The Development of the
Project's Detailed Design Statement
The Project Partners have, since the early inception of the
project, emphasised the importance of high quality design,
environmental sustainability and the regenerative impact of the
project. Dialogue with the community, the PFI sector and within the
Project Team has enabled the development of project thinking on all
these issues.
The Design Statement has been developed collaboratively, by the
Joint Project Team, and their technical advisors Mott Macdonald and
Faulkner Brown, with the involvement and input of Worcester City
Planning Officers and Landscape Architects.
The process has involved a number of workshops which in some
cases have generated key diagrams now incorporated in the text.
The document endeavours
to reflect ideas and observations gleaned from stakeholders and
user groups.These responses have gradually been absorbed into
project thinking to the point where it would be difficult to
identify in some cases the original source of influence.
Benchmarks have been a key factor in the evolution of the
Design Statement. The process of consideration and selection of
benchmarks has both broadened Project Team understanding of design
issues and tested thinking on service development.
The Detailed Design Statement is intended to articulate project
design objectives, share design ideas and service concepts. We hope
the reader will also gain a sense of what we value in our local
community and environment. We acknowledge Local Distinctiveness may
be difficult to interpret but believe that the project can embody
the spirit of the concept in a recognisable way.
The Statement is intended both as a tool for design development
and as an aid to the evaluation of design proposals. The process of
development has inevitably led to our consideration of design
solutions, some of which are expressed in the Statement. These have
been included to illustrate the evolution of our thinking and are
not intended to be interpreted literally.
The Design Statement is the first step in establishing the
creative relationship between the Project Team and PFI Bidders
Design Teams, which will be necessary to achieve a successful
outcome for all parties.
