David Batchelor

David Batchelor is a planner at Beca Limited, Wellington. Involved in heritage and social projects, he is acutely aware of the mechanical issues in the professions when detailing with social and non-tangible values. David is also a member of Smart Cities Council Emerging Innovators, a network of young practitioners who are working at the intersection of technology, data and physical, social and natural systems.

Occupation: Planner

Smart cities with a human face

Practice | Beca’s David Batchelor discusses how smart cities need to find a human narrative to be accepted within our communities.

Creating new historic places

Practice | David Batchelor, creator of Wellington City Heritage Week 2017, asks if we can purposefully create new historic places.

Creating social sustainability

Practice | Urban development professions need to take responsibility for social environments, writes David Batchelor, planner at Beca.