a 15 year vision for mitchams’ corner · 2012. 12. 30. · visioning exercise: mapping...

Connections, not barriers A 15 year vision for Mitchams’ corner

15 December 2012

Our approach

Visioning exercise

Consultation.......

Proposal

Feedback Next steps......

Our approach: Visioning exercise

Visioning exercise

Consultation.......

Proposal

Feedback Next steps......

Mapping the stakeholders

Design team visioning exercise

Visioning exercise: Mapping stakeholders

Residents Friends of

MC

Cyclists

Pedestrians

Shop

owners

Pub visitors

Visitors

Commuters

stagecoach

Cambridge

Planning

Commission

Local

councillors

National

County

Landowners Developers

PROVIDERS

SUPPLIERS USERS

REGULATORS

Cambridge

Transport and

Infrastructure

Architects

Landscape

architects

Civil engineers

Transport

Engineers

Planners

Sustainability

Consultant

Park and

ride service

providers

Staples Council

Student

residential

developer

The young

The elderly

Other

ethnic

groups

Visioning exercise: The design team visioning exercise

Our approach: Consultation

Visioning exercise

Consultation.......

Proposal

Feedback Next steps......

Stakeholders visioning

Comparing design vision to

stakeholder vision

Stakeholder feedback

Stakeholder strategy

Options analysis

Visioning exercise: Stakeholder strategy

We decided to focus on the following:

1. Conduct a stakeholder visioning exercise, as

done for the design team

2. Test the stakeholders sensitivity to the proposed

design vision

Consultation: Stakeholder visioning exercise

Consultation: Comparing the design and

stakeholder visions

0 5 10 15

River connection

Positive street space

Event space

Prioritise pedestrians andcyclists

Socio-economic vibrancy

Gateway / destination

Greening

Respect historic character

Stakeholders

Design Team

Consultation: Testing the design vision

Consultation: Stakeholder feedback

Preferred option 3

Visioning exercise: Site constraints analysis

Visioning exercise: Options analysis

Visioning exercise: Options analysis

Visioning exercise: Options analysis

Our approach: Proposal

Visioning exercise

Consultation.......

Proposal

Feedback Next steps......

Transport design response

Building form design response

Landscape and public space

design response

Proposal: Transport networks

User Impacts - Motorist

Proposal: Transport networks

User Impacts - Cyclist

Proposal: Transport networks

User Impacts - Pedestrians

Proposal: Transport networks

User Impacts – Residents and Retailers

Proposal: Transport networks

Street Profile - Existing

Proposal: Transport networks

Street Profile - Existing

Proposal: Transport networks

Street Profile - Proposed

Proposal: Transport networks

Street Profile - Proposed

Streetscape

Streetscape

Context: Relationship to Cambridge green spaces

Proposal: Urban Fabric/Buildings

Context: Cambridge / Mitcham’s Corner History

Opportunities: Activities and Spaces

Opportunities: Development Sites

Proposal: Activities and Spaces

Opportunity: Passage to Riverwalk

Context: Riverwalk

Context: Varied

Proposal: Massing

Stakeholder and Team Aspirations for the Green Infrastructure

Greened Student

Accommodation

Building

Urban Woodland

Car Park

Softer

Streetscape

High Quality

Large Open

Space

Green Space

Links to Wider

Green

Infrastructure

Connectivity to

the River

Partly Edible

Landscape

Urban Wood

Pleached deciduous trees to cover car-parking facilities: ensuring shade in summer and light in winter

Edible Landscape: Increased Biodiversity simultaneously

providing local food and environmental education

Blossom, provision of

nectar, UK BAP Habitat Ground flora consisting of

UK native species

Butterflies, Bees and other

insects benefiting from this

nectar provision

Children learning and

enjoying Harvesting of Fruit Mistletoe- another UK

threatened Species

Tree Pit Design

Under-planting of street

trees to include winter

bulbs, spring and summer

flowers, ensuring year

round nectar.

Tree Palette

Small Leaved Lime Tilia cordata

Silver Birch Betula pendula Apple Trees Malus Spp

Pear Trees Pyrus Spp

Rowan Tree Sorbus aucuparia

Copper Beech Fagus sylvatica

Acknowledged gaps

1. Engagement scope can be expanded

2. Data gaps regarding the wider transport patterns in

Cambridge

3. Socio economic and demographics of the area are

not known in detail

4. We have not worked through a financial viability

study

Development Phasing / Programming

Phase 1 : Demolition of Houses, New Junction

Development Phasing / Programming

Phase 2 : North

Development Phasing / Programming

Phase 3 : South

Development Phasing / Programming

Phase 1 : Demolition of Houses, New Junction

Phase 2 : North

Phase 3 : South

Development Phasing / Programming

In summary: Why this option is preferred

Summary

The vision is about connections

Summary

The vision is about connections, not barriers

We have responded by: decreasing the primary road network passing through

Mitchams corner

Designing for connections to local amenities and spaces for relaxing in nature

Designing defined street spaces for cyclists and pedestrians

The key benefits of this are: Its is incremental

It provides for options and flexibility

It can be managed via a phased approach

It is realistic

Next steps....

Phasing/programme

Funding

The End

Visioning exercise: Options analysis

Visioning exercise: Options analysis

Visioning exercise: Options analysis