The Design Review Panel meeting
There are several parts to a design review panel session:
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Site visit (optional) ( When a site visit is booked ) , the Panel will visit the site with the design team/ client and usually a local authority representative. The aim is to obtain a thorough understanding and feel of the site and the opportunities and challenges it presents. It is useful for the Panel to walk within the site as well as to also view the site from outside of its boundary and get a feel for the wider context. On very large sites we may need you to provide transportation to enable this. Design team / scheme promoter presentation Once we return to the meeting venue, the scheme promoter and the design team will be given up to 30 minutes to present the project. This is usually done using a Powerpoint or PDF presentation via a projector, although sometimes this is done using hard copy presentation boards. Do not waste time establishing your credentials as a developer or architect by talking about your portfolio or how many awards you have won. We are reviewing the current project. We are not interested in what you have done in the past unless you want to tell us about the lessons you have learnt that are relevant to this project. Remember the Panel will have had an opportunity to view the documents you presented so it is not necessary to discuss every detail of the project. It is best to concentrate on the story of how you have arrived at those particular designs, how you are responding to the brief and the context , and what you are trying to achieve. 2 Local authority briefing Assuming they are present, the local authority will then be invited , should they wish, to explain the planning / policy context to the project. This should take no more than 5 - 10 minutes. 3
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