Design Review Small Grants Programme 2011-12

Kingswood Area Action Plan

Arc will to work with the community in Kingswood to raise awareness about the importance of good design, the localism bill and the responsibility of the community to shape their neighbourhoods. The project is aimed at encouraging the community to engage with the Area Action Plan (AAP) process and participate in the design review of the AAP.  Arc propose to use this programme to develop an adaptable toolkit for conducting public design review of planning documents (such as AAP and neighbourhood plans) involving the community.

Reviewing Schools for the Future

Arc are intending work with two school communities to use design review as a way of understanding and inputting into the design process for the development of their new school via the BSF programme.
Arc will deliver learning sessions with selected pupils from the two schools to raise their awareness and understanding of design quality and the different means of evaluating this. Pupils and staff will also have the chance to use the understanding they have acquired to feed their views into the design process for their own school campus by observing and contributing to design review sessions.

Awarded £7,000 for Kingswood Area Action Plan and £7,000 for Reviewing Schools for the Future

‘Transforming ‘The Lockies’ : Design Review Phase (The South Kirkby Community Association Design Project).

Beam has received a Neighbourhood Projects Small grant and a Design Review Small Grant for comprehensive engagement with the same community in South Kirby for a project called Transforming the Lockies. Beam will use the Neighbourhood Project Small Grant to work with the community and an urban designer to develop a design proposal and then use the Design Review Small Grant to present the design proposal to a panel of expert for design review.

Beam will work with South Kirby Community Association to introduce the aims, principles and mechanics of Design Review and how it fits in the overall design cycle. Beam will also advocate the value of Design Review in improving design quality of a scheme. Community members will observe a live design review panel reviewing ‘the Lockies’ design they have contributed to, and analyse the outcomes post session. A community representative will also be on the presentation panel.

Awarded £7,000 for Transforming the Lockies

Goresbrook Village

Open City will be assisting the Barking and Dagenham Residents Design Forum in the creation and assessment of the options for Goresbrook Village, a prominent site in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
The project will deliver a comprehensive review of the Goresbrook Village Design Framework as well as engage with the local community to raise awareness about the scheme and the importance of good design.

Awarded £7,000 for Goresbrook Village

Communities In Design

Urban Vision North Staffordshire (UVNS) has received a Neighbourhood Projects Small grant and a Design Review Small Grant for comprehensive engagement with the community in Tean for a project to convert an old school into a community hub. UVNS will use the Neighbourhood Project Small Grant to work with the community to develop a design proposal and then use the Design Review Small Grant to present the design proposal to a panel of expert for design review.

UVNS will engage with and provide mentoring service to other communities as advocates for their own projects and proposals. An event for community organisations will be had on project development, using their own schemes as the raw material in design workshops aimed at helping them produce an action plan for their projects.

Awarded £7,000 for Great Wood Community Hub