The four groups presented their schemes. The
student vote was very tight and in the end the tutors couldn’t select one
proposal to take forward. Instead it was decided to combine concepts from pairs
of groups to create two proposals which would be developed by the combined
groups. These were presented in a ‘final round’ competition judged both by
students and tutors.
One scheme developed the steps proposal combined with
concepts of user participation and variation in configuration taken from the
hexagon proposal. The other scheme combined the pivoting elements with
ideas of stepped seating from the platform proposal and created a ‘room’ of
pivoting screens.
The final selection process was long and difficult and
considered factors such as budget, overall impact, material use and opportunity
for students to take design ownership of their module.
In the end, the pivoting screen proposal was selected.
It was felt this better fulfilled the brief, had the most potential for
enclosure or 'room within a room' and would have a great overall impact.
However this was the more complex and expensive scheme so the challenge is now
on to realise this project within the tight budget and timescale.
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