Or we could do it with Threep's way > try A, no, B, no, C no, D no, E, no, F, no, £billions of tax payers money hiring consultants, doing surveys, meetings, protests, terrabytes of space rented to host newbury.net's forum, Q, no, R, no, building collapses through no money left to do anything, Newbury gets less and less relevant whilst other towns continually strive to attract visitors, X no, Y, no Z, A again no......
Perhaps due proses would be seen to be done to issue a notice to local architects or colleges for any ideas, and if that proved to be unsuccessful, the council could at least claim they tried.
That's about it I beleieve, Steph the manager indicated that the funding for the design was spent and there wouldn't be anything left for further designs. I wondered about that and asked why there was a consultation and the answer was that if the consensus was against the overall design then that would be factored in. Not exactly his wording but what was implied.
What would this be factored into? If the design won't change then there nothing to change!
I won't have a word said against our beloved district council.
An organisation that can make a brave decision like this whilst in the midst of a financial crisis http://goo.gl/7MUCy (PDF) deserves our applause. I assume both the coalition parties are fully in favour of this one.
You seem to forget the letters to the NWN from architects asking for the chance to submit ideas for some of these projects. (for free).
You should know that most of these architects submit ideas for all sorts of things, and not for "£billions" as you so bizarrely put it. When they get a knock-back, they store the idea / plan / model until a later date. This is good business practice and means that buildings like Newbury library first saw the light of day a part of a failed bid in Glasgow.
My way would be to offer the job to a few, get some ideas, put 'em up for debate, let the people decide. Remember,(I'm sure you do), that AFTER shelling out on the Market Place, WBC then changed the sight lines of part of the project. Because someone at the Council thought they knew better than the designer. Why are you so afraid of WBC being shown up as a group who "know better" than the rest of us when quite clearly, they don't.
Or we could do it with Threep's way > try A, no, B, no, C no, D no, E, no, F, no, £billions of tax payers money hiring consultants, doing surveys, meetings, protests, terrabytes of space rented to host newbury.net's forum, Q, no, R, no, building collapses through no money left to do anything, Newbury gets less and less relevant whilst other towns continually strive to attract visitors, X no, Y, no Z, A again no......
A bit harsh. We're only discussing why 'our way or no way" is STILL the modus operandi on these things.
Psst....no one's mentioned that the REAL reason for the consultation is it's required by the lottery before they start handing over their loot. Like the pavilion, these things are quite easy to scupper because it's not up to WBC if this goes ahead.
But don't shout too loud...we wouldn't want the HLF to be alerted to the sham going on here. Or there would be NO museum project.
If one has only seen the awful artisit's impression and if that was it, then it is a sad reflection on the quality of the architect, but having seen the model in Hungerford today, I'm OK with the design. The join between the two buildings is mainly glass and the block in the centre which is a lift shaft apparently, is much slimmer with a glass panel in it to break up the blank wall.
According to the museum manager who was there, that isn't necessarily what the final design will be, it depends on feedback from the public. For all those who couldn't see the model, it is hoped to put it in one of the granary bay windows for all to see.
There you go then. The architect only did one design by the way so there's not likely to be anything else before work starts in 2013.
Yes he only had the one f** packet at the time and the King Charles was a bit packed when he did it.
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