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
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