"We raise the status of user groups' aspirational needs in the design process, not just their technical and functional requirements"
Gamlingay Pavilion & Community Terrace
Client and Partners: Gamlingay Parish Council; South Cambridgeshire District Council; Forward Gamlingay! and Gamlingay & District skate park association
Size: 0.04 hectares (part of a larger area)
Current Stage: Seeking funding, Big Lottery applications, October 2007
Cost: Estimated £190,000
The Forward Gamlingay! Youth design project aims to make an ambitious contribution to the community life of the
village. The youth team had to work hard not to lose sight of high level design ambitions that were set at the start of the project.
Young people in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire had nowhere to meet, socialise and access services. That became the incentive for a group of local people to set up Forward Gamlingay! - an umbrella group formed from members of the community, in partnership with the local parish and civic Architects. Its chief aim was to improve facilities for teenagers living in the area. With the status of a registered charity, Forward Gamlingay! has commissioned civic to develop a joined-up masterplan of all its projects, village-wide. (more ...)
above: We made a computer model of the site using 'shoot-em-up' computer game software. This created a continuous environment where viewers could move around the proposals as the designs evolved
above (both): Adjacent local landmarks appeared in the computer model and provided a context against which the scale of proposals could be understood