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With the aim of examining the architectural and landscape design methodology and principles behind the Thames Tideway Tunnel’s civic legacy, a publication has been commissioned by architectural and landscape design practice Fereday Pollard.
Providing a blueprint for infrastructure commissioning bodies, procurement and project teams, and consultants delivering pre-design as well as design services for major projects, this publication, Civic Engineering: Delivering Placemaking in Infrastructure: Case Study on the Thames Tideway Tunnel Public Realm, demonstrates how stewardship in placemaking must be a central priority in delivering public benefit through engineering-led works.
Also covering the practice’s role as lead architects working with Jacobs on the architectural and landscape vision for the project between 2008 and its completion in 2025 is another advantage of this publication that includes contributions from key figures on the project, Frances Fernandes, examining inspector – National Infrastructure, The Planning Inspectorate (2012-2023), now managing director of Infrastructure Matters; Mike Gerrard, managing director, Thames Tideway Tunnel (2011-2015), and current chairman of INPP; and Roger Bailey, Tideway’s chief technical officer.
According to Fereday Pollard director Clare Donnelly: “The Thames Tideway Tunnel was not only a feat of engineering that would protect the river for generations, but also a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the river’s edge and create new public places for Londoners. As the UK enters a new era of infrastructure investment, these insights are critical to ensuring projects leave a lasting legacy for people and communities.”
“The lessons featured in the publication showed how design could enable infrastructure to deliver cultural, social and environmental value.It was a message we hope can inspire future major infrastructure projects and give clients the confidence to involve architects and landscape architects at the outset,” said Fereday Pollard Jennifer Dixon.
As the company of financing, building, maintaining and operating the Thames Tideway Tunnel, this publication has been supported by Tideway as a complementary information piece alongside their own publications.
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