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DESIGN PROCESS NOTE Chapter 1. Introduction
The Designer
Rafael Grosso Macpherson is a Design Officer at the South Downs National Park Authority (SDNPA) and a part-time student in the MA Urban and Architectural Design at the University of Brighton.
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This portfolio focuses on a site (Shoreham Cement Works) in which the designer works both in his capacity as an officer in the planning directorate of the SDNPA as well as a student.
Parallel work streams
The SDNPA is carrying out a public consultation on issues and options for the redevelopment of the site concurrently to the completion of this portfolio. This is part of the future plans for the site, as it is allocated for a mix use development in the Local Plan.
This piece of work has benefited from extensive research done at the SDNPA, therefore it is well informed by relevant contextual information.
As an active participant in the SDNPA’s work for the site, the designer has experienced the challenges of delivering a development that is fit to current and future needs, tackles the biodiversity loss crisis, energy transition, the climate crisis, etc. Planning new developments is a complex process, and in this case, the designer has made use of the University platform to illustrate a forward thinking whilst realistic design of the site based on the Ethos.
