Omri Ben-Chetri

Omri is an urban designer and landscape architect specialising in public realm projects. Before joining the Associate Programme, at Shlomo Aronson, Omri worked across various urban design and planning projects including the Jerusalem open spaces strategy where he wrote strategic planning guidance, produced geospatial analysis and engaged with different stakeholders. Previously at Gillespies, he was involved in several large-scale public realm schemes from concept to detailed design, placemaking projects and city centre regeneration masterplans. Omri’s MSc dissertation, which investigated how London’s railway arches could be regenerated in a more socially inclusive way, was shortlisted for the National Urban Design Award 2020.

Somerset Council

Omri joined Somerset West and Taunton council as Green Infrastructure Officer. His role focused on providing specialist project delivery capacity to facilitate the negotiation and delivery of key green infrastructure projects in Taunton Garden Town. He was also involved in a project to address water quality issues affecting the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar site by identifying nature-based solutions to reduce the level of phosphates.