Chapter 4. Design Strategy INTRODUCTION

The new chapter for Shoreham Cement Works is designed as a response to the opportunities and constraints of the site and an understanding of the site’s context and cultural and natural significance.

Sustainability and resilience are fundamental pillars in the strategy, making a responsible use of resources for construction and use phases. Another pillar is the integration of the site to the wider area. Integration which will take many forms:

• Integrating cultural landscapes, celebrating the historic industrial processes that once took place, with the geological evidence exposed on site.

• Integrating habitats into the site and maximising opportunities for wildlife, to locally tackle the worldwide biodiversity loss crisis.

• Access, by integrating the site in the public transport and cycling networks. Also, by making the site an access node to the South Downs, rather than an isolated island in the area. Integrated access also means using existing infrastructure that already forms part of the site.

• Socially, by providing places to live, work and enjoy for all, irrespectively of social differences.

This Design Strategy aims to give a new purpose to Shoreham Cement Works and a structure through the time when the site is developed. Many of these interventions are overarching and structural to the site, further detailed interventions will take place and will be detailed later on.

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Preparation and surveying. Understanding of the site, its strengths, weaknesses and potential.

Restore, re-use, recycle and re-purpose existing structures.

Repair and strengthen as necessary. Prepare renewable energy, parking and water collection infrastructure.

Connect to existing trails network. Open the site to the public and activate destination points in all areas of the site for people’s understanding and enjoyment. Structure the site with a primary route through.

Attract more people in for business to diverse work environments. Further increase of open access, visitors and commuters. New secondary routes for movement within site for a variety of experiences.

Attract residents to the site with homes that are accessible, affordable and ad hoc for future living. Incorporate small neighbourhood services: groceries, nursery, etc. Public realm interventions for the neighbourhood.

Culmination of public realm interventions based on habitat connectivity, sustainable management of water and comfortable places for all (visitors, workers and residents) in a typology of spaces. Residents move in.

2033 Evolution through time and review.