support for the Barrier Free Sub-Council, Safety Codes Council of Alberta, the Technical committee on outdoor spaces, Government of Canada and the Design Review Committee, City of Beaumont.

Previous to his role at the City of Edmonton, he worked for 10 years with Auckland Council and Auckland Transport (AT) as a Principal Urban Designer and chair of AT’s Capital Projects Accessibility Group.

In this role, he provided design advice on many projects including land development applications (Auckland Design Manual), policy review and worked with a number of design teams to create the New Lynn Transit Oriented Development, new train stations, bus/ferry terminals, cycling facilities and many other transport related projects throughout the Auckland region.

And finally, in my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family, playing board games, watching sci-fi films, trying to learn to play piano, singing, HIIT training, cycling and ice skating.